Honda Honwave t40 wheels

[weekend-warrior]

Bought a t40 new with a friend. Looking to make it easy as possible to launch. Any wheels in particular best for it?

[Mickhitchuk]

Hi, I bought those custom honwave wheels, to fit to my baby honwave airdeck that only has a Honda 2.4hp outboard on it, and I have to say on anything other than smooth Tarmac it's a pig to move, £200.00 might be better spent on one of those hand trailers
Regards
Mick

[RiPsTa]

I'm about to make some for my t40 but haven't decided which wheels to use yet

[Mickhitchuk]

Hi, let me know how you get on as I'm thinking of an upgrade to a honwave 3.8 airdeck, so might be handy to know how much success you have

[weekend-warrior]

I used factory ones for our t40 and they have been fine

[RiPsTa]

Yeah will do, i'm using ss 316 legs, axles and pins but thinking about using 2 wheels on each axle

[sparky666]

I have factory wheelbarrow wheels on stainless arms on my honwave 4 they are great i would not be without them

[philpot]

If you have the air floor, you have no option but to buy the cranked shaft type and pay up £205 for the Honda ones but if you are able to leave a hand trailer where it won't get nicked while you are on the water, buy one.

Phil

[beerbelly]

there are some cheaper ones on ebay that look identical to the honwave ones around the £150 mark. im looking for some too.the thing that bothers me with them is the part that bolts to the transom will possibly damage the tubes when I roll it up when not in use

[sparky666]

If you want I can take a picture of the bracket to show what's there

[twister99999]

Hi All.
I've just upgraded from a Honwave T30ae to a T40ae.
I looked at some of the launching wheels available and watched some in use.
Most I've seen are quite flimsy and get in the way when fitted.
I found Beachmaster Wheels, from New Zealand on the net and decided to buy a set of removable wheels. At 200 Euros + import tax of around £45, they have been the best purchase I have made for my Rib.
Well made, strong and detachable using simple lug system, fitted myself in an hour, simple. You leave them on during use as they fold up out of the way.
Check out their website Beachmaster Boat Launching Wheels and check out the customers photo's. They took two weeks to get here.

[Biggy]

The Honda ones on mine are fine, they're the cranked type to go over the trim tabs.
If you buy the Honda ones, make sure you get the heavy duty ones, as the upto 100kg have a real tendency to bend easily.
Do a search on google "honwave launch wheels bending" and you'll find some info on them and a possible fix for the lightweight ones.

Also, the launch wheel mounts fastened to the transom stick out a little and as quoted above it could damage the tubes if your a tad clumsy. Just make two little covers to go over them and pop them on before you fold the SIB, you'll have no problem.