Henry, I'm getting more interest in breaking the package down so here is the further breakdown: 10' Bote and oars: $950 Dolly or Shade: $125 each Harbor...
In one the PB pamphlets there is a pic of a boat tethered to the top of a small pick up. It seems like they are poles you fit onto the truck and the boat is...
This was a picture sent to us several years ago by an owner who fashioned it himself. Perhaps one of the members can find a commercial source. ... [Non-text...
It's in great shape. It was sailed only once from the person I bought the PB from. Doesn't it look good in the picture...? Less $ ? It's 1/6th[?} of the price...
... of ... truck ... You might be able to use this. It is a truck bed extender. Scroll down until you see a picture of the boat in the bed of the truck. ...
As some you old timers might remember I was active here back in 2002- 03. Anyway the past few years I have been retired and spent most of my time welding. I...
welcome back young man :) i dunno about building a trailer, but a search took me to a couple links : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PortaBote/message/7213 ...
Hi George, Good to hear from you again! A while back I bought a lightweight Trailex aluminum trailer for a small sailboat I have. http://tinyurl.com/5pyog I...
Hi moose, See you are still hanging around here. Thanks for the link, there seems to lots of ideas to build something. I'm not sure yet if I want to use...
Hi George, Yep, I'm still here! Most of the aluminum on my trailer is fairly beefy, I was thinking that a steel trailer could be built that's right around the...
Moose, I have saved that link off in my boat info folder, thanks. This is getting interesting, I need to take a closer look at the motorcycle wheels I plan on...
Moving up to Bay Stealth fishing boat.. We have loved the Portabote but the kids now want to go fishing also. For Sale: 2 years old 12 Foot Portabote. I...
has anyone used a portabote as a dinghy on a large powerboat. I am interested in using a 10 ft or 12 ft with a 3.5 Tohatsu 2 stroke (wt 29lbs) I would like to...
used my 14' PB for 1st time last Friday and left the Dolly on the entire time, no problem. was a very windy day and was tough rowing. the next day it dawned on...
Hi, With the dolly on, surprised you were able to make any headway. Suggest you tose the dolly in the very front of the boat out of the way, Portatech ... ...
... Derek, Neither of your links worked, but I also picked up a 14' over the weekend and wanted to add the spring mechanism to the dollys, which I what I think...
hiyas commander58 :) i shop at ChasePitkin home & garden...they're the "top dogs" in our area over Lowes & H.D., BUT they didn't have stainless handles...had ...
PortaDolly spring loaded modifications : http://tinyurl.com/8yfex PortaDolly tether (there's another photo group of a nicer looking braided steel wire tether...
Actually I put the portadolly tether pictures up there, but I am actually going to try the spring loaded thing. The tethers work great but I have a lot of...
... Thanks, Derek, I just finished attaching my clevis pins to my seats tonight. I spent about two hours in Lowes looking for the magic fix and wound up ...
What about a plastic handle? ... From: PortaBote@yahoogroups.com [mailto:PortaBote@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of commander58 Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005...
hummm, seems you'd be able to find SOMETHING for a handle besides spending all that $ for the stainless ones. i know it goes against the grain of men, but try...