My first choice would be a bicycle and trailer if I lived closer to where I paddle. Check out this guy toting a WW kayak on an Extracycle attachment http://www.xtracycle.com. My second choice is a station wagon with a factory roof rack. Get a couple of those foam blocks with the pre-cut grooves that fit over your factory rails. There are at least two groove widths so make sure you get the correct ones. My Chevy Celebrity wagon takes the wide ones. A few tie down straps and you're all set for probably under $40. Pretty easy to load/unload to. Here is a picture of mine http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Villa/3057/pt60618.jpg Your insurance and parts are likely to be cheaper with a car (i.e. station wagon) than with a truck/jeep/SUV. I just read about that in Katie Alvord's excellent book "Divorce Your Car." -Bob Matter Hammond, IN ----------- Road rage causes 1,500 deaths per year in the USA. -Louis Mizell, for AAA SAMUEL KLINGEL wrote: > > I am trying to figure out what is the best vehicle to purchase that > will carry a Kayak. One that has the cheepest set up for a person > that doesn't have a lot of money. I am considering a Jeep Wrangler > because you don't have to build a rack for it I don't think. > > Sam > -- > ..................... > The only thing you - > can make someone do - > is laugh - > ..................... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Oct 08 2000 - 09:44:57 PDT
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