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Re: Tools: Kayak hauling options for trucks
By:Todd O
Date: 3/27/2011, 3:30 pm
In Response To: Re: Tools: Kayak hauling options for trucks (Kudzu / Jeff Horton)

: On my truck I have an old set of Yakaima Gutter mounts and long
: rails that I have had since cars had gutters. :-) There is a
: Yakima bracket that you bolt to the shell that acts like a rain
: gutter. It requires some holes but just in the shell. I don't
: know what they are called and they were kind of high priced I
: thought, but the old style mounts go fairly cheap on EBay. I had
: the rails and needed them to haul ladders more than the boats
: but it served well for both.

: Another option is find a utility trailer, extend the tongue and
: make a rack out of 2x4s and some black iron pipe. I love my
: trailer! It so simple to load. The boats stay on it. Don't have
: to unload them when I get home either.

Yeah, I'm finding that the adapter pieces for mounting to the cap are the spendy part. It's a good suggestion to look for a used system though. A tralier would work nice, but there are times when we'll go on vacation with the kayaks on the roof and the powerboat in tow.

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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