I have two paddling friends with pickup trucks and racks. Well, one of them traded his p/u in on a Jeep. Anyway, one has a compact p/u with a canopy and the rear rack mounts (bolted) to the canopy while the front rack is mounted to the cab's roof (I do not know what method she uses for mounting the front rack). I don't believe any damage has occurred from this arrangement. She drives back and forth between Puget Sound and eastern Washington across the Cascades; usually with at least one kayak on board. The other friend had a full-sized 3/4-ton pickup (before he traded it in on the Jeep) and the rack was entirely mounted to the p/u bed via uprights placed into the handy square holes full-sized pickup beds have at each corner. The rack was built (as best as I can recall) from welded steel. He had all the crossbeams padded and one simply lifted the bow onto the rear crossbeam (located right *at* the rear), walked back to the stern and pushed the boat onto the rack. No part of the rack was permanently tied to the cab. This seemed to me to work well and was wide enough for at least 3 kayaks. Both of these friends read (but seldom post to) Paddlewise and maybe they'd like to expand on it. Craig Jungers Royal City, WA *************************************************************************** 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 - 08:09:37 PDT
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