> 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. > I use a contractor's ladder/pipe rack on my Ford F150 Crew Cab shortbed pickup. I have a camper shell underneath the ladder rack. I usually carry a small step ladder to make tiedowns easier. The rack came with three crossbars (at the very front, very back and just ahead of the middle. The bars were too far apart so I added a fourth crossbar for better kayak weight distribution. The kayaks weight is on the middle two crossbars and the kayak ends are tied to the front and back crossbars. Tony Niilus *************************************************************************** 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 - 07:21:28 PDT
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