10 ft. jon and hauling 3 miles... Wheels on jon??

[solarscar]

Some of my favorite places to fish are foot traffic only, so I have to go light. I would like to get a small 10ft jon, use only oars and have a small folding anchor... The catch is that I will have to haul this about 3 miles on average somehow (gravel roads). I have seen a jon a few years back on top of someones vehicle that had wheels on it... I'm even thinking about putting wheels on it and somehow hauling it with a d**n mountain bike... Is any of this possible and can someone please give me some tried and true options for doing a project like this? Much appreciation!

[solarscar]

i'm brainstorming here.....

I wonder if I could strap a wheel barrel under the jon in sweet balance spot?? hmmm..... I'm a small guy and would prefer to be able to haul it via a bike maybe.. Anyone done such a thing?

[nashua fisherman]

my 10' jon weights 75 pounds. wouldnt want to carry it too far. have you thought about getting a kyak? most of the cheep ones ive seen weigh around 40 pounds. you could get a strap and carry it like a guitar. just an idea.

[solarscar]

I haven't looked into Kayaks, but did own a folding one once (tote n boat) and it sucked ***. If you went an inch off center line, it was going over and jackie chan wouldn't be quick enough to correct it! I fell in 40 degree water, thankfully close to the bank, sold that d**n thing on ebay. I want to do this jon project and figure if I can outfit it will temporary wheels on the back, I could easily, manually haul it and to make it quicker, somehow haul it behind a mountain bike????

[wagn]

You can buy or build something like this.

http://www.wheeleez.com/kayakcanoecart-tuff-tire.php

There are cheaper versions out there, this is just the first one I could find.

I built a dolly for my bass raider boat a couple of years back. They worked pretty good.

[Bassn Blvd]

When I was 13, I put my 10' jon on 2 skateboards and pushed it down the road for a couple miles.  It wasn't easy though.

[.dsaavedra.]

if you build your own little cart for it, use large diameter wheels, like bicycle wheels. less effort on your part.

[Grey Wolf]

Inflatable one man pontoon boat . Weighs less than 50 lbs. Tear it down and you can take it anywhere.

[MSPbass]

Google "boat dolly" and you'll find a few different products. Do it in Google Images for a quick idea of what's out there.

[done]

I could see rigging up a sheet of ply with some sort of dolly rig under it with larger tires. Then you can just strap it down with bungees for the walk down/up the trail. Since you will likely be leaving it on the shore while you go out, don't make it too expensive or someone will get tempted to borrow it.

[J Francho]

What ever you devise, you will want the wheels as close to the balance point as possible.  This is a big weakness in the kayak cart I use.  That boat is easily a couple hundred pounds loaded up, and its a bit of effort getting anywhere.

[done]

crap...that thing have a fridge in it too? Satellite TV? LOL.

[J Francho]

crap...that thing have a fridge in it too? Satellite TV? LOL.

Nope, but it occasionally carries a fish or too, breifly: