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18 October 2020, 12:32
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Titleist Toter
I have seen many devices to carry (tote) your out board and all have been decent, some very good, some cheap and some expensive.
Well in my youth I used to play golf (Badly) and remember I had a Titleist Turf Glider golf bag trolley. I hunted it out and after I had spent about 15 mins I recon I have a very good folding light weight outboard motor toter.
So here is my folding titleist outboard toter
Cost to me was zero as I had the trolley and all the parts.
It is held on at the bottom by a bungee and at the top by a strap which I just had to extend the one that was already on there. A bit of pipe insulation as padding and a few cable ties and it is good to go.
Balance seems good and I think it will work fine.
If I wanted to play golf again it will convert back in seconds.
I like repurposing things.
I don't know why I did not think of this sooner so if you have an old golf trolley/cart you might like to give it a go. If you do post some pics
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18 October 2020, 12:35
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The mo0tor I have on it is a 15hp 2 Stroke and that seems very stable. I think much larger would 'Stress' this particular golf trolley but if you have a stronger one I think a 20 hp 4 stroke would possibly be ok
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18 October 2020, 12:36
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If you have to buy a folding golf trolley and have not got one there are some out there at a reasonable price you might try to convert. This one for example at £27
https://www.sportsdirect.com/slazeng...75&fo_s=gplauk
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18 October 2020, 12:38
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Won’t it collapse? Golf clubs approx 15kg.
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18 October 2020, 12:39
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18 October 2020, 12:45
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Quote:
Originally Posted by neil.mccrirrick
Won’t it collapse? Golf clubs approx 15kg.
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It does not seem like it will collapse to me. It seems plenty strong enough having towed it all around the garden. It actually seems a lot stronger and more stable than the purpose made one I bought that does not fold very well at all. The motor is also in a very good position to lift off.
The turf glider wheels also are good as they wont puncture and are quite wide.
Time will tell
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18 October 2020, 12:56
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My charity shop golf trolley got converted to drag my kayak around, I was thinking it might make a winter project to reconvert it into a sib nose trolley.
The only thing that concerned me was the wheels, they dont look like they are made to stand more than a heavy bag of golf kit.
Well done on the utilisation, mine could never go back to a golf trolley.
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18 October 2020, 13:06
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Originally Posted by Oldman2
My charity shop golf trolley got converted to drag my kayak around, I was thinking it might make a winter project to reconvert it into a sib nose trolley.
The only thing that concerned me was the wheels, they dont look like they are made to stand more than a heavy bag of golf kit.
Well done on the utilisation, mine could never go back to a golf trolley.
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A heavy bag of golf kit is I think very heavy these days. Either way I think this is something that is best tried in real life tests in use rather than a lot of theory.
As I had it all for nowt I recon it is not much of a risk
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18 October 2020, 17:27
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I have a spare fishing trolley which I’ll be converting into an outboard trolley.
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18 October 2020, 19:56
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Having previously owned a (fairly cheap) golf bag trolley and a (fairly expensive) modern 20hp 4 stroke, there's absolutely no chance whatsoever that I would trust that sort of set-up, and the only golf bag that comes anywhere near to the weight of a 20hp 4s would be a pro's tour bag that's NEVER seen on a trolley. ;-) Just sayin'
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18 October 2020, 20:25
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I reckon you,d look pretty stupid towing an outboard and sib round your local golf course ,we had a lot of lakes on our course but just used to carry one of those telescopic poles with a basket on the end
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18 October 2020, 21:44
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This thread is like the love child of blue peter & scrapheap challenge
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18 October 2020, 21:53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PeteG
Having previously owned a (fairly cheap) golf bag trolley and a (fairly expensive) modern 20hp 4 stroke, there's absolutely no chance whatsoever that I would trust that sort of set-up, and the only golf bag that comes anywhere near to the weight of a 20hp 4s would be a pro's tour bag that's NEVER seen on a trolley. ;-) Just sayin'
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18 October 2020, 21:55
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PeteG
Having previously owned a (fairly cheap) golf bag trolley and a (fairly expensive) modern 20hp 4 stroke, there's absolutely no chance whatsoever that I would trust that sort of set-up, and the only golf bag that comes anywhere near to the weight of a 20hp 4s would be a pro's tour bag that's NEVER seen on a trolley. ;-) Just sayin'
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You havn't got to trust it. I will let you know if it fails and the sky falls in on me
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18 October 2020, 22:04
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beamishken
This thread is like the love child of blue peter & scrapheap challenge
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Two fine shows
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18 October 2020, 22:58
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Have I been asleep and woke up in Narnia!
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18 October 2020, 23:40
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I don't know but I'm all in favour of these practical threads. It would be even more useful to have a comparison test of the holding power in a sandy bottom between a Titleist golf trolley and blue nylon Cooper anchor.
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18 October 2020, 23:47
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I'm free most of next week if you wish to do the test, but the comparison must be carried out under strict laboratory conditions!
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19 October 2020, 09:55
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenlander
....It would be even more useful to have a comparison test of the holding power in a sandy bottom between a Titleist golf trolley and blue nylon Cooper anchor & a bag of rocks...
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FTFY [emoji848]
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19 October 2020, 10:56
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beamishken
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Brilliant !!...........thank goodness there wasnt a 12v power kaddy on the heap !
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