Martin, Jack wrote: > Would like to know of any practical roof rack experience from anyone who > has carried a kayak with the forward rack mounted to a pickup roof and > the aft rack attached to a fiberglass cap. [snip] The obvious concern is > that if there is some significant flexing or movement between the cap > and the cab, the kayak might be stressed or the finish scuffed over > time. Glad you're back Joq. Yeah, I did that truck cap/cab rack jack thing on a Mazda and then a Toyota, totalling some 12 seasons of hauling boats, mostly one at a time, but a couple long trips to Canada with two, and one to Canada (Charlottes) with a monster double and a single up there. Oh, yeah, once I had three, on some 80 inch custom Yakima bars. Four souls and gear for two weeks aboard. The rack manufacturers will tell you not to do it, but I'll tell you it works fine. There is some working side to side of the cab/canopy system, but I never noticed any damage to any of the four or five different boats I hauled that way. A good bit of the travel was on rough logging roads. BTW, Hully Rollers are a good thing for the rear cradles. Makes loading a lot easier. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Tue May 22 2007 - 08:18:07 PDT
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