Homemade Beach Wheels

Tamarak

Just run the 1" conduit through the wheel to serve as an axle and have it stick out say four inches each side of the wheel.

Then slip a larger size pipe or conduit over the axle.

Then just drill through the works and put a bolt or cotter pin or nail or whatever to keep it from sliding off. If you use a bolt and a wing nut you can disassemble it for transport.

Probably put a washer each side of the wheel to reduce friction.

If strength turns out to be an issue use the 1" conduit for the full length and only run the doubler pipe/conduit over the centre part and possibly over the ends.

Or run a piece of pipe inside the 1' axle pipe as a doubler.

I am not sure of whether these suggestions will do the trick but I know the doublers work.

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Alan

The Wheeleez are made specifically for a 1" solid axle.

1" conduit (tubing) is larger than 1" outside diameter. It's possible you could slide in and fix a solid axle to each end of a length of rigid (heavy wall steel, NOT EMT) conduit. Then as Alan suggested, double up on the outer side of the wheels.

Your set up is going to be very heavy, compared to Cat Trax.

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hobiejohn at earthlink dot net
Fleet 297

A plumber friend explained it to me as such.

Pipe is measured by inside diameter, as engineers use the size to calculate what will flow through it.

I believe conduit is measured by OD. (Believe is the operative word here as I am on vacation and cannot check with my friend. )

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Alan

Water pipe and Electrical conduit is "sized" by the approximate INSIDE diameter.

Best thing is to take a piece of the solid axle to a hardware store or supply house and see what size (1" or 1 1/4") is a snug fit.

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hobiejohn at earthlink dot net
Fleet 297

Thanks John, that makes sense.

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Alan