Aquaroll experiences

[Amicus]

Lo all...

 

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Also, where does one get a relatively rugged foldable trolley from? Screwfix & B&Q don't seem to stock 'em.

 

Smiles

 

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200kG?

tichy wheels tho

 

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/clarke-cstf6-heavy-duty-aluminium-flat-folding/path/sack-trucks-trolleys

[ditchcrawler]

How about something on these lines? Basic picture but the blue bit would be a large 3'? dia thick plastic 'tyre' with 2 rigid ply or polyprop circles with 2 handles. Pump it full of air and wheel to tap lay on side, remove filler and fill with water then wheel back to boat. Needs some sort of pump to transfer water. Only having one 'wheel' makes it easy to push and steer. Would hold in the region of 40 to 50 gall? Sort of a large wheelbarrow, collapses flat and handles detach for storage. Length of hose stores in centre section.

 

Have you considered the size of that, a 205 lt oil drum with a 3 foot tyre round it, I wouldn't want to wheel that over a hump back bridge

[carlt]

Have you considered the size of that, a 205 lt oil drum with a 3 foot tyre round it, I wouldn't want to wheel that over a hump back bridge

You could aways attach one of these, for the tricky bits:

[RLWP]

Have you considered the size of that, a 205 lt oil drum with a 3 foot tyre round it, I wouldn't want to wheel that over a hump back bridge

 

I don't think that will be a problem. After the 3' diameter wheel has been laid on the floor and filled with water, I don't suppose that it can be lifted up again. This is a good thing, because it looks very unstable, and I wouldn't want it falling on me.

 

Richard

[nb Innisfree]

3' was only a suggestion, could be smaller, never mind it was just an idea

[RLWP]

3' was only a suggestion, could be smaller, never mind it was just an idea

 

Not having done the calculations or tests, but looking at weight and stability, I guess that if you have a go at developing one of these, you end up with an Aquaroll

 

 

Richard

[nb Innisfree]

Not having done the calculations or tests, but looking at weight and stability, I guess that if you have a go at developing one of these, you end up with an Aquaroll

 

 

Richard

 

Problem is storage + 2 point contact makes Aquaroll unstable. 24" dia x 12" wide makes somewhere in the region of 20 gal. Should be quite manageable I would have thought.

[carlt]

I'm surprised Dyson hasn't convinced us that what we really need is a large orange ball, to transport our water.

[RLWP]

I'm surprised Dyson hasn't convinced us that what we really need is a large orange ball, to transport our water.

[canalchris]

do yourself a favour, forget aquarolls. get two 5 gallon water containers and a wheelbarrow with a pnuematic tyre. multi use problem solved. simples.

[nb Innisfree]

do yourself a favour, forget aquarolls. get two 5 gallon water containers and a wheelbarrow with a pnuematic tyre. multi use problem solved. simples.

 

They sound easily stored bits of kit.

[ditchcrawler]

I'm surprised Dyson hasn't convinced us that what we really need is a large orange ball, to transport our water.

Strange thing is that the "Ball Barrow" that used a ball in place of a wheel has gone out of manufacture, I first used one about 35 years ago