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Re: Bar extension
By:Liz Leedham
Date: 4/7/2000, 9:21 am
In Response To: Bar extension (Kent LeBoutillier)

I use a bar similar to the one you mentioned to lift up the kayak onto my truck. I have a homemade cedar two-kayak cradle with attachment holes for the tie down straps. My husband made up a bar with two welded small fittings that slip into these holes and fasten with a turnbuckle. I can use it either side of the truck and can lift up a 60 lb kayak without help. Just have to remember to take the bar down when I leave the truck at a launch site. It sits at exactly the right height to remove an eye of someone walking by the truck. I painted the end orange to help me avoid the same fate.

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Kent LeBoutillier -- 4/7/2000, 6:03 am
Re: Bar extension
Liz Leedham -- 4/7/2000, 9:21 am
Re: Bar extension
Scotty -- 4/7/2000, 1:01 pm
Re: Bar extension
Kent LeBoutillier -- 4/7/2000, 9:25 am
Re: Bar extension
Shawn Baker -- 4/10/2000, 12:53 pm
Re: Car Top carriers
Julie Kanarr -- 4/6/2000, 5:21 pm
Re: Car Top carriers
Dave Colant -- 4/6/2000, 4:42 pm
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Jason -- 4/7/2000, 11:27 am
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Jason -- 4/10/2000, 12:55 pm
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gary b. -- 4/12/2000, 12:30 am
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Jason -- 4/12/2000, 9:13 am
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gary b. -- 4/12/2000, 10:56 pm
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Wayne G. -- 4/10/2000, 9:23 pm
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Jason -- 4/11/2000, 4:20 pm
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Dean Trexel -- 4/11/2000, 4:52 pm
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Dean Trexel -- 4/7/2000, 6:52 pm
Re: Car Top carriers
Bill Jankowski -- 4/6/2000, 9:47 pm
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Dean Trexel -- 4/6/2000, 4:08 pm
Re: New Thule kayak components!
Jack Martin -- 4/6/2000, 10:48 pm
Re: New Thule kayak components!
Derek -- 4/6/2000, 4:14 pm
Re: New Thule kayak components!
Dean Trexel -- 4/6/2000, 4:59 pm
Re: Car Top carriers
Ken Finger -- 4/6/2000, 2:03 pm
Re: Car Top carriers
Derek -- 4/6/2000, 2:09 pm
Re: Car Top carriers
Ken Finger -- 4/6/2000, 3:13 pm