Niels said: It seems that quite a lot of PaddleWisers have experienced problems with boats on top of their cars.<snip> The normal way of tying a kayak to a car in Holland is fixing a trailer onto your roof, then fixing two kayak holders to the trailer, then fixing the kayak to the holders using ropes.<snip> Niels, I don't mean to be rude or anything, but in Canada, we usually tow our trailers behind our vehicles, not fix them to the roofs of our vehicles. Is this some kind of law there, or is it just because Holland is so small that the extra vehicle length with trailer behind would take up to much valuable space? 8-) On a more serious note, I've just installed a Class 3 trailer hitch on my van, so can now tow items. Does anyone have any good links to trailers that can carry kayaks/canoes? I'm looking for something that converts to a tent trailer and/or gear hauler, as opposed to a "kayak school multiple kayak trailer" one sometimes sees at symposiums and classes, etc. I was wanting to build/modify my own trailer. Doug Lloyd *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 18 2001 - 23:19:59 PDT
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