Hello all.

Just wanted to post a bit of info after finally giving what I think was a very decent test of the Richmond wheels I was sent earlier in the year. The story goes, for those who don't remember, a representative from Richmond Wheels and Castors posted on the forum saying the company sold wheels appropriate for landyacht use. These wheels look very similar to the cheap wheelbarrow wheels that we know don't work so everyone was a little unsure of them. To prove they were good for landyachts, he sent a set of wheels to a member of the Seabreeze group (Me!) to test.

So...

I installed these Richmond wheels on my miniyacht (the red one) and have been trying to get sailing ever since (my local saleyards have been closed to the public due to hoon activity so it hasn't been so easy). Finally, I was up in NSW at my clay pan again a couple of weeks ago and gave them another really good run.

Results; I can't break, damage or flex these wheels no matter what I do. They appear and felt just like I was running the Fallshaw wheels. I bent an axle trying and my ply/glass seat is now in three pieces, these damages due to me trying to transfer maximum pressure possible to the wheels (by doing some stupid stunts involving a dam bank and the odd saltbush clump). Wheel balance was comparable to the Fallshaw wheels.

I have come to the conclusion that these wheels will hold up to normal miniyacht use and will even take a bit more.

This said, Im 95% sure these wheels aren't as strong as the Fallshaw brand, though I have no actual evidence to support this conclusion, and wouldn't fit them to a class 5.




Pics are from a testing session earlier in the year, I was too busy sailing to get some of my recent trip.