Using a canoe trolley

[@mynameIan]

Excellent advice. Nicely trimmed hedge.

[@NikNik-gd6uv]

Used a trolley in Germany. Very, very helpful 👍🏼

[@rncyclist]

Perfect video! Everything you need to know, and nothing you don't! Thank you!

[@AC-rf1ud]

Excellent video, just bought a trolley because my wife has trouble carrying her end very far. I had already decided we needed 4 straps and now, with your help, I’m sure we do!

[@johnw1850]

Thanks Al, glad it helped.

[@grahamskilling2147]

Lovely clear explanation thanks

[@ianwatson353]

Excellent- really clear and helpful!

[@johnself]

Very helpful video! Thanks!

[@jimwortham8634]

Thanks for posting had not been time on down properly and I always comes off trolley

[@nicklenco7311]

It would have been helpful for me to watch this before I had to figure it out. 😊 My only addition would be that, if you are using ratcheted straps (like I do with my 18.5 footer) you can use long ones and go from each corner, around a thwart, down the canoe, around the thwart, and to the opposite corner on the sane side of the canoe. Two straps instead of four. Make sure they can pass by the thwarts to even pit the tension. This makes the straps a bit heavier if you do have to carry them (what with the ratchets) but it works well. Rope would likely also work but I am not good enough with rope to get it as tight as a ratcheted tie down. Without the straps, unless I am on something akin to pavement, my cano3 will not stay on the wheels. It is always worth a few minutes to strap it in. Also, my canoe is 129lbs (i think) so most gear needs to be portaged separately.

[@magee1312]

So helpful Thankyou 🙏🙏

[@alexbraun2243]

I just got myself one to save any predicament with my back whilst carrying the boat to the water and hope this comes in really useful thanks 😀🌞

[@johnw1850]

I hope so too!

[@bobbyfischer6786]

Very informative thank you. What make are those ones and would i be better trying to get a second hand set or are these quite resonable? I like the bigger wheels which would be more forgiving

[@markwhelan8233]

great vid,wish I'd watched it before last weekend,my ekla trolley didn't want to cooperate and I ended up carrying a sea kayak in one hand and a sit on top in the other hand for a couple of hundred yards with paddles and pfds hanging from every limb....never again:)

[@wardee5203]

Great stuff mate ty, can I ask which trolley this is please?

[@triciahardisty6396]

Very helpful - thanks

[@KartsHuseonica]

Excellent vid. Good points.

[@johnw1850]

Thank you.

[@damkayaker]

Nice canoe and great accent!

[@ScottUmphrey]

Very well done! Thanks.

[@finilein]

that was very helpful. thank you very much for this short but informative video :D

[@johnw1850]

Glad it was helpful!

[@michaelltnv6741]

Thank you it did help me. I have a 14" mad river canoe. I've been looking at the Trolley that's the wheels come off. John does tires matter hard rubber is more weight correct?

[@3692richardb]

Very useful, thank you :)

[@lifesissuesandhowtoenjoywh4733]

Quite helpful thank you

[@unclejohnthezef]

Great job! Where is that sweet little whitewater we see at the beginning?

[@johnw1850]

The first bit with the bridge and snowy mountains is Invercauld on the Royal Dee in Scotland, the second bit of jumping the boat into the eddy is river right at the top of Warden Gorge on the North Tyne in England. There's more footage of both sections in the River Dee 2018 and Tyne Tour 2015 videos on the channel.

[@3RaccoonsInATank]

I made one of those with some front forks from bikes and some wood

[@johnw1850]

Having seen the price of trolleys these days, I think the home built route might be the best option. I was lucky to get mine when they were reasonably priced and even with instructor discount, and a discount for buying it with loads of other kit, I struggled to justify the cost.

[@knot4man]

I did it with rear forks.

[@davidhogan4985]

Thanks for that, I've not usd my trolley yet and was wondering on the best way to hold it all in place. Question: what have you used for the keel protection 🤔 Thanks again

[@johnw1850]

Good to hear it was useful. I bought the boat with the protection already on, but I'm assuming it's kevlar and epoxy.

[@davidhogan4985]

@@johnw1850 Thanks again 👍

[@acco244]

thanks my friend!!!!!!! :)

[@mattkatt]

Yes: "funny looks.."😂 , true true

[@unclejohnthezef]

Do you always just leave the kickstand down? Seems it would hit bumps and curbs, no? (And what is that nice whitewater at the start?)

[@johnw1850]

I've never really taken much notice of the kick stand (other than using it to set the boat up), I've never had it catch on anything, but I only use a trolley on reasonably smooth terrain. If it's lumpy enough to cause problems for the stand it's quite difficult to pull the wheels over stuff and I'd rather throw the boat on my head. I'd guess if you were finding it a problem you could always rotate things so if the stand hits something it collapses into it's folded away position.

[@jonnocornell]

that set looks larger than the ones i have. could do with a set like that. any ideas where to buy from?

[@justadutchman5169]

👍👊

[@mikeskor6230]

Great info. thank you.

[@maikerul3618]

Can you please tell me what the height of the trolly you have? I been looking around and it 30cm height and yours look higher.....thanks.

[@johnw1850]

Bought it a long time ago, but I think it's what Eckla now call the Exprorer 400 XXL trolley, so it's big. We used smaller ones (Eckla 260s) at a place I worked. The smaller ones are easier to pack in a boat or car, but the big wheels on the one in the video make it easier to push.

[@maikerul3618]

@@johnw1850 Thanks for your quick reply, Found the model you got, it 160 EUR! Wow it a lot, I found a cheaper one for $80 CAD but it smaller. Hope it work out for short distance across the beach. :)

[@johnw1850]

@@maikerul3618 That's a lot of cash for what they are. They were half that price when I bought mine, and I struggled to justify the expense at that price.

[@nestormakris1274]

I want have one....hwo you sent me in Cyprus.....

[@tombeckett4340]

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