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[OMK]

Thanks, Portside. Your photos speak a whole volume.
Ten quid is an affordable work-around regarding fixing the trailer to the bike. I'm in town tomorrow so I'll check the local Halfords.
Just the pivot was throwing me - the rest would be reasonably simple to codge together. Like Roger, I'm toying with the idea of lightweight plumbing. Only in my case it's cheaper to make the framework from plastic electrical conduits. I'm not sure if the plastic would be strong enough at this point, whereas 20mm steel conduits would certainly give it the needed strength. But then there is the weight factor.

Anyway, you've gave me mucho food for thought.
Thanks again for your help on this.

Oh, nearly forgot....
Can you tell you some more about your wheels (you mentioned something about shocks). Can you tell me where I might get them? Any chance of a picture of what you did there?

[lotsaboats]

This is similar to yours PortsideII





Converted from a kiddie carrier for bikes.

[Tug---Kenny]

Nice to revive this subject as many might not have seen it.   

Come on everyone, lets see how you transport your pride and joy.

I have updated my trolley, on acquiring a new set of wheels. I used it last Sunday and found that solid wheels are not really the thing for concrete paths. It was all vibrations and noise. It worked OK on the grass  (which was wet !!)  so roll on summer.

I have cut down all my boat stands widths to accommodate fitting any one in. The handle folds over for transport in the car and there's room for the transmitter and stuff at one end of the floor.

[gregk9]

Needed something "cheap n cheerful" for my 1/12th scale mersey.

£10 folding golf trolley secondhand  off ebay and a quick knocked together wooden carry frame, thats easily unclipped from the trolley to fit in the car, the wheels unclipoff the trolley also for further compactness.

The boat is virtually 4ft long, the trolley has a wide wheelbase, so very stable, wide tyres for wet/soggy ground, not a problemo.

plus, adapt a different carry frame and its easy enough to fit another boat instead.

its not just designed for one boat only, the hull web straps easily shape to fit any hull

The boat pictures only has a single web strap securing it, this was for demo only, it will normally use 2 as a minimum.

[brianB6]

My baby rides in sprung comfort. 
I adapted an old pram my daughter was throwing out.
The 'cradle' clamps onto the cutouts in the MDF board and the pram can be folded to go in the car boot whilst the boat rides on the back seat, secured by a seat belt of course. 

[tugboyben]

Seen this on you tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wWjvTgKS0E&feature=related

Jason

[malcolm.howard2]

This is my main boat transport,  I load my models inside my garage with a block and tackle, so no lifting at all, then hitch to my car,  drive to lake, reverse trailer into water, lift model over rear of trailer into water, ps  i only need  stabilizer if lifting model  to right of trailer to prevent overturning it  MH

[Patrick Henry]

My Thunder Tiger Neptune came supplied with a clip on/clip off stainless steel carry handle. Just clip it into two of the free flood slots where it attaches to two points on the internal chassis, carry it down to the lake, slip it into the water and wiggle the handle out...simples.

[MichaelK]

Hi
My boat buggy is almost identical to BrianB6's.
Even looks like the same brand!!
I took off the tray at the bottom, cut off the braking mechanism, and bolted my old and well used MDF building board to the two axles,
I can now carry 2 boats in their transport cases, with tools , lunch box etc sitting on top.
And it all fits into tha back of a Toyota Corolla (Conquest?)
My darling wife picked up 2 identical prams during a council collection, so I sold the good one and kept the average one.
Mick

[Popeye]

Yes Mayhemmers

Lets have some ideas for dealing with drop keeled boats as well.

Transportation, and launch and recovery

This trolley was designed and to cater for  movements betwen car and waterside and for launching/retieval of drop keeled and roundbilge/hard chine models via both sloping  and hard edged water- side banking.

It's now several years old  -and still going strong - and was very cheap to fabricate using 15mm and 22mm copper tubing, a few 'Yorkshire' pipe fittings (courtesy B & Q),
6mm studding (for the axle), surplus pipe insulation and a pair of recycled Bar -B -Que wheels.

Random holes were drilled in both the 'wetted' part of the trolley and the wheel treads to facilitate quick drainage following immersion.

[MichaelK]

Pretty Flash using  copper!
Mick

[ben hall]

i use a two seater child pram that is just the metal frame              old lady shopping bag again ramee only and my bike trailer   +   skate board with rope (only if small model)

[catengineman]

Looking back through this thread to see the various modes I note a trailer for transport.
Further back I see my post with a rough sketch of very similar idea but note that MY name is listed as GUEST ?

Further back and there is my Tito with the trolley but now I have Tito and another similar size tug I am going to have to rethink my transport requirements

[jaymac]

Made this simple but useful if you cant Kneel lifts  out of  PVC overflow pipe and connetors . The boat sits on the  weee green stand and I just slip the lifts over either end in or out of the water.Granted she aint al that heavy  but you could use bigger pipe if needed