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My last canoe rack left with my last truck (a 1974 Dodge D100). I now drive a 2000 GMC Sonoma (Chevy S10). What racks are suggested on a small pickup? Picts?
My last canoe rack left with my last truck (a 1974 Dodge D100). I now drive a 2000 GMC Sonoma (Chevy S10). What racks are suggested on a small pickup? Picts?
A cheep 3 door aluminum cap, artificial rain gutters atached to the side, and quick-n-easy brackets with 2 X 4 covered with carpet. Made my own artificial rain gutters. They must be attached on the side of the cap to lower the profile.
Tried a few different rack systems and never found one that fits really good on the cab.
Also the cab and bed twist at different times/amount. So have found it better to just connect canoe to the bed.
I'm thinking of replacing the car, but it seems like all the good models have rooflines that slope downward toward the back. Yakima says it's no problem to have the leading end of the canoe angled upward, but I'm concerned about the added lift it would cause, and the resulting stresses on both the boat and the car.
Any thoughts about this?
Yakima says it's no problem to have the leading end of the canoe angled upward . . . Any thoughts about this?
This is what I went with. Cheap. Very well made. Free two day delivery. Installed in less than an hour.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/650LB-TRUCK-LADDER-RACK-PICK-UP-UNIVERSAL-CONTRACTOR-PICK-UP-RACK-LUMBER-UTILITY-/400547123268?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5d42781044&vxp=mtr [/QUOTE]
Hard to beat a bed rack with 650lb capacity for $80.
A couple of 2x6’s hole sawed for the posts that stick up above the crossbars and you’ve got an easily removable extension for hauling multiple boats. Simple wood gunwale blocks screwed into the crossbar extensions and the canoes go into the exact desired position fore and aft and side by side every time.
To make solo canoe loading easier I used two pairs of gunwale blocks on the front crossbar positioned to “capture” the bow of the canoes /^\. On the rear crossbar I paired the gunwale blocks a couple of inches apart to capture just the outboard gunwale / /.
With the rear crossbar relative unobstructed I slide the canoes on from the back until the bow fits into the front vee and then lift the stern and drop the outer gunwale into the \\ and // on either side.
Edit: If you DIY a 2-canoe hauler crossbar extension a couple of design features come in handy.
Gunwale blocks and a few strategically positioned eye bolts on the crossbar. I sized the extensions so that they did not stick out past the side view mirrors, thinking that was (hopefully) street legal and less likely to clip something on the side of the road or in tight spaces. That length also happened to fit diagonally in the bed of the truck when not in use.
If you are carrying two boats having wider crossbars allows for some air passage between them.
I’m convinced that this ^_^ presents less aerodynamic drag than carrying two boats inches apart _^^_