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8th February 2011, 09:08 AM #1
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Kayak trailer
I do a bit of fishing from a kayak, and no matter how hard I tried I could not keep sand and salt water off the car. So after a lot of gazing at my old trailer I decided to get to it with a grinder and a welder to make it suit the kayak. The trailer is small (4 x 3) and had a really short draw bar – the old hitch was 1 7/8” - so I needed to extend the draw bar and put a 50mm hitch onto it.
I set it up with a rear roller system (wheels off a supercheap hand trolley) so that rolling the kayak on and off the trailer is a breeze.
Here it is – before and after!
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8th February 2011, 10:42 PM #2
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Nice work.
Can you still re-fit the cage for those odd rubbish trips?Too many projects, so little time, even less money!
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8th February 2011, 11:29 PM #3
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Looks a good solution
However, I recall other posts discussing the allowable overhang for loads carried on a trailer -- I can't recall the details, but it would pay to checkregards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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9th February 2011, 03:36 PM #4
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In South Australia, if you carry a copy of this document, you can have a canoe, row boat or kayak overhang a trailer more than 1.2M.
I think in most other states the limit is 1.0 or 1.2M overhang.Too many projects, so little time, even less money!Are you a registered member? Why not? click here to register. It's free and only takes 37 seconds! Doing work around the home? Wander over to our sister site, Renovate Forum, for all your renovation queries.
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9th February 2011, 04:46 PM #5
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That is 'stage 2'
Originally Posted by Yonnee
The side panels will still fit as is - all I need to do is chop a bit off the front and rear panels to sit on the new rails and it will be done. I did find one minor problem today - the roller system works too well and the kayak wanted to slide off the trailer 
- regardless of how tight I had the straps. The minor strap reposition and the addition of a front strap will fix that hiccup
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