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Re: From trailer to rack *Pic*
By:John D.
Date: 9/10/2008, 10:26 pm
In Response To: From trailer to rack (Paul G. Jacobson)

: John, In your picture it appears you have some of the folding PVC kayak racks
: I was mentioning in another thread. Could you go to
: http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-bin/Building/index.cgi/noframes/read/171828
: and get a link to where you got the plans for those, or maybe post a picture
: of them so this guy can see what I was talking about? Thanks

: PGJ

Paul,
Here is another picture. I don't have plans or anything, I put 'em together with some PVC pipe and fittings I had left over from an irrigation project. Material's list: 1" sch40 PVC Pipe, 8- caps, 2- 90º elbows, 2- 45º elbows, 2- 1/4 carriage bolts with washers & nuts, nylon webbing, pvc primer & glue. From the pivot bolt down, the length of the angled legs is 1.414* the length of the straight leg. Among other things, they come in handy when car-topping for setting the boat on to rinse off all the sand & gunk from the boat and drying it off a bit before putting it on the car (I hate getting sand and salt water on my vehicles, though it does matter much less when using the trailer).

-John

Messages In This Thread

Other: Kayak Trailer
Kudzu -- 9/1/2008, 8:09 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer
Bill Hamm -- 9/2/2008, 2:05 am
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer
John D. -- 9/2/2008, 11:48 am
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer
Bill Hamm -- 9/2/2008, 5:52 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer *Pic*
John D. -- 9/3/2008, 11:25 am
From trailer to rack
Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/10/2008, 6:56 pm
Re: From trailer to rack
Bill Hamm -- 9/13/2008, 2:06 am
Re: From trailer to rack *Pic*
John D. -- 9/10/2008, 10:26 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer
Bryan Hansel -- 9/3/2008, 6:51 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer *LINK* *Pic*
John D. -- 9/3/2008, 10:02 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer
Bryan Hansel -- 9/4/2008, 9:32 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer
Bill Hamm -- 9/6/2008, 1:24 am
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer *Pic*
Robin Boys -- 9/5/2008, 12:13 am
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer
Bill Hamm -- 9/3/2008, 11:52 am
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer
John D. -- 9/3/2008, 10:04 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer
Bill Hamm -- 9/6/2008, 1:19 am
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer
Kudzu -- 9/2/2008, 3:38 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer
Roy -- 9/1/2008, 10:51 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer *Pic*
Kim -- 9/8/2008, 10:11 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer
Bill Hamm -- 9/10/2008, 8:19 am
Re: Other: Kayak Trailer *NM* *Pic*
Roy -- 9/1/2008, 10:52 pm