How to haul long kayak

That's the one! It is a beast but a fun project to build. I can barely fit it in my garage

 

Nice kayaks! I built a clc wood duck 12 and am currently working on a shearwater sport sectional. It's amazing how much attention these things get.

As for transporting, I hauled the 12 on a yakima rack on my vw; I just got the tacoma in the fall so I haven't used it yet. But I'm thinking I'll get one of those goalpost time hitch racks for the back and rest the front on a yakima bar near the rear roof of my access cab. The sectional will fit nicely in the bed under the tonneau.

 

Don't make this harder than it should be. Get some type of roof rack and sling it up there and fasten it down. Putting it on your roof is less of a hassle than trailering, building a mobile rack for your bed and then having to move that thing in and out of your bed, or worse, installing a permanent rack in your bed which now prohibits the use of your bed for anything other than a kayak! I speak from years of paddling experience. Put it on your roof.

 

just a FYI those roof racks probably cost one of our fellow members a truck a few weeks ago. you grab a branch and next thing you know your roofs ripped open like a tin can. He got in an accident and the roof damage caused by the rack is pretty much what made then insurance company total the rig which was a 09'. IMHO those things are nothing but damage multipliers.

 

I transported my 16' partially built anuri 4000km across the country on my cap's roof rack.

 

I have a DCLB with the OEM roof rack. I bought a item called an Bed Extender. It fits into your 2" receiver, and can either be mounted horiz. to haul long items(up to 12') from your bed or mounted vertically to carry longer items extended from your roof rack! I can carry 16' lumber,long canoes,etc. slung between the Extender and my roof rack!

 

Just my opinion based on my experiences - different strokes for different folks. My set up is primarily for offroad capabilities in tight non maintained trails that have overhanging branches. The lower and stronger the better because they will need to take a hit. I know of no roof racks rated at 800# like my tracrac.

Ive seen first hand what happens to guys with rook racks who follow me to a drop and it's not good.

 

hey long time lurker here this is how we haul our 14 foot canoe. piad 100 bux for the bed extender and flipped it.

 

Where did you get that hitch mount canoe rack? I'm in Edmonton as well and would like to pick one up before summer.

 

Edit: Sorry for the multiple posts.

 

I had the Outdoorsman 300 (now for sale because I bought a topper to camp in...). Works fine in the C-Track. If you're interested in how it all worked out, let me know and I'll see if I can dig up some pictures. Between that and some of those foam blocks, I carried a heavy ass 14ft aluminum canoe from Virginia to Colorado.

Also not as crazy expensive as the Thules.

 

I got it in Winnipeg on the way to whitshell last summer. Total perormace I think it was. I saw something similar for sale at racks for cars on Calgary trail.hope that helps!

 

If you don't mind I would like to see how ya set it up...thanks buddy

 

I needed to be able to manage loading and unloading myself so went with this option. This pic has two 12+ foot boats strapped in and very solid. I can also keep the cover on the bed and the extender breaks down quick for stowing in the truck if needed.

 

I have a rack on my truck cap.still have to tie off to the front and rear bumper.

 

Thanks, I will check them out. Also found this one at Cabelas which looks interesting. I may check it out in person if they have one in stock.
http://www.cabelas.ca/product/925/cabelas-canoe-loader-and-rack

 

Here are two more options if you if you have a retrax pro cover. I bought the Yakima overhaul ladder rack and kit but didn’t like how much space it took up. It only takes about 10 minutes to take on and off if you Absolutely needEd to use your bed, but to install the unit you really should use a torques wrench to keep from damaging the retrax rails (what I have read at least).

All in all that system was too tall for my wife to use so we returned it. Bought quick connect/disconnect Yakima skyline towers and some carriers on eBay instead so we can pop them on and off the rails. That takes maybe 1 minute to do without any tools needed. I can now use the bed for gear and take my wife and dogs out with me on a float without the kayaks taking up the entire bed. The kayaks we haul are 10ft long on my LB Tacoma so this setup works real well. Don’t know if it would work on a SB. Here are some photos.

It’s expensive though so make sure it’s something you’ll know you’ll use.