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    Posted: 18 Mar 19 at 6:05pm
How much weight does an ally launching trolly save over the galvanised steel alternative?
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I never weighed mine, but aluminium alloy is about a third of the density of galvanised mild steel. Even allowing for wheels and things, and larger diameter tubes its surely going to be in the vague region of half.
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A bit annoying when they bob to the surface and float away from where you want them to be when you're recovering in a shore break.
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Good point Graeme...  Maybe add some lead corrector weights  Wink
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Originally posted by JimC

I never weighed mine, but aluminium alloy is about a third of the density of galvanised mild steel. Even allowing for wheels and things, and larger diameter tubes its surely going to be in the vague region of half.

Just googled it (I know, I need to get a life), 2.7 g/cm3 for ally and 7.7 g/cm3 for steel but you need about 40% more thickness for equivalent strength so about half sounds right. So how much does a Blaze trolly weigh? My guess is 20-25kg for steel so, say, 10-12 for ally...... A useful chunk of when pulling it up the slip (maybe 15% of the overall weight)
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Originally posted by iGRF

A bit annoying when they bob to the surface and float away from where you want them to be when you're recovering in a shore break.

On the other hand don’t lose them to the bottom, as you might at Queen Mary or Riva Del Garda ...
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Originally posted by Sam.Spoons

Originally posted by JimC

I never weighed mine, but aluminium alloy is about a third of the density of galvanised mild steel. Even allowing for wheels and things, and larger diameter tubes its surely going to be in the vague region of half.

Just googled it (I know, I need to get a life), 2.7 g/cm3 for ally and 7.7 g/cm3 for steel but you need about 40% more thickness for equivalent strength so about half sounds right. So how much does a Blaze trolly weigh? My guess is 20-25kg for steel so, say, 10-12 for ally...... A useful chunk of when pulling it up the slip (maybe 15% of the overall weight)

A lot of steel trolleys are far heavier than they need to be.
The Optiparts ali laser trolley weighs in at 11.5 kg inc wheels.
Unfortunately it weighs in at £250 or so...

Trident say their Laser Trolley is 26kg.
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One advantage of steel is that the scrap price is currently only 11p
Kg meaning it's more likely to be under your boat when you arrive on Sunday morning.
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This question was asked on the DZero FB page the other day and Rodney Cobb (Devoti Finn UK) replied, "Steel trolley is 33 Kgs and Aluminium trolley is 20 Kgs, based on Finn trolleys which have the same frame with different cradles."
 I'm sure you can extrapolate that result for whichever trolley size you are referring to.
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How do you get an Ali trolley to 20kg?
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