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Re: Other: Kayak Rack Extensions
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 10/11/2007, 4:38 pm
In Response To: Other: Kayak Rack Extensions *LINK* *Pic* (Tom Yost)

: The span between the Yakima bars on my Celica is only 26" (66cm) making
: it
: less than ideal for hauling a 17ft (518cm) kayak. One solution to this
: places the J-carriers 5' (152cm) apart. I've been using this setup for about
: a month and it works well. See Link below.

: Tom

Tom,

Interesting idea, but if your car can have a receiver hitch you could do what I used to do and use a T bar in the receiver to support the rear rack, gives you a long span between the bars. Now days you can get a bike rack, something you might already have, that can be fairly easily modified to do this. When I did this there were no bike racks that were affordable so I had to weld up a T bar. My brother in law still uses it on his Toyota pickup with his w/c canoe.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Kayak Rack Extensions *LINK* *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 10/11/2007, 12:02 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Rack Extensions
kelly t -- 10/11/2007, 6:48 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Rack Extensions
Tom Yost -- 10/11/2007, 7:07 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Rack Extensions
kelly t -- 10/11/2007, 8:04 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Rack Extensions
Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2007, 4:38 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Rack Extensions *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 10/11/2007, 6:30 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Rack Extensions
Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2007, 7:50 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Rack Extensions
Tom Yost -- 10/11/2007, 8:24 pm
Re: Other: Kayak Rack Extensions
Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2007, 11:41 pm
Re: Other: Bike mounted racks
TOM RAYMOND -- 10/15/2007, 2:35 pm
Re: Other: Bike mounted racks
Bill Hamm -- 10/16/2007, 5:13 am
Re: Other: Bike mounted racks
Mike Savage -- 10/16/2007, 6:00 am
Re: Other: Bike mounted racks
Bill Hamm -- 10/17/2007, 1:21 am
Re: Other: Bike mounted racks *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 10/15/2007, 3:47 pm
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Acors -- 10/11/2007, 3:02 pm
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Tom Yost -- 10/11/2007, 6:04 pm