Wilderness Systems Heavy Duty Kayak Cart - for Kayaks and Canoes

Looked at a multitude of kayak carts and wanted one that would be suitable for my Old Town Sportsman PDL 106. This cart fit the hull nicely, provides a smooth transport and can actually be used without the provided tie-down straps. It's worth the cost and is built solid.

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.

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.

We have a Native Titan 12 and two 10.5's. We have used C-Tug and of course, the ever popular landing gears from Native and Boonedox. The Landing Gear is the easiest to pull in and deploy IN the water. This is because it is attached to the kayak (some heavier kayaks have had terrible failures because of this.)However, the landing gear angle coupled with how far back the wheels sit make the front of the kayak still a bit too heavy if you store anything in the front other than your Propel Drive. Forget it for the Titan 12. I had one set split the aluminum retainer tube, and when loaded the 12 is still just too heavy for the system.The C-Tug is impossibly frustrating with any of the Titan boats due to the concave hull shape. It slides everywhere even when strapped and needs heavy mods with pvc and foam to make it right for the Native Titan. C-Tug has good wheels, which we put on the landing gear anyway, but anyone of us who needs to use a C-Tug just groans. I think it is best left for light traditional non-fishing rigs.Today, I put together the WS HD Cart and tested it out on my Titan 12. Assembly was simple, I assembled it on the "high" setting. Because the bunks adjust from side to side, and have some length to them, I was able to get it to naturally fall perfectly into the hull of the Titan 12. I can already tell it is the most excellent design for this boat amongst carts for larger kayaks. Yes, there are no bearings in the wheels and that may eventually create an issue but I am handy and not worried about that. Maybe a few sprays with dry lube before heading out will help them last longer.Overall if you have a Titan, my advice would be to go with the landing gear if your trip to the water is short - like 50ft or less, and only then if you have a 10.5.If you have a 12 or longer - or a longer trip to the water - The Wilderness Systems HD cart is the one. Personally, after experiencing the cost and many trips with other systems, I would use it on any fishing kayak rig.

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!