Anyone know of a small kayak cart that will break down and fit through an 8” round hatch? Most of the cheapo carts on Amazon including the one I currently own use 9” diameter wheels. I’m looking at possibly picking up a Rockpool, but the small 8” hatches they use have me confounded in terms of cart options. Any help is much appreciated.
Maybe look around and see if you can find smaller wheels to fit your cart.
https://kayakcarriers.co.uk/product-category/trolleys/
They have several compact plus something specific to a Rockpool
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Been scouring Amazon for kayak cart wheels. It seems as though 9” is the standard mass produced wheels for kayak carts.
Thanks for the link to the Rockpool specific cart. However, based on the description of using 8” wheels and the attached picture in the description, I’m not sure that the wheels are stowable. I hope I’m wrong. Either way, I will make an inquiry and find out. Thanks again for the link!
Thanks. I’ll definitely check it out.
I thought that looked familiar, I made an inquiry about wheel diameter several days ago and someone replied that they were 9”.
Well, I emailed KCS. Unfortunately with Brexit, their suppler has not been able to source wheels that fit through the 8” Rockpool hatch. The set of wheels they just got in don’t fit. So it’s back to the drawing board. 
Bummer.
Always thought their products looked well thought-out and produced.
You could see if you can find a 6 or 7 inch lawn mower wheel (Harbor Freight and Tractor Supply sell them). Most seem to be made for a half inch shaft, but if there’s enough plastic you could perhaps drill it out to fit your cart.
Or…, just cut your own wheels out of plywood. If that seems too narrow, glue or screw two plywood sheets together for more thickness. I actually made wheels like this to fit to one end of a ladder so I could easily roll the ladder under my deck. My “ladder dolly” just used electrical conduit for the shaft.
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Specifically says it fits through an 8" hatch. Solid wheels so no flats, but not so great in soft sand or on rough trails.
Thanks for the suggestion. Upon further investigation, it looks like LLBean’s Packaway series of carts are no longer on their website.
The search continues…
I used your original canoeing.com link. There no option to buy…. Just an “add to wishlist” option. That’s when I went directly to the LLBean site where it is no longer listed.
I bought a c-tug, all components break down and fit in the newly installed round bow hatch, haven’t tried the wheels. they’re solid so put them in the rear hatch, (oval). I just checked an online advert for c tug, it says all components fit in a 10inch hatch so obviously the wheels are too big. What about solid golf buggy wheels or similar, I just did an eBay search (Australia) for 7inch wheels and they are available also 8inch
Just an update for those who are looking into a stowable cart for the round Rockpool Bach Eto, Alaw Bach and Isel hatches… the RUK Sport Trident trolley breaks down and comfortably fits through the hatches.
I ordered mine on eBay through a seller in Australia. It got to me in New England in about a a week.
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