Matthew: I use a Ford Range pickup truck and getting the kayak(s) up there by using a set up I designed. The front rack is a Tule bar and commercial rack ... the back rack is wooden 2 x 3 s (upside down U ) the up rights are shaved and taped to fit into the holes in the top/side of the bed just behind the cab which is a strech/king cab. This allows the rack to move back and forth a few inches. The rack itself is home made with 2 x 3, 1/4" ply wood and black bathroom rug. I made a third rack that fits over the tail gate so the kayak can slide up the tail gate to the back rack and once pushed up far enough up the back rack, you let it down onto the front immovable rack ...readjust the back rack, strap/tie it down and off you go! Ginny Matthew Blumenthal wrote: > .......Pickups are cheap, but look as though they would require a ladder rack > for > kayaks.......Any suggestions or comments on transportation vehicles and/or > methods would > be deeply appreciated. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Aug 09 1999 - 19:59:28 PDT
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