Have any of you rigged up a wheel to transport your toon? I’m thinking about making something for my older model Scadden. I know that there are a few after market wheels out there, but I’d rather not spend a couple hundred $$ if at all possible.
Any suggestions?
Kevin
I got a 12. inch pneumatic wheel and tire from Princess auto that had a bearing with a 3/4 inch bore in it. I married this to a 6 inch x 3/4 inch axel and a piece of 2 inch channel steel. I bolted this to my engine mount with two bolts and wing nuts. It takes less than a minute to put on and off my toon. You hold the leg rests like they were the two handles of a wheel barrow and viola your off. Using it like a wheelbarrow I can put the electric motor the battery and all my stuff on the toon and wheel it down to the lake. Easy as pie. The Wheel,tire and axel cost me $11.00 the channel steel was something I found at the scrap yard and the guy said to just take it. Total cost was $15.00 or so. I would take a pic of it but its stored away for the ice season.
Yep.
Go by your local Goodwill and buy a small kids bicycle. My local Goodwill had several for $5.00 each! I picked one out and gave the lady 15 bucks (10 as a donation) for the bicycle. Took it home, stripped off the front fork, drilled a hole straight thru the upper end of the fork for a clip-pin to slide thru, gave it a couple shots of Rustoleum paint and…waalaaa…I had a perfect wheel for my Skykomish Sunrise for nearly nothing.
Slide the wheel into the bracket on the rear of the frame, slide a clip thru to keep the wheel straight, grab the toon by the footpegs and roll it around just like a wheelbarrow.
Works perfectly.
I bought a used wheelbarrow with a cracked tub for $2.00 at a yard sale. Stripped everything off but the wheel and handles. Attached a board across the front for the toon frame to rest against and viola. Just stash it out of the way on the bank while you are floating. Good luck. Jim