Canoe and Kayak hauling

Great Idea. It's even brilliant. Thanks I'm doing that.

 

Hey wandering,is your truck lifted, and what size tires are those? your pickup look sharp

 

Sorry for the late reply we have been on vacation. I am running an OME lift 885 coils and Dakars. Tires are 265/75/16.

 

Digging up an old one...But for those of you using the bed extenders, how long are the boats you're hauling? Our Hobie Odyssey Tandem measures 14' and I'm considering the T-Bone. We've been yanking it around on a trailer, but that becomes cumbersome and takes up yard space.

 

I have a 11.5 Feel Free Lure which measures 12 ft. You wouldn't have any problems with a 14 ft I believe. I still have more room to adjust mine out. I will stick out a good ways just be mindful of how you are turning but that's what these extenders were maid for.

 

I can put these Rhino crossbars from autoanything on in 2 minutes and take them back off just as fast. These came off my 08 tundra crewmax and I just had to move the mounts in some. I paid $259. That topper was $50 off a 2000 Frontier. I have have a color matched A.R.E. on there now.

 

Yakima

 

Cuda LT, just shy of 13' in my long bed with an extender, also my Sound 10.5 on top.

 

Used a set of @KB Voodoo 's heavy duty bed crossbars and an aluminum T-bar that I made out of scraps of a boat lift leg-foot assembly... The 2" stock was $10 from a metal supply retailer near me. Overall it looks clean, despite how hacky my T-bar was.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/heavy-duty-bed-cross-bars-ready-to-ship.357732/

Obviously this setup has negatives, but I feel like the use of my bed far outweighs the other options. I can drop the tailgate and still get things in and out of the bed just fine. I ended up using this on a 250 mile trip north during July and it worked great. Had a cooler, 4 people, 4 bags worth of luggage and of course the 2 kayaks all in the truck. They're only 9.5' kayaks though, so they don't extend too far. With a 14' it might be a different story... The orange flag on the back in the first picture is an absolute necessity if you want to be legal.

 

I should mention that I plan to change this design and move to a setup with only a roof-rack and J-hooks so I can carry a RTT on the bed-rails and still have the ability to tow if needed. There's a very real possibility I'll either be towing a pop up or using an RTT with the kayaks which my current setup doesn't allow for.

 

Where did you get that adapter to hold the kayak? I could use one of those!

 

Not sure what you mean. The orange one is on mounted to a cheap Walmart Reese cargo basket which is mounted to some Inno Racks bars.

 

No, the part that is coming out of the hitch...I have a 16ft hiawatha canoe and currently no trailer. With that extender coming out of the hitch, I could get more use out of my canoe!

 

I won't put my yaks on top because I have them in brackish/salt water...not good for any vehicle to have that on the cab.

 

That's just a no frills bed extender.

 

I don't have any pictures of the kayak on top, but I built this rack myself and added a cheap universal bolt-on kayak mount from Ebay. About $150 in steel, $40 for the kayak mounts, $20 for retractable ratchet straps, and about a day to put it all together.

 

Is yours just a regular kayak?, or is it heavy with mods. Here is mine but its on my old Ford don't have pictures of it on my Tacoma yet but its the same. I have to have room in the bed to put the motor an gear in.

 

This ^^

I have a similar setup (and the same canoe - 15' version) but don't use any bars on my truck cab. If I had a 17' canoe I'd probably go with a third bar on my cab for the extra support. If you don't have a cap, any quality 2 bar system (just like above) will work and they can be easily removed when not in use.