Hi Marilyn, On Wednesday, May 25, 2005, at 9:05:34 AM PST, you wrote: > Your chances of getting hurt are probably greatest when you are > loading your kayak on top of you vehicle you you need to be sure you > can do it without being at the limits of your reach and strength. My Subaru GL wagon is certainly not as tall as an SUV or truck, but I've found a light plastic "step stool" platform (Rubbermaid, I think) that works nicely for getting me up to a comfortable height next to the car when putting my boat on the rack. My Yakima cross bars extend just enough beyond the TLC cradles so that I can easily place the boat on its side before then pushing it over and into the cradles. I've also put a length of pipe insulation (covered with duck tape) over these extended bits of cross bars (and in between the cradles as well). When I remove the boat from the rack, I just reverse the process; first flipping the boat over the outside cradles and onto its side on the extended cross bars. From there, I can put a few things inside the cockpit and put the spare paddle on deck before lowering the boat onto my shoulder. -- Melissa *************************************************************************** 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 May 25 2005 - 12:04:37 PDT
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