MJKory_at_aol.com wrote: >I would like to get a used pickup to haul my kayak, but it seems like a pain to figure out an effective way to haul the boat on a PU. How do you do it? As Steve Cramer mentioned, a pickup topper. When I had an 89 Nissan PU as my kayak rig, I had an aluminum topper ($150 used), and welded a rack for it. But the "artificial raingutters" will work on an aluminum shell as well as 'glass. Make sure you bolt through the aluminum tube frame of the shell. I didn't have them, but wish I'd had the "fully-opening-from-the-outside side windows". Now my kayak rig is a 93 Dodge Grand Caravan. The ultimate kayak rig. maybe not the ultimate whitewater shuttle rig (sometimes ground clearance and 4wd are keys here), it's the ultimate surf and sea kayak rig. Plenty of room to sleep in the back, seats 2, 3, 4, 5, or 7, depending on which seats you install or remove, rear heat and air, and a much lower roofline than 4wd pickups and SUV's. Room to carry long paddles inside. Room to change inside. Raingutters!!! Shawn __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Shawn Baker wrote: > Now my kayak rig is a 93 Dodge Grand Caravan. The ultimate kayak rig. > maybe not the ultimate whitewater shuttle rig (sometimes ground > clearance and 4wd are keys here), it's the ultimate surf and sea kayak > rig. Plenty of room to sleep in the back, seats 2, 3, 4, 5, or 7, > depending on which seats you install or remove, rear heat and air, and > a much lower roofline than 4wd pickups and SUV's. Room to carry long > paddles inside. Room to change inside. Raingutters!!! I miss my 93 Caravan. I miss raingutters, too. I found that the regular 93 had pretty good ground clearance, esp with the shorter wheelbase. (I have a Grand now, and it has the same or tighter turning circle, but is otherwise not nearly the paddling vehicle.) I recommend the 93-95 Caravans. 92 was the same basic model, but IIRC a few more problems. GaryJ -- Director, Family Canoeing Centre Recreational canoeing courses for the whole family. +--------------------------------+ | /"\ | | \ / | | X ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN | | / \ AGAINST HTML MAIL & NEWS | +--------------------------------+ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I used a 1989 Plymouth Voyager with nice big RAINGUTTERS as my kayak vehicle for a couple years, and you are exactly right about this type of vehicle being ideal for kayaking. The middle seat and rear seat were easily removable, which left LOTS of room for equipment storage and changing. The roofline was low enough that you did not break your back getting the boat up on top. In a message dated 1/16/03 8:42:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, shawnkayak_at_yahoo.com writes: > Now my kayak rig is a 93 Dodge Grand Caravan. The ultimate kayak rig. > maybe not the ultimate whitewater shuttle rig (sometimes ground > clearance and 4wd are keys here), it's the ultimate surf and sea kayak > rig. Plenty of room to sleep in the back, seats 2, 3, 4, 5, or 7, > depending on which seats you install or remove, rear heat and air, and > a much lower roofline than 4wd pickups and SUV's. Room to carry long > paddles inside. Room to change inside. Raingutters!!! > *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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