Other Beach dolly build

makejetskiinggreatagain

makejetskiinggreatagain

Brandon
Looks good. Here's a tip for drilling through that stainless. Not sure if you've cut a lot of metal so if you have I don't mean to insult you. Its just that most people (myself included) make the assumtion the first time they drill metal that its like drilling through wood. Just max out the drill speed and go to town. That's the wrong mentality. if you decide to drill the stainless rod, remember that your RPM's need to be slower than most people think. For example, if you were using a 1/4" high speed steel drill you would want your speed to be at about 900 RPMs. The smaller the drill is the faster you want to spin it. the bigger it is the slower you want to spin it. If you go too fast you burn up the drill pretty much instantly and its worthless, not to mention you might work harden the material. Its obviously a little more difficult to control the speed with a hand drill but just remember to start slow until it starts to cut the material and stay at that speed.
 
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NVJAY775

NVJAY775

My home away from home.
Location
Gardnerville, Nevada, United States
Also once you find a balance point and bring the ski just a little more forward that point, so you have a bit of tongue weight. Make some kind of catch, hok, pin, stopper or something to holt it in place at that point. You shouldn't have to pull it all the way forward and have excessive tongue weight for you to carry. My bigfoot is set up to haul everything from am hulls, sj's and blasters. Distance from the pivot point (axle) to the bow hooking point is 44"

Makes it easy for one person to drag skis around with.
 
jetpilot808

jetpilot808

Location
USA
FPF said:
Looks good. Here's a tip for drilling through that stainless. Not sure if you've cut a lot of metal so if you have I don't mean to insult you. Its just that most people (myself included) make the assumtion the first time they drill metal that its like drilling through wood. Just max out the drill speed and go to town. That's the wrong mentality. if you decide to drill the stainless rod, remember that your RPM's need to be slower than most people think. For example, if you were using a 1/4" high speed steel drill you would want your speed to be at about 900 RPMs. The smaller the drill is the faster you want to spin it. the bigger it is the slower you want to spin it. If you go too fast you burn up the drill pretty much instantly and its worthless, not to mention you might work harden the material. Its obviously a little more difficult to control the speed with a hand drill but just remember to start slow until it starts to cut the material and stay at that speed.
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No offense taken. I even watched youtube videos on how to, I went out bought titanium drill bits, but with a hand drill it was impossible no matter the speed or lubrication. The problem was the thickness of the axle compare to the size of the drill bit, they were tiny and kept snapping, about 10 of them:). Drill press would have been helpful. Oh well, it worked out at the end.
 
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jetpilot808

jetpilot808

Location
USA
NVJAY775 said:
Also once you find a balance point and bring the ski just a little more forward that point, so you have a bit of tongue weight. Make some kind of catch, hok, pin, stopper or something to holt it in place at that point. You shouldn't have to pull it all the way forward and have excessive tongue weight for you to carry. My bigfoot is set up to haul everything from am hulls, sj's and blasters. Distance from the pivot point (axle) to the bow hooking point is 44"

Makes it easy for one person to drag skis around with.
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I got a half empty SX hull laying around, perfect for practice. I will find a sweet spot on the dolly and then attach a rope with hook on the handle. I might extend the handle for more levarage, I got some aluminum straight bars laying around.
 
jetpilot808

jetpilot808

Location
USA
Worse case scenario, I will throw carpet on top of the turf. I know the turf has some pros and cons, something to play with.
 
motorsport mania

motorsport mania

Oside - Where the surfs at
Location
SoCal
Clean dolly! nice build. What brand of cart is that it looks like a sweet platform.

I also agree silicone spray on HDPE is no fun almost shot my ski of the other side of my cart when transferring it from my trailer.
 
jetpilot808

jetpilot808

Location
USA
The dolly is Magliner brand, but any aluminum dooly would work as long as the runners are 12" appart. Lot of delivery companies use them as well as vendors. Grocery stores use to have them by the dozens, but they went to iron mostly. I don't know how many times I've seen one behind a store with a broken wheel or axle. They just toss them out. On the bunks....I was bored, so they are in turf alrady. Siliconed half of them only, so they slide easy to a point. I have a feeling the turf will get beat up though, so probably carpet on top later.
 
Kny21

Kny21

Location
Delaware
I think you're going to find the axle might bend with that much spacing.

Worst case the wheels bow in too far and rub the hull. One length of tube (pipe) may be needed instead or in addition to sleeve the rod.

Then again you may have used thick enough rod it's not an issue. Didn't see u say what size you used.

Good luck with it, it's a greqat idea and can be had on the cheap.
 
jetpilot808

jetpilot808

Location
USA
I used 5/8 rod, and yes it bends a bit, with the SXR on it might bend even more. I will experiment with it this Spring at the lake, if necessary I will upgrade to a 3/4 axle, that is the nice thing about the HOME DEPOT wheels, they came with 5/8 and 3/4 bearings, all I would have to do, is to drill the dolly to except the bigger axle. Lesson learned, hope it helps someone trying to build one. Purchase wheels first and then measure, measure, measure....then decide on axle.
 
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