Tender wheels?

[NUTMEG]

Are those grey plastic lift up wheels that bolt onto the transome of small inflatable dinghys any good? They look a bit low and I wondered if the rear of the tubes might drag/catch on the ground whilst wheeling. Don't want to waste £50 !
Anyone used them?
Thanks chaps.

 

[VicS]

Are those grey plastic lift up wheels that bolt onto the transome of small inflatable dinghys any good? They look a bit low and I wondered if the rear of the tubes might drag/catch on the ground whilst wheeling. Don't want to waste £50 !
Anyone used them?
Thanks chaps.

My little plywood tender has a couple of grey plastic wheels. Mounted permanently on a shaft fitted across its twin skegs.

I could not manage without them. They enable me to wheel it from where it lives to the slipway and down into the water.

They were free...... my father found them... I hope they were not still attached to a supermarket trolley when he found them.

 

[goskar]

They work well on my compass 2.6 inflateable

 

[William_H]

Wheels on tender

Much depends on the terrain you want to wheel the tender across. Soft sand needs big wide wheels. Hard rocks need big soft wheels while for pavement or hard sand small wheels are OK. Yes they seem good. olewill

 

[dleroc]

There are also three levels of adjustment to theses wheels. Great idea but overpriced.

 

[David2452]

Had them on a Quicksilver 270 and now on a Walker Bay 8, really useful, easy to use and lasted well.

 

[SlimRick]

I have them on a 2.3m inflatable. Great on hard surfaces or compacted sand - an absolute pain in soft sand, they just dig two deep furrows.

 

[electrosys]

I welded an axle with wheels - allegedly from a wheelie bin - onto a disused outboard transom clamp - works great, except it's a bit of a handful to store when not being used. The cost was 2x welding rods.

 

[John_P]

I have them on my inflatable tender, they are very good except on soft sand where they just dig in as previously mentioned. Also they are not the easiest wheels to lift into the horizontal position once you have launched your tender, if you leave them in the down position they act as a good sea brake ! On balance I would fit them.

 

[NUTMEG]

thanks

Thanks chaps, now the boat is back on a swinging mooring, I think I will invest in a pair.

Much obliged.

 

[GrahamM376]

Thanks chaps, now the boat is back on a swinging mooring, I think I will invest in a pair.

Much obliged.

Also invest in some stailess rod as the axles break after a while.

 

[ffiill]

Just put together a pair using pneumatic tyres and rims which can be had on e bay -sack trolley wheels/caravan jockey wheels/launch trailer wheels.A pair of angle mounting brackets and two stub axles for which I use threaded stainless rod although a couple of long stainless bolts would do.Total cost about £20.
I have not tried them out on sand but have a pair I adapted to a sack rolley which I also used as a launching trolley.
Of course the real answer is not to get a tender that weighs too much. I put my knee out trying to move mine crab like last summer!

 

[Slowtack]

Cheaper than physiotherapy if you have a dodgy back! Better to drag along with wheels up on soft sand as others have posted

 

[stevensuf]

Not quite worth their weight in gold but very handy, fitted them on my 2.9m tender, makes hauling out so much easier, especially if you have a larger motor.