Wilderness Systems Heavy Duty Kayak Cart - for Kayaks and Canoes

very simple instructions for building the cart and for the size it’s very light weight. In the high position it carries my oldtown pdl120 loaded very easily. The ballon wheels make going over rough terrain very smooth. I had other carts before this one that were either clunky or had limitations. If you have a longer and heavier kayak that needs to be transported from vehicle to water, get this one. You’ll thank yourself in the long run.

Easy to put together, no tools needed. Sturdy and works beautifully!! Very happy with my purchase; was hesitant to spend this much on a kayak cart, but it was worth every penny to have it assemble quickly and work exactly like it should. Highly recommend.

works great. I don't even have to use the tie downs.

East to install…easy to mount our kayak…east to navigate! Great quality and love how light it is.

My kayak is the Bonafide SS107 sit on top fishing kayak, weighing in at 67 lbs without gear and approaching around 95 - 100 fully loaded (fishfinder battery, seat, poles, rod, pole anchor, tackle box, etc). I initially purchased and used a Malone MPG504 Xpress Scupper-Style Kayak Cart (it broke at the frame during 1/2 mile hike along a trail - cheap aluminum and clearly not up to the weight. This cart is rated at 450 lbs.Assembly: simple half page of visual instructions but it helps if you are a bit of engineer to understand how it goes together properly. You may want to check YouTube for video help. There are only basic set of parts, so it took me about 25 minutes to get it going. Part of the deal is making sure the tubes are aligned to your kayak (mine is tri-hull design, and the support tubes fit perfectly because they are adjustable!). The cart has two levels, high and low. I built mine high but didn't get the impression there was more than a couple of inches between "low" and "high".Sturdiness: The material are well made. Once together, I loaded the kayak by dragging the front end to the front of the cart in the first picture (I saw a video review that showed this - ingenious), then pulled it up and over - the cart settled nicely in the middle of the cart. Next, you take the two cam straps and tie the kayak on. Cam straps are very long so they should cover everything. Note: I'm not a fan of cam straps - I like ratchet types but Wilderness Systems thoughtfully put a heavy piece of leather/cloth to avoid the metal scratching the yak.Performance: simply awesome. While my kayak was not loaded at 67 lbs, maneuvering this was a piece of cake. I took it all over my driveway then over my very thick lawn (small hills). I also liked how the wheels allow you to pivot circularly in place (makes it easy to move in any direction). I just hand tightened the cam straps but that worked out just fine with no slippage. I haven't yet tried a major hike yet, but am I convinced this puppy will do trick nicely. At 200 bucks, it's one of the costliest carts out there but you get what you pay for here. If you intend on any kind of heavy kayak hauling, make the the investment!

I bought this trolley recently for my 9'5" Perception Tribe sit-on-top kayak after I'd bought a smaller, fold-up style trolley at Dick’s only to discover that my boat's tri-form hull shape didn’t sit evenly on that style of trolley (had to look up “tri-form hull,” so if you aren’t sure what type of hull your boat has, highly recommend doing research like I did before you buy any style of trolley). That’s probably the best compliment I can give this Wilderness Systems model; its two adjustable bunks cradle the bottom of my boat perfectly. I did notice that after three days of use, they had both shifted about three inches down the axle from where I’d originally set them, which was weird because the wing-nuts holding the bunk arm mounts to the axle bar had not loosened at all, but I loosened the wing-nuts, slid the arms back to where I’d originally set them, and all was fine.I was using the trolley to get my boat the 3-4 block distance from our Florida rental house to the public boat ramp, so it was rolling on asphalt or concrete the entire time. The wheels and lashing strap did their job great--I felt confident pulling the boat behind me without having to look back and check that everything was still holding together.Now, for my criticisms of this product:1. When I disassembled it for the drive back home from Florida, I discovered that the two bolts that run through the clam shell pieces and bunk arms (basically, the two bolts that, with the wing-nuts screwed on, hold the entire trolley together) had already started to rust. This was after only six days’ use (while I was out kayaking in the bay, I’d bike-lock the trolley to a power line post at the public ramp, so the trolley had minimal direct contact with saltwater). Seems kind of shabby to me for bolts to rust so fast, and I haven’t been to the hardware store yet to look for replacements. I hope they aren’t some super-rare length and width!2. The top part of two bunk pieces where your boat sits are foam-covered, and when I was hosing the trolley down before disassembling it, I noticed that tiny cracks had started to appear in certain places in the foam. Again, after only six days’ use? Who knows--maybe in three years’ time they won’t have gotten any worse. I’m thinking about buying a pool noodle to cover the bunk arms with so I can protect against further cracking, but for this product’s price point buyers should not have to make a single modification.3. This might not be a problem every user will have, but for me it has proven really tricky to mount the boat and easily strap it on without the trolley rolling backward or forward, since it has no kickstand to keep it in place while you’re laying the boat down on it. Especially on uneven concrete terrain (the boat ramp, for me), if I didn’t lift the kayak onto the trolley and set it down really quickly and forcefully, the trolley wanted to seesaw and start rolling either towards me or away from me (once it rolled down into the water and I had to chase it before it floated away). If you’re mounting the boat on flat ground, some kind of chock accessory (I used a pair of small rocks) kind of helps solve this problem, but I struggled more often than not to get the boat mounted and lashed successfully on the first try. When I had a second pair of hands helping me, it was much easier, but beware that if you’re a solo boater, you might have some trouble finessing your boat onto the trolley. The product video provided by the Wilderness Systems company makes it look way easier than I found it to be.Not sure this trolley is worth the current price point on Amazon (which has gone up a lot since I bought mine back in February), given what I’ve learned in using it. Overall, though, it did what I bought it to do and, once I’d gotten the dang boat up onto it and lashed securely, it made getting my boat from house to water really easy.Hope this is helpful!