Maybe some of you have had this problem. I live on a small lake about 45 acres and my jon boat is around 200 yards away and thirty to forty feet lower than my house. I do not have electric at the lake so I need to hall my battery back and forth. The terrain is rough so I can not use a cart. I am looking for something to use to carry the battery and maybe the rest of my gear, poles, and tackle bag. I also rigged a piranha fish finder to be portable and would like to bring it back and forth. I thought that maybe a large duffel bag would work for the tackle bag, fish finder and battery. Then I could use one of those pole holders for the poles. Any thoughts out there?

Anybody know what size hot air balloon it would take to lift a trolling motor battery :-?.

Do you have a place to keep a burro?

Maybe put some oar locks on the john boat and leave the battery at the house?

Buy a canoe?

If it weren't so far you could rig a cable and pulley system, but 200 yards is a long stretch.

At my age I would be installing an underground wire to the lake and put my battery and charger in a heavy guage locked tool box chained to something substantial or fastened to a concrete slab. I assume you do have power at the house since you didn't call it a cabin. If you do that, I would ask an electrician what size wire to run so you didn't get too much voltage drop.

If I was you I would go to lowes or home depot and get one of them garden wagons.They look like a regular wagon except yellow with inflatable tires (like on a lawnmower) They roll over rough terrain with ease.I have one and I load it with 200 LB.s of fertilizer and it pulls easily.

BPS listed a couple of carts just for this, don't know if they still have them.

The are set up for something like, maybe, surf fishing, with rod holders and carrying an ice chest, big rear tires, swivel casters in front,etc., hauling fishing stuff from point A to point F.

A wheel barrow with a large diameter tire, if its a pneumatic tire make sure its is fully inflated, if its a hard tire get the biggest one you can find. May be easier to pull a wheel barrow than to push it, but that would prob work. If you have really deep ruts to cross that a wheel wouldn't roll through then and this is a private lake that your stuff will be secure at then you could possible look into a solar charger for the battery. Give some more details.

I have a 2 wheel wheel barrow.  Works great for moving things.  if going downhill and gets to be too much to handle I lower the handle end and the back  legs act as brakes.

get some really long extension cords, if you have elec. outside

A wheel barrow with a large diameter tire, if its a pneumatic tire make sure its is fully inflated, if its a hard tire get the biggest one you can find. May be easier to pull a wheel barrow than to push it, but that would prob work. If you have really deep ruts to cross that a wheel wouldn't roll through then and this is a private lake that your stuff will be secure at then you could possible look into a solar charger for the battery. Give some more details.

I think I will look into the solar charger.  I use to haul it back and forth but had a heart attack a while back so I think the solar charge will work.  I just need to figure out how long it would take to recharge.

Thanks everyone for your ideas.

After looking this up online I found that it would take about a 30 watt solar panel approximately 2 days to charge a 55 to 75 ah 12 volt battery.  Depending upon sunlight of course.  This will run me about $300.00.  I will have to think about this, maybe once the wife gets a job.

If I was you I would go to lowes or home depot and get one of them garden wagons.They look like a regular wagon except yellow with inflatable tires (like on a lawnmower) They roll over rough terrain with ease.I have one and I load it with 200 LB.s of fertilizer and it pulls easily.

2x or a small gas generator or will someone steal it? :-?

just a thought......................

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=112515-348-30377&lpage=none

Check more than one place for that solar charger, that sounds to high.

man just go to menards or lowes and buy a 50 ft role of 12-2 with ground and run it just on top of the ground  its double wraped for saftey. the heck with down and back with the battery