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Re: Tools: Kayak hauling options for trucks
By:Charles Robinson
Date: 3/27/2011, 1:04 pm
In Response To: Tools: Kayak hauling options for trucks (Todd O)

: OK; I've got my sons 14 foot great auk almost finished, my wife's
: Chuckanut well under way, and my Sea Cruiser coming along
: nicely. With the hope that eventually one of these days, we'll
: actually get some weather that might melt the ice off our lakes,
: I don't have a way to haul these things to the lake yet. I've
: got a truck with a fiberglass cap. Any ideas for a somewhat
: econimical way to hual kayaks on this? Just for giggles I priced
: a Yakima rack with all the "stuff" I'd need for the 3
: boats and it came out at $968!!!!!! I just can't see spending
: more money on the kayak hauling system then the boats
: themselves. There has to be a cheaper way to do this. I'm not at
: all opposed to drilling holes through the cap to bold somthing
: on.
If you have a tow bar hookup, you could put a rack on that and a cheap rack on the cab. You might want to check out Barrecrafters or some of the companies that make ladder racks. I don't have a cap on my p/u and I use ladder racks with the foam kayak saddles taped to the cross bars and then the yaks strapped down to the cross bars. I have seen a lot of p/u's with caps and a ladder rack on top. Good luck.

Charles Robinson

Messages In This Thread

Tools: Kayak hauling options for trucks
Todd O -- 3/27/2011, 11:12 am
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Charles Robinson -- 3/27/2011, 1:04 pm
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David Bynoe -- 3/27/2011, 1:34 pm
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Todd O -- 3/27/2011, 3:25 pm
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Simeon -- 3/27/2011, 10:51 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 12:48 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/28/2011, 3:51 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 12:38 am
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RichT -- 3/27/2011, 2:15 pm
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Todd O -- 3/27/2011, 3:27 pm
Re: Tools: Kayak hauling options for trucks *PIC*
StephenHJ -- 3/28/2011, 2:29 am
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Kudzu / Jeff Horton -- 3/27/2011, 3:05 pm
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Todd O -- 3/27/2011, 3:30 pm
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Kudzu -- 3/27/2011, 10:17 pm
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Todd O -- 3/27/2011, 10:34 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 12:52 am
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Kudzu / Jeff Horton -- 3/28/2011, 8:29 am
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Les Cheeseman -- 3/28/2011, 2:44 pm
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KenSutherland -- 3/27/2011, 10:36 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 12:56 am
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KenSutherland -- 3/29/2011, 1:42 am