RE: [Paddlewise] Yaks on minivans???

From: David Seng <David_at_wainet.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 11:56:07 -0900
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com [mailto:dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 11:32 AM

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> It is much much much easier to load the kayaks on my truck 
> than it is on
> the wifes Cherokee.  Much easier.  Besides a trailer, I think 
> a pick up
> truck is the easiest way to carry a kayak by a automobile.

  Total agreement from this quarter - I'm 5'7" and my paddling support
vehicle is a '97 Cherokee and the process (pre Hully Rollers) consisted of
hoisting/balancing the kayak above my head with both arms fully extended (I
think the weightlifting term is "clean and jerk") and then rolling it into
the cradles.  Doing this in a 20 knot wind no doubt provided many laughs for
passing spectators, but was always a task fraught with dread for me.
  The Hully Rollers made loading kayaks onto a tall vehicle MUCH easier.

Dave Seng
Juneau, Alaska 
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