> [Original Message] > From: Jim Farrelly > Any opinions on this concept? > Yakima is supposed to have a similar design. It isnt cheap but then > again the idea of eventually blowing out my back lifting a kayak onto > the roof of my CRV is much less appealing than spending $350. > You Still can blow your back out lifting it up to the lifting part anyway. I've seen two plus another Thule setup. One was purchased by an absolutely new paddler with tons of money. Was blown away and spent a lot of time muttering under his breath when he saw the rest of us flipping our not-exactly-ultralight canoes onto our cars. It's a godawful contraption to stick on top of your car. Another was used by a woman who had some arthritis to get her kayak atop her car. She still needed help to get it up and clamp it to the lifting part. Then it still had to worked manually. Thule makes another unit which works as well so far as I can see and is much cheaper. It's essentially a permanently affixed extender bar that folds out of the way when not needed. This too saves 50% of the work. You only lift half the boat at a time. It's not such a drag when driving down the road. It's something you can take off the car when you don't need it. Try that with the lifting device.... In short, I was underwhelmed. Joe P. *************************************************************************** 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 Sun May 29 2005 - 08:18:07 PDT
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