A short rant about dinghy trolley tyres

[Kukri]

With two racing dinghies (one per son) and a tender we find ourselves with six of the usual red plastic dinghy trolley wheels in the family.

This rant concerns the inner tubes. You can't buy these separately at any chandler I know. So whenever you get a puncture you have to buy a new wheel and tyre, because the inner tubes are so rubbishy that you can't patch them.

Not the biggest rip off, but an irritant...

Any ideas?

 

[sarabande]

try your local farmers' cooperative or big garden centre ?



Oh PS. What size are they pls ?

 

[Daydream believer]

If you keep them pumped up the chances of a puncture is pretty remote. The problem comes when you just let them go flat or near flat & try to move the trailer. Simple to sort really.
But do not get the solid versions - they are really hard to roll

 

[KevinT1]

Loads on eBay for less than £5 each - search on wheelbarrow inner tubes.

 

[VicS]

With two racing dinghies (one per son) and a tender .....................

Any ideas?

Tyres and innertubes
Puncture proof trolley wheels
and
Sandhopper wheels​

All here http://www.trailertek.com/acatalog/Launching_trolley_wheels.html ........ take your pick!

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[Kukri]

Thanks, everyone. Specially VicS.

I will lay in a supply of inner tubes.

 

[VicS]

Thanks, everyone. Specially VicS.

I will lay in a supply of inner tubes.

You should be able to get them from your local tyre depot, but avoid the well known one or you'll end up with new suspension and God knows what else on your car!

You should be able to patch them too with the right adhesive etc

 

[Greenheart]

Mr Daydream is right about those solid rubber tyres...

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On the one hand, I no longer ever have to worry about arriving at the park and finding the boat is sagging sideways with a flat tyre...nor can the tyre suffer much from attack by pen-knife equipped delinquent beach-rats...

...but it's a fact that these exceedingly tough, undeformable rubber tyres don't allow even a small pebble to push into them as the boat rolls along - so everything in the boat's path must be climbed over.

It may not sound like a big deal, but even a bit of shingle over a hard slipway can send the big boat shuddering to a halt. The only way past the obstacle is by climbing over it, rather than the tyre squishing a little (reducing the necessity for vertical movement).

The solid ones weren't cheap - nearly twice what the tubed type costs - and doubtless they'll last decades longer, but for ease of use, I may revert to the pneumatic cheapies this season.

Not sure what the OP's dinghies are...mine's 150kg. I guess solid tyres might not seem so unyielding on a much lighter dinghy.

 

[Bilgediver]

With two racing dinghies (one per son) and a tender we find ourselves with six of the usual red plastic dinghy trolley wheels in the family.

This rant concerns the inner tubes. You can't buy these separately at any chandler I know. So whenever you get a puncture you have to buy a new wheel and tyre, because the inner tubes are so rubbishy that you can't patch them.

Not the biggest rip off, but an irritant...

Any ideas?

Available on Amazon and eBay and when buying tyres try and get 4 ply.