Fender Wheels

[Dalesman]

Anyone use floating wheel barrow wheels for side fenders on moorings..?

Edited March 16, 2010 by Dalesman

[carlt]

No, 750x16 landrover tyres.

[LEO]

Anyone use wheel barrow wheels for side fenders on moorings..?

I have some and they are useful at times - there are underwater ledges at the recently constructed moorings above Grove Lock (for the pub) and at the moorings by the pub at Thrupp, to name but two.

 

Leo.

[nb Innisfree]

Anyone use wheel barrow wheels for side fenders on moorings..?

 

We use 10" dia. plastic wheels with inflatable tyres similar to wheelbarrow type and find them just right against metal pilings, easy to deploy and makes speeding boats far less of a problem. Also have car emergency spare wheels for places with underwater shelves, much lighter and easier to handle than ordinary ones. Sometimes though we could do with slightly larger ones for the rare occasions when underwater shelf is a bit too wide for car wheels.

 

Edited to add: These all float by the way, not hung.

Edited March 16, 2010 by nb Innisfree

[Québec]

If anyone is ever in or near Trafford Park in Manchester, the Daytona Karting Centre seems happy to get rid of old go-karting tyres...both the 'normal' width front wheels and the wide back wheels. I recently turned up on a whim , asked nicely, and went away with six of the wide ones. Getting some for our mooring neighbours this week.

[Glennbrown]

I use wheelchair wheels which work a treat!

[magnetman]

Perrybuoy liferings are good for this job, nice and buoyant and they hold the boat well away from the side and you want one or two on the boat anyway.

[Grace and Favour]

The Dutch use Smart car wheels

[carlt]

If anyone is ever in or near Trafford Park in Manchester, the Daytona Karting Centre seems happy to get rid of old go-karting tyres...both the 'normal' width front wheels and the wide back wheels. I recently turned up on a whim , asked nicely, and went away with six of the wide ones. Getting some for our mooring neighbours this week.

Fill a kart wheel with concrete, with an eyebolt buried in it, and they make a very nice mud weight, too.

[Grace and Favour]

Fill a kart wheel with concrete, with an eyebolt buried in it, and they make a very nice mud weight, too.

 

Or just use a Smart car!

[Tiny]

We use the plastic 'Shroppie' wheels made for the job. They work OK. Years ago one chap used floating car wheels and had then nicked in the night. (At Willington if memory serves.)

[Swallowman]

Saw a really clean Ford alloy wheel and tyre at the back of a moored boat at Rugeley last week. Made a very good fender which can be easily raised if necessary. We've also seen them used as side fenders on boats at the Earlswood Motor Yacht Club moorings on the Stratford Canal.