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Definitely Duluth. Back then it was the only pack any of us were aware of and pretty much all we saw. Beautiful, solid packs that last forever. Use em till the leather cinches are stretched out enough to convolve the entire bag. Well...maybe that is an embellishment. When they come up for sale...

Woodland Caribou: Day #1, Portage #1 Note the enthusiasm. It's all downhill from here... Thanks my friend for the glamour shot and letting the rest of the forum privately chuckle at your expense. He He He ;)

My balance has always been horrible so bumble around quite a bit. Have a great video of my brother (blessed w/balance & more practice) where he magically steps from invisible slippery rock to invisible slippery rock into the water & effortlessly unloads the boat. Burdened with the food pack as...

This photo is of my brother taken somewhere in Ontario's Turtle River Provincial Park. I remember waking up that morning finding moose tracks in far too close proximity to the tent however we both slept sound through night #1 having half a jag from sharing a pint of something most likely cheap...

Your beautiful video makes me really want to go to work tomorrow...Super impressed at how you shoulder your canoe with pack on. Strength+Balance+Practice. Very nice. Peace

Every time I see a Workmate it reminds me of the hours spent in the late 70's painting Matchbox & HotWheels cars down in the basement of my childhood home on one of these things. Wish I had some of those back before I destroyed them with layers of metallic colors as some are now worth a small...

Definitely works of art up there in the photos. Heck, I didn't even sand the 2x4s after I cut them as going more for the improvisational aesthetic. Can imagine directors chairs working perfectly.

Finally putting this one to rest. Pulled off the rear passenger section of trim and nothing but a bare, straight/perpendicular walled slot. Trim was attached by double-sided foam tape. Thanks to all of you that have made suggestions and shared frustration. Think I'm going to solve this one with...

Sometimes the simplest designs are the best and your solution appears to be just that. But....Why are talking 2x4s and plywood when your boats are staring at me? Stunning! I have not searched around the forum too much yet but imagine those are your builds? I'll check back tomorrow morning for...

OK, I have no idea what these types of things are called for people in-the-know, nor have I searched for best practices with them so certain there are all sorts of far more ingenious designs than this frankenstein. However, in about an hour I had this pieced together and imagine it would support...

The Astro is a MK-3 package which is a conversion as I understand in reading the literature. The visor does look nice but I have taken it off at times being it seems to generate a bit of drag/noise when the wind is just so. Poor gas mileage the way it is with AWD. Yes, curtains in the rear but...

All that I had time for this weekend was to snap these photos of my "stupid" van which I honestly am quite fond of. It is my low budget, slightly unusual, hotrod. Kind of like my Sunrunner which will look oh so sweet when perched on top. Admittedly aesthetics make no difference in the world of...

Thanks everyone. Lots to digest and I need to do a bit more investigation before I respond to any of the helpful suggestions. Here in MN we went from 90's to 20's in the course of about 2 weeks so winter prep has been a bit frantic. Hope to share more this evening. I'll snap a couple photos of...

Whoops...The universal photo on the right would work for the front but not the back as only a sliding door on the one side. I'm getting lost in all the details.

Thanks Mason. The Fit My Car interface has 3 options for Astros however they don't have anything for a van without anything already up there. I did a bit more image searching and found a couple options of different brands that look promising and I may just need to get on the phone with some of...

Found an Astro in the parking lot with rack however it mounts inside of the goofy plastic molding. Darn again as my van has no pre-drilled anything on the roof. Still need to look into the aftermarket gutters. Thanks

Thank you for the reinforcement on the OEM rack idea Alan. I have seen the assembly drawings on these and more parts than I would've guessed but agreed not complicated.The van has plastic molding/trim strips glued into a channel running down both the left and right sides shown in photo...

Time to poll the experts as I am striking out with my far-too-many months worth of internet searching. The stock rack for a 1997 Astro (GMC Safari) is discontinued so not available through dealerships. I have asked a number of them. The only one currently on ebay is for an earlier model which...

Agreed on the weighing difficulties but I have been to Wisconsin a time or two and have seen individuals in bars sporting Sheboygan Goiters that must've been darn close to a 16ft cantilever. I bet the scale lies to them too. Great point on the shallow V adding efficiencies. In just envisioning...

CORRECTION: In thinking through the details of our last trip it occured to me that on the longer portages (400M & up) I was not carrying the 20 lb day pack along with the canoe. Generally my son would carry that with the food pack and then we did a return trip for the main gear pack. For...