Surf fishing means a long walk over soft sand carrying rods, a cooler, a chair, bait and a tackle bag. Try it in one trip and you drop something. Make two trips and you leave gear sitting unattended on the beach. A cart with tires that float over sand instead of digging trenches solves both problems at once. Anyone who has made that walk twice already knows the feeling.
This one takes 200 lbs, which in practice is everything you own plus a cooler full of ice. Eight rod holders line the frame so nothing rattles loose or gets stepped on, and the strap keeps the load secured when you are dragging it up over a berm. The 13-inch all-terrain tires are the part that matters most, rolling across dry sand, gravel and grass rather than plowing into them.
The frame is aluminum alloy with anti-loosening bolts, so salt spray does not eat it and the joints stay tight through a season. It folds for the trunk and assembles quickly out of the box with no special tools. It is also just a good cart: campsite runs, hauling firewood, getting everything from the car to the picnic table in one go. Rinse it off and it is ready again. It is not delicate, and it was never meant to be.
Reviews below include verified buyers of this exact item from before it joined the REIDWOOD kit, plus REIDWOOD customers as their gear gets out there.