Need Input For Cart Wheels

[spud62w]

I'm going to be making a Aluminum cart. I want to build something really neat. I need some Ideas as what to use for wheels on it. I do have to work with a boat racers budget so nothing way over the top. I was kinda hoping to find some Scooter wheels to use on it but can't find and used ones.

[dwilderacer]

one view

The bigger the tire and tube, the more it tries to float and stick to the bottom of the boat when your trying to float it. BMX wheels and tires are what the Wildes use. Large diameter and little tubes have served us well.

[thepiranhabros]

13-inch wheelbarrow wheels from Menard's work great. Model Number FR1010. Menard SKU 2642328. $21.94 each.

Granted, they are not fancy, but the tires are wide, tall, go over any terrain (grass, sand, rocks, mud, steep drops from shore to water, etc.), and are relatively inexpensive. They are utilitarian and get the job done.

[Bill Huson]

Okay, you got a skinny tire response (bicycle wheels) and the fat tire response (wheelbarrow wheels). Both have good points. A larger diameter wheel is easier to push over lumpy terrain. Fat tires are great over soft, squishy terrain. The wheel in your attached pic is way cool looking, so it gets style points.

You choose . . .

[blueskyracer]

I will say a lot of our areas are sandy so the narrow tires suck for that.. The big ballon ones float really bad and if on a aluminum cart it is very frustrating. Middle of the road or solid rubber would be my choices

[SeaBat]

No flats

This year i'm going with these 10". No flats. http://www.harborfreight.com/10-inch...ire-96691.html

[Andrew 4CE]

I've had best luck with big air compressor wheels... they are solid so don't float and work well over soft stuff too. No worries of them breaking due to load. THey don't usually have ball bearings to worry about rusting and squeeking and such. Some of them have a plastic hub/wheel that look a bit like mag wheels.

[immulmen]

I made the mistake of using a good size FAT tire. It goes over sand and bumps good but floated better then the boat. So I broke down one of the beads and filled it with nontoxic antifreeze. Now it doesn't float but it's heavy.
Chris Jordan

[krazy karl]

Fat Tire not the beer

I have the fat tire setup. It was a pain because they floated real well and made it difficult to load and unload the boat. Somehow the tires got just enough water in them to sink, which makes everything a bunch easier. They are not terribly heavy. I think what happened is they got hot in the sun and then when the cart was pushed in the water the air volume decreased from the cold water and sucked water in through the valve stems which had no caps on them.

kk

[pops67g]

To float or not to float???

On fast dropping shorelines I would rather the cart float somewhat so it's easier to find under the rear of the boat when pulling it out. We fine tune for the drop by adding some lead to the cart. It doesn't take too much and it's tunable.

[Silas_53A]

doesnt have to float. We have large wide tires, and filled them with antifreeze. But now the **** thing weighs 50lbs.

[thepiranhabros]

Weighing in on the floating cart issue...

I actually prefer my cart to float. It's a lot easier for me to have the back of the cart float up to meet the bottom of the boat rather than trying to have the boat meet a submerged cart. With the cart and boat both buoyant, I can center the back of the cart under the boat very easily, then just push down until the wheels hit bottom and have the person pulling pull it up on shore.

[G Stillwill]

I like them to float as it keeps the pads up tight to the boat as the cart is pushed back under it and the traps keep it centered on the bottom.

[Syd Marsden]

I just finished an aluminum cart, but have not tried it yet. For wheels I went to the local small engine repair shop and picked up a real nice pair of wheels off of a snowblower

[Syd Marsden]

Picked the wrong pictures last time, here is the finished pictures