Dynamic Dolly for us Kayakers?

[Darth-Baiter]

Greg Blanchard put this tiny cart on my radar.  I bet they are selling a lot of them because of him.

 

there is no denying that putting in and out at a boat ramp is the biggest pain of it all.  we all work at different speeds, but some boaters feel it is still too slow.  hahaha..  personally I am a fast as heck type.  

you can slide the kayak on this dolly, strap in and yank it to the truck and unload leisurely.  and load with the same urgency...as in NONE.  

 

it comes apart and can store inside the truck.  

 

anyone using one?  Greg actually upgrade to the hitch option and pulls his boat with his truck.  my kayak is still relatively light, so I dont think I need that.

 

 

[redmexican5081]

No experience with a kayak and this cart but this is the way we would transport our small sailing boats to and from the waters edge to the boathouse at my college.  They worked great.  They pulled effortlessly and were super stable. The only complaint was when retrieving, the tires would float the cart and sometimes if it was windy you'd have to adjust once it was on dry land. I doubt this would be too much of an issue with the weight of a kayak though.

[immortl]

Looks pretty useful and convenient to me.  I can see this perhaps being a bit easier than putting the kayak up on a traditional cart.  Seems like this would keep the kayak a bit more level when loading/rigging stuff in and out of it. 

[FryDog62]

I think it looks good in many respects... especially for launching. The only question I have about it is if it's very tip heavy when pulling by hand.  I have Boonedox Landing Gear and the wheels are pretty far back and it's a beast to move the kayak more than about 30 yards.  I still have the Boonedox, but added a Wilderness Kart up front if I'm pulling any distance at all. 

[Fishingmickey]

I have the Seitech dolly for sailing and have used it for my kayak. Seitech went out of business and Dynamic is pretty much a clone of the Seitech dolly. They do work great, way better then a cart especially over rough ground. They are fairly easy to break down and store. The additional hitch attachment (it's extra) that you see Greg use in his videos to haul up and down those long Cali ramps really minimizes your time on the ramp. Even with the dolly, hauling a loaded PA14 any distance up a steep ramp will require some effort. 

They balance well (center of gravity over the wheels) and Dynamic makes them in kayak versions too.

 

FM

[flyfisher]

These types of kayak "carts" have been around for a while.  They work great but storage is an issue if you are a long ways from the ramp.

 

Besides all that they are super expensive and i am not sure how much of an upgrade it would be over my wildy cart and i can't imagine it being 3 times as good.

[casts_by_fly]

if I'm going to go down that route, I'm just going to use a launchable and towable boat trailer.  That dolly doesn't look like something I'd tow down the highway, so you still have to load and unload it from the truck onto the dolly.  If that's the case just drop it at the water's edge and not worry about the dolly.  I guess maybe I don't fish any waters where it would be relevant.  

[Bankc]

I could see it working well for some people.  But it offers me nothing over my current cart, which I almost never use anyway.  

 

My next upgrade in that department will be a full trailer.  Though, I'm betting that'll come with a jon boat and a small gas motor.  

[airshot]

In regards to kayakers at the boat ramp.  I was one some years back, but as a lifelong boater, I also understand the long wait to get loaded and underway.  One thing I always did, was to take my gear down to the waters edge where it didnt bother anyone even though there were others launching the boats off trailers.  Even my kayak was set there off to the side out of everyones way !!  When it was my turn, I could load up my gear and be gone in minutes, faster than most unloading their boat off a trailer.  Same thing comming in, keep off to the side and dont block the ramp !!  Unfortunately...I see many kayackers and jet ski operaters take up the entire ramp while taking their time  walking back and forth to there vehicle to get one piece of gear at a time...Then again I have witnessed many trailer boaters do similiar things....consideration of other peoples time and wait should make everyone do what they can, to get things done as quickly and effieciently as possible so others can have there turn. 

[Standard]

Looks nice, but $600.. woof.  

[Tatulatard]

I just drag of belly side it off the ramp to the grass on the side and get the heck out of the way.  That's what the replaceable wear blocks are for in the back.  The cart it for transporting it to the ramp from the vehicle.  My kayaks get beat up doing this no doubt but I'm not being in the way and my kayaks last about 5 years before they get a hole on them.  $1,000 yak every 5 years isn't so bad. Patch the hole and move it to the spare kayak then give away the old spare kayak it replaced.  

[Motoboss]

Yeah well with a near $5k yak abuse isn’t optional!

 

I’ve thought about this cart but it seems a “tweener”. No good for road use and additional trips back to the truck to store it. Then there’s the assembly / disassembly every time. So it’s really only useful from the vehicle to the water, then from the water to the vehicle. It does nothing more than a traditional cart can do. If you launched at a super long ramp and long distances from the parking lot every time, towing from the parking lot to the water and back would be useful. Otherwise, I consider it just added hassle.

[TnRiver46]

5 hours ago, Standard said:

Looks nice, but $600.. woof.  

I think that’s how much they pay per hour in the Bay Area 

5 hours ago, Tatulatard said:

I just drag of belly side it off the ramp to the grass on the side and get the heck out of the way.  That's what the replaceable wear blocks are for in the back.  The cart it for transporting it to the ramp from the vehicle.  My kayaks get beat up doing this no doubt but I'm not being in the way and my kayaks last about 5 years before they get a hole on them.  $1,000 yak every 5 years isn't so bad. Patch the hole and move it to the spare kayak then give away the old spare kayak it replaced.  

^this is the way

[Dangerfield]

I think this is definitely a "nice to have" but isn't a major departure or upgrade over a kayak/portage cart. I'm an avid Greg follower, he uses it in conjunction with the Boonedox cart and I think it's convenient because of the nature of the launches he uses.

 

I end up using a decent amount of dodgy launches, gravel, beaches/sand and the odd concrete traditional boat launch. I could definitely use a set of beach wheels for the Wildy cart cause the standard wheels dig in on sand or loose gravel pretty badly.

 

 

[Darth-Baiter]

1 minute ago, Dangerfield said:

I think this is definitely a "nice to have" but isn't a major departure or upgrade over a kayak/portage cart. I'm an avid Greg follower, he uses it in conjunction with the Boonedox cart and I think it's convenient because of the nature of the launches he uses.

 

I end up using a decent amount of dodgy launches, gravel, beaches/sand and the odd concrete traditional boat launch. I could definitely use a set of beach wheels for the Wildy cart cause the standard wheels dig in on sand or loose gravel pretty badly.

 

 

agree.  the big cart is really for the long civiilized ramps we have over here.  we have a lot of them, but i trend towards the more janky kayak launches. 

[Dangerfield]

5 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

agree.  the big cart is really for the long civiilized ramps we have over here.  we have a lot of them, but i trend towards the more janky kayak launches. 

My home lake has an insane amount of boat/jet ski traffic in the summer and I'll only use the boat launch at off peak times otherwise I'm using a beach or gravel road. There's no way in hell I'm dragging my $4K kayak anywhere especially with a transducer hangin off the bottom.

 

I wish I was spoiled with the level and quality of your boat launches. I'm not crazy about walking back-n-forth to my car with my Wildy cart, let alone the Dynamic Dolly which requires your to break it down to get it in a car or truck. In a tournament setting with like minded folks, I'll walk the cart back to my car but on a 2-4 hour voyage, I'd be too worried leaving my precious gear on a beach with onlookers. Last weekend, I rigged up two Scotty bases with fender rings, see below, at the back of my kayak, so I can strap my Wildy cart behind my crate for those shorter trips.