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Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
By:Bob Beaullieu
Date: 1/31/2012, 7:44 am
In Response To: Tools: Truck Rack question (Mac McCaskie)

: I need a new way to carry my two great auks. I was using Yakima
: truck racks until I traded in the 2001 Tacoma for a 2011 Tacoma.
: The yakima's don't fit the newer Taco's so I switched to a
: trailer. Honestly, I like the trailer best because it's easy to
: load/unload. Now we've decided to get a Popup camper and I need
: ideas.

: My crazy idea is to hitch the boat trailer to the camper. That got
: about 1 second of serious consideration. My new taco is taller
: than the old so I think I'll need to load from the rear and
: push. Yakima is out, Thule is expensive, but there is also
: "TracRac TracOne" or usrack.com's Windstreamer,
: Paddler's Rack and Rail Rack. Anyone have experience with any of
: these?

: Please help me get over this OCD dilemma.

Mac,
I looked at a used pop-up camper a few months ago and the owner had mounted racks on the camper top. He had a Yakima setup with long bars and had bicycle and kayak mounts on it. I didn't buy the camper but thought it was an interesting way to carry bikes and yaks. However, the downside is that unless you are camping right next to where you are launching, how do you carry the yaks to the put-in? Seemed like you would still need roof racks...

Bob Beaullieu

Messages In This Thread

Tools: Truck Rack question
Mac McCaskie -- 1/30/2012, 7:53 pm
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Joy -- 1/30/2012, 9:40 pm
Re: mistake
Joy -- 1/30/2012, 9:43 pm
Re: mistake
Mac McCaskie -- 1/30/2012, 10:43 pm
Re: mistake
Joy -- 2/2/2012, 1:40 pm
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question *PIC*
Charles Robinson -- 1/30/2012, 9:52 pm
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Mac McCaskie -- 1/30/2012, 10:50 pm
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Charles Robinson -- 1/30/2012, 10:54 pm
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Mac McCaskie -- 1/30/2012, 11:26 pm
I second that!
Kudzu -- 1/31/2012, 8:00 am
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Bill Hamm -- 1/31/2012, 3:43 am
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Mac McCaskie -- 1/31/2012, 8:42 am
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Bill Hamm -- 1/31/2012, 10:24 am
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Bob Beaullieu -- 1/31/2012, 7:44 am
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Mac McCaskie -- 1/31/2012, 8:44 am
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Mac McCaskie -- 1/31/2012, 7:51 pm
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Bill Hamm -- 2/2/2012, 3:54 pm
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
danperry -- 1/31/2012, 9:35 am
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Mac McCaskie -- 1/31/2012, 8:28 pm
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Chris Richer -- 1/31/2012, 9:45 am
Careful using the camper
Doug S -- 1/31/2012, 10:16 am
Re: Careful using the camper
Charles Robinson -- 1/31/2012, 6:27 pm
Re: Careful using the camper
Mac McCaskie -- 1/31/2012, 7:57 pm
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Sodbuster------WebKitFormBoundary6pLaVD9X7Zfw4+Pi- -- 1/31/2012, 11:08 pm
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Al Edie -- 2/1/2012, 11:18 pm
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Chris Richer -- 2/2/2012, 10:27 am
Re: Tools: Truck Rack question
Al Edie -- 2/4/2012, 12:19 am