From Golf Buggy To Surf Buggy, a new project Options

[poly]

as we get older we try to find ways to make life a little easer , so I will try to convert this old golf buggy to carry the fishing gear to the beach, I would like to hear your ideas even if you think it sounds a bit silly it maybe just what I am looking for.








Paul

[Fed]

Your pictures aren't showing Poly, did you turn your golf buggy into an old people's walker?

[Spudly]

AWWWWW... you hd me going,

I was thinking motorized job with a massive fridge (for rum and bait if room) , a BBQ and rods in a holder attached to the bullbar..

[poly]

AWWWWW... you hd me going,

I was thinking motorized job with a massive fridge (for rum and bait if room) , a BBQ and rods in a holder attached to the bullbar..

I wish mate, no just a way to get the gear the beach.

Paul

[ocsawdust]

I wish mate, no just a way to get the gear the beach.

Paul

is that a seat with some sort of ticklers? hard to tell, and on this side of the pond... don't know what you folks like

[poly]

is that a seat with some sort of ticklers? hard to tell, and on this side of the pond... don't know what you folks like

hay John, what's happin cobber, missed you on s.c.

Paul

[poly]

not complete yet still working through ideas, what do you think







Paul

[Fed]

I think you need a boat Poly.

[nimrod]

not complete yet still working through ideas, what do you think





Paul

Poly. To be honest, I've been there done that, you will find on soft deep sand those skinny wheels will dig into the sand and you will be dragging the buggy through axle deep in some places,, on deeply packed hard sand it will do the job OK .
I ended up putting 5" soft plastic wheels on mine, had to lengthen the axle but that's easy if you have access to a welder. Try and place the rod holders ( rocket launchers ) down as low to the axle as possible otherwise the buggy will want to tip over on anything other than level ground.
I went one better and ended up with a remote controled electric buggy, which I later turned into my fish simulator.

[nimrod]

Poly. To be honest, I've been there done that, you will find on soft deep sand those skinny wheels will dig into the sand and you will be dragging the buggy through axle deep in some places,, on deeply packed hard sand it will do the job OK .
I ended up putting 5" soft plastic wheels on mine, had to lengthen the axle but that's easy if you have access to a welder. Try and place the rod holders ( rocket launchers ) down as low to the axle as possible otherwise the buggy will want to tip over on anything other than level ground.
I went one better and ended up with a remote controled electric buggy, which I later turned into my fish simulator.

Design wise I would move the cutting board further back to the rear, move the blue box at front lower further back and build rod holders down low at the front of frame with as much backward/forward angle as you can get without poking yourself in the eye, or back of the head while pushing/pulling the thing along. you could modify the sand rod holders to the sides of the buggy , think it would be solid enough footing to hold rod, probably only 1 though.
Those cutting boards are very slipery so I would place thin piece of 3 ply on top with perhaps a couple of slots in it to hold knife, long nosed plyers ( stainless ) and scaler, if you intend to keep fish.

[nimrod]

Design wise I would move the cutting board further back to the rear, move the blue box at front lower further back and build rod holders down low at the front of frame with as much backward/forward angle as you can get without poking yourself in the eye, or back of the head while pushing/pulling the thing along. you could modify the sand rod holders to the sides of the buggy , think it would be solid enough footing to hold rod, probably only 1 though.
Those cutting boards are very slipery so I would place thin piece of 3 ply on top with perhaps a couple of slots in it to hold knife, long nosed plyers ( stainless ) and scaler, if you intend to keep fish.

PS Love the placement of the baseball bat .

[poly]

Poly. To be honest, I've been there done that, you will find on soft deep sand those skinny wheels will dig into the sand and you will be dragging the buggy through axle deep in some places,, on deeply packed hard sand it will do the job OK .
I ended up putting 5" soft plastic wheels on mine, had to lengthen the axle but that's easy if you have access to a welder. Try and place the rod holders ( rocket launchers ) down as low to the axle as possible otherwise the buggy will want to tip over on anything other than level ground.
I went one better and ended up with a remote controled electric buggy, which I later turned into my fish simulator.

frank the wheels are a hard plastic and 3inchers wide, I will try it that way first as I have not been able o find wider ones, I would think weight will be the main factor, keeping it as light as possible is going to be the hard part
we will take it next Saturday and see how it go's

Paul

[Fed]

PS Love the placement of the baseball bat.

Jeez that Canberra must be a rough place.

This post has been edited by Fed: Dec 10 2011, 02:38 PM