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Finally upgraded my "pier cart". You may have noticed the guy with a green wheeled icebox being pulled with a pallet slat. Well I've finally upgraded to a PVC handle and two rod holders. Hopefully this will get me by until I stop fishing for a day and build a legit cart.
Innovation is what makes Americans great
If you ever got groceries with your stamps
Pushed the buggy to your section 8 house
Took the food in the crib,loaded your cooler and poles
Then headed to the pier.....
You know you ghetto!
Thinking if doing something like this to my cooler because the handle is broken. Just wonder how well the pipe will hold a heavy cooler full of fish.
+1 think it looks great!
Ghetto would be like "Hey ya'll, I got a old grocery store buggy and ..." ;-) lol
That would be a Cedar Point special.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pier#r
And then was "All up in yo' grill....."
Thanks pounder!Quote:
Originally Posted by Betjeep09
Most weight I've had in it at once was a 10# king, 2gallons of ice, and half a dozen Spanish with no problems pulling. You can see it in action on Tuesday, Getting there around 8.
Few years ago my pier cart was stolen and I went to the pier a few times using a wheeled cooler with all my gear sticking out of the back of it (without pcv). I got some laughs and photos, as I'm sure that was as ghetto as it gets.
I now have back up pier carts in case that happens again, hah!
You've taken time to add rod holders, so that's a pretty common setup. Not too shabby. Just keep the handle rinsed and greased so it doesn't rust or corrode.
Last night I just modified a rolling cooler with handle, and added 4 rod holders. My brother and I have a cart but does not fit in my car, so when I cant use the Cart, I have a more compact alternative. Im satisfied, servers its purpose.
don't feel bad i have a 2 door saturn. i modified my green garden cart to have quick breakdown so after each trip i have to take 2 min taking it apart to get it into that small, 4 cyl, 2 door car. i have the cart tweaked enough to hold 9 rods, ice chest, drop net, 4 chairs, and tackle box, and food.Quote:
Originally Posted by ADiem21
The struggle is real! I gotta Honda Fit and trying to fit a full size cart, cooler, net, and 8 rods takes some work but I still have room when its all said and done. Honda nailed it when they said its deceptively large.Quote:
Originally Posted by darkstarpoet1
Last summer, we transported all our gear in a VW Golf, same story, stuff, cram and make no rod tips are in the door jams! But good gas mileage on a 60 mile trip trumps all the room in the F150.
Finally seriously upgraded my pier cart. I can actually haul more than 2 rods now, I'm pumped, come on spring!! Thanks GCIS in Foley!http://www.gulfshorespierfishing.com...tid=3390&stc=1
Looks like you got it done just in time as the King slaughter is fixin to start exactly one month from today (my pick in the lotto)
You're giving me chill bumps just thinking about it, hope you're right!Quote:
Originally Posted by crazynewts
Get yourself a good front wheel for your chariot---makes a world of difference. I got a pneumatic wheel from Harbor Freight and it made my cart roll a lot smoother and quieter. The way I attached it was a little ghetto, but that should make it fit right in on yours :)
Next upgrade after the front wheel is the bait bucket holder. Then the weed eater motor, bicycle chain and sprockets.
i didn't really think I would even like the wheel, but since there is a Haywire Engineered pneumatic wheel option I will probably go that route, thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Haywire
That wheel is a tad big and makes the cart higher in the front---makes it look like a low rider that can get rubber in the first three gears. Trouble is, the engine is old and weak and hasn't had its oil changed in a long time.
Its over a quarter of a mile from the parking lot to the octi. The front wheel lets you just pull all the weight instead of lift it and pull it. Its a necessity for high mileage knees and hip joints.
I extended the handle a few inches and mount it to the rear of the cart; pushing is easier to me than pulling. Front wheel is a necessity.
I prefer to push my cart too, it really is much easier.Quote:
Originally Posted by FinChaser
But the easiest way is to let my 9yr'ol son have at it, he'll happily pull it out there for the chance to fish.
No I'm not a mean daddy, he needs exercise to get all that youthful vigor out of him, and grow some muscle.
Hey back when this new pier first opened my cart was an old grocery store buggy from the old Al 5&10 store that was thrown out it was big enough to hold 2 rods a small cooler and a small tackle box. Probably the most ghetto rig a 15 year old could use. I think I got a year out of it and one of the wheels went bad on it. Sure makes you appriciate how nice a legit pier cart was after that transition lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Pier#r
Sorry guys, but this is ghetto!
http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/.../MowerCart.jpg
I heard there used to be some old fart using a wheel chair for a cart!
That's great, Fin, complete with spincast outfit.
Actually, the wheelchair chassis is smart---one of the easiest rolling contraptions around, but might be a challenge to customize to live well, cooler, tackle box, hammock attachment and rod holsters. You could keep the handicap sticker that came with it and put a small awning over it. I saw the one that the old fart you're talking about had, but he had no imagination for the infinite possibilities available. ---Not even a decent sound system or fish spotting tower.
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Originally Posted by Pier#r
My Dad was working at Walgreens (construction, building a new store) several years ago and came across some carts they had. He was having to drag a big tool box around to wherever he was working inside the store, and decided to fix that. He took the basket off the cart and secured a wood base there in place of it. It's what we've brought out to the pier the last couple years. I tried finding a picture of the cart online, but it's not the usual shopping cart design and I couldn't find anything that looks like it. I might go get a picture of it tomorrow if I can get to it behind all the junk on top of it by now.
I'm hoping to fix it up some more for this year with a little bit bigger wheels, as it has plastic wheels and they are pretty rough to roll around on the pier with all the stuff we put on it.
shoot down at okaloosa pier theres an older man that has a cart type rig attached to his electric wheelchair. im starting to think about getting a rig like that myself