Am between building my own cart for the beach and making a purchase and modifying. It would need to carry decent weight with a cooler, chairs, umbrella etc.
The prices on beach carts are absolutely insane, $1000+ is not that uncommon. That leads me to believe I could build something that is both better and cheaper.
PVC options don’t move the needle for me, feel a little underwhelming/tacky. I know wood would need to be replaced overtime and metal would face rusting issues but the aesthetics are much more appealing.
The last option is theoretically the simplest, modifying a store bought option with balloon tires. Ie something like this