Amazing that Hobie can invent something like 'Mirage Drive' but leave us all out in the cold when to comes to solo launching. Great workaround in this vid...!!

This is the best solution I've seen. However, now I just leave the wheels on most of the time. Unless you have to pedal a long way to the fishing grounds, just leaving the wheels on is best.

Lotta steps but beats cold hands. Nice idea nice vid

You should get a patent for this.

I've been struggle launching my Hobie Compass by tilting and losing my fishing gear etc. Thanks for sharing your info

Smart way of solving the whole issue of kayak wheels.

John, thanks so much. I’ve hurt my back wrapping around my hobie to extricate my cart in the water. Now I can just do it from the top. It will be a back saver. Nice job.

That was awesome! Now to just lose enough weight to be able to turn around in the seat without making a big splash! 🤠

What a great idea! I have to try this on my Compass. Thanks for sharing!

Just did this for my Compass and just want to point out some things: 1. The clearance on the sides is very tight. I butane torched a post on the cart to soften it and bent it a little out to give me a little more clearance. Be careful not bend it too much the tolerances are actually quite tight to be able to fit in the scupper hole. 2. It will be easier if you glue the t-handle so that its oriented 90 degrees to the wheels. 3. When putting the cart back into scupper hole when its time to go home, sometimes the post will get stuck against the plastic lip inside, simply grab the metal post of the cart itself and pull up. Thanks John for sharing, say good bye to cart flipping!

I have to give you a giant pat on the back..... I knew there must be a way..... Very ingenious.... Way to go and thank you for sharing....

That’s gotta be in the top 5 most Genius, simplest, easiest kayak mods I’ve seen on the internet! Two thumbs up! 👍🏻👍🏻

Brilliant innovation. I regret not buying a scupper hole trolley. I have seen a KZfaq video of a Lake Macquarie NSW Australia kayaker (Paul Farrell) who uses bungee (stretch) cords to pull his trolley into position. A great assist to users of scupper type kayak trolleys.

You smart bastard, you! How fucking clever is that! Well executed!!

Thanks!! I made it! Actually bottom part of pvc pipe was broken on the first try. I replaced bottom part with metal pipe and it works well!!!

That was an ingenious idea.

This is awesome, thanks for sharing!!!

WoW!!!!!!!!!!! One of the best mods ever.

Now that really is brilliant! Nice job!

Solid work sir!

I just bought a 2020 hobie outback and on a recent trip struggled to not lose my gear. This is such a great idea and having the same cart, I will definitely need to try this. You should consider making and selling the pvc portion so the masses will only have to do the drilling.

This is absolutley genius, well done mate!

Genius! Thanks for sharing!

I agree with one of the early posts.....seems Hobie could develop something similar....again thanks dor the tip.... I will get to work on one ....

Amazing! You definitely need to patent...I'll buy one for sure!

how genius !! great!

Thank you! What a great idea!

ingenuity at its finest!

Award worthy 🏆

Genius. Absolutely genius.

Really cool idea

That’s ingenious!!!

Es sorprendente.. ¡¡¡¡¡¡ Eres el único, el primero, muchas gracias amigo. Lo haré

Your a genius. You just saved me $261. Thank you for sharing.

Congratulation! Very good!

This is great, can’t see it working on a PA14 due to the width but will check it out. Thanks.

This video should have blown up!

Clever idea!

That is awesome!!! You should have more subscribers - I'm subbed and binge watching. :-D

Great video thanks for sharing! Does this work on a 2020 outback?

It seems like the ends of the poles scrape the sides and bottom of the kayak. Is that electric tape you put on them?

Awesome idea

Crap that's genius! Dont mind me stealing your idea ;)

Your brilliant thank you

Very good. 👍🏻

Awesome idea! But with those stupid big blow up tires it's virtually impossible.

Sweet! Great mod!

Got a link for the clip?

Well dang, look at the big brain on this guy.

saved the marketing guys at Hobe some work!! i’m sure this accessory will be available for a mere $250 soon! 😝

Nice , I like it

How did you remove the end cap on the pole with the bungee cord? On the standard cart that side is like a glued in plastic and I can't get it out with a flat head screwdriver like the other side that just pops out easy.

Hey John, this looks great. I noticed you added something on the cart where the original Hobie "caps" were removed. Did you use some kind of tape?

those clips on amazon are no longer listed, I wonder if you could just use a pool clip? the ones that go on skimmers etc. - gonna try this pretty soon to cold in the winter to wade out to my knees to get that stupid cart under there -- great idea!

Hi John. I'm looking to make one of these rods/poles for my hobie cart. How long are the two 1/2 inch PVC pipes you connected with the coupling? and where did you track down the button clip that pinches into the cart? Having trouble searching for it. Thanks!

If you are not an engineer, perhaps you should consider that as a career - or career change! Ingenious!

Love it Love it! I have seen versions where they add weight to the cart so you don't fight the buoyancy. I love the T handle idea to be able to rotate the cart. Where do you find that little spring loaded gizmo ?

Genius 👍🏼

Awesome!

I like the concept anyway to adapt to a pro angler hobie because of it being wider any thoughts? Thx great idea

I got most of it done weirdly I can only do your technique from the left side of the kayak. The right side scupper is off center or something and the cart goes in at an improper angle. Cart goes in fine normally though.

How did you make sure you drilled the holes into the metal at the correct height on the other pole?

can you provide the length for the section of pvc from the bottom end to the coupler and from the bottom of the top pvc to the t-handle?

great idea ,

I would love to know the lengths of pvc you used to assemble this tool! Great work.

Wow. Great idea. Wonder if it would work on a Outback

Genius!

Nice!

INGENIOUS! great job with this idea! where did you get the little pin to connect the handle to the cart and how did you attach it to the pvc? Did you glue it to the inside of the pvc pipe? 👍

Proto type! Make a molded one and Patent it

Brilliant

just tried this with a hobie lynx and the lynx is too tight unfortunately

Great idea hobie should hire you.theg pay thefe engineers millions and you spent 2 bucks awesome man

Can you link the exact paddle spring snaps you used? The ones I got aren't tall enough and slip out of the cart holes when I pull up.

Patent that now! 👍🏻

Great video! Love the Compass! What rods holders do you use? I like the way you got yours set up!

This is genius! Is there a way you can email me the parts list if possible? I wanna try this out on my hobie outback and I fish a lot alone and getting the kayak on the cart on the water is easy, but trying to get the cart under the boat without tilting it with full gear is darn near impossible unless I have someone else helping me out. I'd greatly appreciate it!

Any changes in this design? I did the bungee hack but my wife needs help lifting the Compass to get the cart out. I really like this idea.

Nice

Just a thought, but, couldn't you have cut just the pvc pipe and used the whole coupling instead of cutting the it? I just made mine from your excellent mod directions but didnt cut the coupler, instead opting to cut the pipe and cement them into the coupling. I forgot the foam for flotation, so Ill try the expanding foam i used in the Watersnake trolling motor mod. Thanks for the great mod and also on the excellent instructions on the Watersnake mod! Cant wait to hit the lakes here in E Tenn soon as my boat registration papers are processed. I also used your KMart mod for the battery carry case. You Da Man.

How does the Hobie cart not fall out when you unclip the handle to move it? Does the Hobie cart float?

Genius!! Thanks for the great idea! I wonder if it would also work with the sand tires. I figure they're much more buoyant than the regular tires, especially the large sand tires. Is it hard to fight the buoyancy of the tires of your cart?

Will this work on the 2019 or 2020 compass?

great idea. wont work on a 2019 or newer Outback! Kayak is too wide for cart to fit in scupper hole and outside of kayak. i was wishing it would work. josh Bister

That's clever

Great

Do you have a detailed parts list? Sizes of PVC. Clip etc

Can the same be done with the beach wheels?

this is the best cart mod ive seen so far. how well does it work for beaches? also, have you got a video on how you made the tool?

Did this work with hobie big tires cart ?

Where do you get that detent clip thing

👍👍👍

Like garantido

Unfortunately this doesn’t work wheel with the sand wheelez because of the buoyancy

Wow

I forgot to mention...I hope this works on the 2017 PA 14

How much you selling these for? LOL.

What kind of clip is that?

For all of the "innovation" that Hobie boasts about, they cant do a better job with the damn cart? That is literally the only glaring flaw with it. Great job with this modification. Terrible job by Hobie.

excellent, but not with balon wheels