> Jack Martin 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. > Dave Kruger responded: > Yeah, I did that truck cap/cab rack jack thing on a Mazda and then a > Toyota, totalling some 12 seasons of hauling boats <snip> 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. > Much depends on the particular truck and how it's built. My Mitsu had a bed that had a fair amount of lateral movement in relation to the cab, though maximum separation of the racks minimized relative lateral movement of the attachment points (through-bolted on the reinforced FG cap, rain gutters on the cab). Worst case scenario was a bit of loosening of the tiedown ropes - which was mitigated through religious use of bow and stern lines - though I never went four-wheeling or traveled rough roads for any distance with the sea kayak (when doing so with whitewater boats, they were mounted on racks attached only to the cap). Erik Sprenne *************************************************************************** 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 23 2007 - 06:02:20 PDT
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