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How to Build You Own Canoe Rollers

A canoe roller is a type of trailer apparatus that you can use to easily haul and launch the canoe into the water. You can haul this type of trailer behind a scooter, ATV or a a standard bicycle. To make your canoe roller a number of materials are needed. These include 2-by-4 boards, dowels and plastic pipe, all of which can be found at your local home improvement store.

Things You'll Need

Two 6-foot 2-by-4 boards
Tape measure
1/2-inch wood dowel, 20 inches
1/2-inch inch plastic piping, 18 1/2 inches
Screws
Power drill
Wheel assembly

Instructions

- 1
  Measure one of the 2-by-4 boards with the tape measure and then make marks every eight inches with a pencil. Repeat this step with the other 2-by-4 board.
- 2
  Drill a 1/2-inch diameter hole 1/2 an inch deep at each mark on the 2-by-4 boards with the power drill.
- 3
  Apply wood glue into each hole on one of the 2-by-4 boards. Insert one end of a 1/2-inch wood dowel into each hole. Allow four to six hours for the wood glue to dry.
- 4
  Insert the 1/2-inch plastic piping over the wood dowels. Apply wood glue into each hole on the second 2-by-4 board. Insert the end of the dowels into the holes and allow the wood glue to dry. You now have the top of the roller that looks like a ladder.
- 5
  Measure and cut a 2-by-4 to 22 inches. Set the cut 2-by-4 at the middle of the roller top. Drill two pilot holes into the wood with the power drill.
- 6
  Insert screws into the holes and tighten with the power drill. Place the wheel assembly onto the 2-by-4 and attach with screws. Lift up the canoe roller and set it on its wheels.

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