low-level dock cart ideas?

[showmepro1200]

I am looking for plans/ideas/rough drawings/pictures for some kind of low-level wheeled cart to use on my dock at the Lake. We keep our 2 RNs on the dock under the roofed area during the summer - I'm getting tired of dragging and/or carrying the machines from the astro-turfed dockramp to their storage areas at night and when I leave for the week.

Surely someone has seen or has ideas for a wheeled cart device that you must roll under the machine from the sides, push down on it to raise it off the floor just 3-6 inches or so, and can roll the boat to where you want? Don't know if anyone will understand what I mean, but just searching for ideas (or if a manufacturer already makes this, where I can see it in pics).

Thanks

 

[Boris]

How elaborate do you need this thing to be ?

How about a furniture dolly idea ?

 

[showmepro1200]

How elaborate do you need this thing to be ?

How about a furniture dolly idea ?

I'd like to keep it simple. Thought about just a dolly, and may end up going that route. What I optimally like to do would be to roll the device up to the machine from the front (the frame would be open so a wheel can go to each side, use some form of 'lever-action' to lift the RN under the gunwales, and pull it to where ever I need to go on the dock. I'm figuring it needs to have some baloony/bigger tires because I have to run this over a couple open joints between the sundock (where the ramp is) and the main dock.

Here is some pics of the dock to show what I mean (why the heck didn't I think of the visual earler?)

The first pic is the main dock, but doesn't have the astroturf (actually Mizzou soccerfield scrap (good stuff) on the sun dock, and doesn't show the ramp. The second pic, the best I have for now shows the ramp, essentially a 4x8 plywood with some floatation under it.

(That 2nd pic by the way is what we dealt with 2 winters ago when a severe ice/sleet storm hit the Lake and many docks went down (look across the cove - one dock collapsed completey. Ours was 4" under water at the ramp/dock connection - I got up top and carefully pushed all the ice off the top to keep the dock from sinking any further. we have the new encapsulated floatation under the dock now, as can be seen in the first pic.)

 

[SJBrit]

There's a type of beach cart that does what you want - or used to. Someone on here will remember who made them, but they basically suspend the ski a few inches off the ground. You push the cart over the ski (it has a frame that goes over the top), engage a couple of hooks under the bond line and then push the front of the cart down. That levers the rear of the ski off the ground a few inches. Then you attach a hook to the bow eye and lift the front of the cart which gets the rest of the ski off the ground.

It's hands down the best cart I've ever seen or used, but I don't think anyone makes them anymore. Super easy to get a ski on it single handed with very little effort, and perfect for your situation.

 

[SJBrit]

We were typing at the same time! Yes, you can do what you want. Hopefully someone can post pics of the cart I'm talking about. There was one that used to show up at Daytona and we always said we'd take measurements and start building them again, but i don't know if anyone did.

 

[showmepro1200]

SJBrit - I think know what you're speaking of, it has an overhead loop-type main structure? I would love to see pics of that - I have a welder and ability - I don't think it would be to hard to make

 

[WFO Speedracer]

It was made by Kawasaki its called a tote -a - ski,I want to make one myself but can find no pictures anywhere the KAWI PART # IS #W99990-571B if you google KAWASAKI TOTE-A-SKI no pics come up but that is where I got the hit for the part number at.There is one on the video Jet Dreams,I remember seeing it.The shop I used to work at had a couple of them,they cut them up and made trailer dollies out of them ,the bastards!

 

[driftmaster]

I needed the same thing.

 

[WFO Speedracer]

Someone really needs to start making those again.I am sure they were made for Kawasaki by some other company,there is not much to them and they break apart for transport.I scored two of the pieces that pick up the skis when I worked at the dealership so I have the hard part already made lol.

 

[showmepro1200]

Someone really needs to start making those again.I am sure they were made for Kawasaki by some other company,there is not much to them and they break apart for transport.I scored two of the pieces that pick up the skis when I worked at the dealership so I have the hard part already made lol.

WFO - you wouldn't happen to have a couple pics of those parts would you?

Also would love to see the whole thing as well.

Mine would have to be fairly narrow too, no fat tires, as I store the RNs on the end of the fingers of the dock on each side, on the cove end of the dock, have to get through the uprights.

 

[OCD Solutions]

They are still available for snomobiles and can be modded to work on jetskis fairly easily. The guy who had one at Daytona is Fred, great older guy who rips a lamey Superjet.

Dennis Kirk stil sells them; http://www.denniskirk.com/jsp/produ...ain&catId=&productId=p28517&leafCatId=&mmyId=

Probably too wide for what the OP is looking for though.

 

[showmepro1200]

Sweet! That's it - thanks man!!

Exactly what I need (except for the width of course, like you say)

If anyone has modified these, or made their own, I'd totally appreciate input from you. :fingersx:

 

[WFO Speedracer]

I will get some pics up of the pieces,my thought was to get a muffler shop to bend the pieces up out of exhaust tubing,should be plenty strong and they could do perfect 90 degree bends with ease.

 

[showmepro1200]

I will get some pics up of the pieces,my thought was to get a muffler shop to bend the pieces up out of exhaust tubing,should be plenty strong and they could do perfect 90 degree bends with ease.

True. In my case, I have a pair of older pickup bedrails (6 foot long, 2" round steel tubing) that I am looking at very interestingly

I am thinking that if you approach the PWC from the front, and put the lift pods (more elongated than the sled type) far enough to the back of the machine, the weight would bias to the front and you could have some kind of independent wheel attachment at the front bow-eye that it would rest on, thus making a three-wheel rolling device.....hmmmm.

Or, just use the two wheels and balance it while you move it.

 

[scott07]

shomepro1200.... Hey i saw your from jeff city, just wondering if your place is down at the ozarks bc thats where i ride and have been looking for more people to ride with....
Also i have the same problem with moving my skis around the dock, just wondering if you found a final solution. I actually know and have used freds (the guy IN2-H20 was talking about) modified snow mobile cart. i used to live in orlando and ride with him every sunday, hes a bad ass 70yr old haha. Well send me a pm if you ride in the ozarks, my place is right where the big and little niagua meet.

 

[WFO Speedracer]

If you hook it in the right place on the ski it balances very easily,you just slide it farther backwards or forwards to get the balance correct,I used to move them around with one hand easily.

 

[showmepro1200]

If you hook it in the right place on the ski it balances very easily,you just slide it farther backwards or forwards to get the balance correct,I used to move them around with one hand easily.

This is what I am striving for. I hate to admit it, but sometimes I don't ride just because I don't want to blow my gut getting the machine back over to the storage spot on the dock. I can't do that no more, I must ride when I feel the need.

 

[showmepro1200]

shomepro1200.... Hey i saw your from jeff city, just wondering if your place is down at the ozarks bc thats where i ride and have been looking for more people to ride with....
Also i have the same problem with moving my skis around the dock, just wondering if you found a final solution. I actually know and have used freds (the guy IN2-H20 was talking about) modified snow mobile cart. i used to live in orlando and ride with him every sunday, hes a bad ass 70yr old haha. Well send me a pm if you ride in the ozarks, my place is right where the big and little niagua meet.

Scott07 - Yes we are at the lake, but at the 3mm, Osage end (close to Bagnell Dam). Quite a ways from you if I'm remembering, the Niangua arms are way down the lake?

 

[WFO Speedracer]

I saw some of those snowmow carts on Ebay for like $145.00 with free shipping,I think you may still be able to order that tote a ski from Kawi for about $193.00. Us old muggafuggas are trying to save our back for the actual riding,no use throwing it out try to get the ride to the water lol.

 

[Liquid Graffix]

U could probably do something similar to this thing with PVC: