[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (including headers/footers/sig lines/extraneous text from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] At 12:19 AM 4/11/2004 -0700, Jason Fitzgerald wrote: > My question concerns putting sea kayaks on top of pickup trucks. >Specifically 18' Kayaks on Ford F250 Crew Cab Shortbed Pickups. It seems >there are several ways to accomplish it and I was wondering if anyone had >any specific experience. Does anyone use Trac-Rac? Thule? >Yakima? Jason, I've done it a couple of ways in the past. On one, extended cab, truck (a Ranger) I added a ladder rack. The kind that contractors use. It was a little pricey but did an awesome job. Then I had a crew cab (four door) S10. For that vehicle I bought the tracks from Thule cut them to length and attached them to the roof. Essentially creating my own "factory" roof rack, only stronger. I can't remember exactly what they were called but they are a catalog item. Now I have an F150 crew cab. The problem this time is I bought a moonroof so the roof profile doesn't allow for the attachment of the tracks/rails. I've looked at Trac-Rack but they don't have a part number for the F150. The Thule Xsporter looks good but I haven't actually seen one yet. Plus I want to be able to use a tonneau cover. I'll keep you posted on my research.......... Have you found a GREAT solution yet? .Hal Hal Christiansen *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Apr 15 2004 - 06:23:56 PDT
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