Seeking sage advice & reconditions for efficiently mounting & transporting 1 kayak (Sitka LT) + 1 SUP. Have '13 4Runner w/ Westcott roof rack.
Given the width of the SUP that’s going to use most of the realestate. Pads/foam blocks+straps for that. Attaching to your now installed SUP straps beveled foam blocks, place kayak on top and another pair of straps over the kayak attaching to the SUP straps. The Wescott should give you a nice long base to connect to. Use a bow and stern tie down for the piggy back Sitka.
See you on the water,
Marshall Seddon
The River Connection, Inc.
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@Marshall, you keep giving out non-Sto Bote advice, you are going to go Bankrupt. Or make a million dollars by building up good will…It could go either way.
Old school alternative to being a YouTube or Tim tok star
See you on the water,
Marshall Seddon
The River Connection, Inc.
9 W. Market St.
Hyde Park, NY. 12538
845-229-0595 main
845-242-4731 mobile
Main: [www.the-river-connection.com]
Store: [www.the-river-connection.us]
Email: marshall@the-river-connection.com
Socials: linktr.ee/rivercxn
Ask away.
See you on the water,
Marshall Seddon
The River Connection, Inc.
9 W. Market St.
Hyde Park, NY. 12538
845-229-0595 main
845-242-4731 mobile
Main: [www.the-river-connection.com]
Store: [www.the-river-connection.us]
Email: marshall@the-river-connection.com
Socials: linktr.ee/rivercxn
How much would you charge me to sit in the parking lot and stare into the windows for an half an hour?
If you come by when I’m on land the door is open and the staff will show you around.
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See you on the water,
Marshall Seddon
The River Connection, Inc.
9 W. Market St.
Hyde Park, NY. 12538
845-229-0595 main
845-242-4731 mobile
Main: [www.the-river-connection.com]
Store: [www.the-river-connection.us]
Email: marshall@the-river-connection.com
Socials: linktr.ee/rivercxn
I don’t think I can afford to actually walk into the door, with them Hyde Park types and everything.
Edit: Maybe if I brought Susie with me…
I have made several for friends that mount on the roofs of various vehicles. I call them Ladder Racks. Very easy and fairly inexpensive to build and though they don’t win beauty contests they are super easy to mount and un-mount and fairly light weight.
I use 2X4s to make the runners and 2X6 to make the rungs. Build them just as you would a ladder for tree climbing but the rungs should be made of the 2X4s with the 2X6 lumber used as the rungs but mounted so they stand higher then the 2X4 when laying edgewise on the floor. Screw them together with construction screws. You can make the “ladder” as long as you’d link but in having made several I see little reason to make them any longer then 8 feet and 5 to 6 feet is long enough for shorter kayaks. You can make them wide enough for either 1 or 2 kayaks. The rack is made so the kayak can sit on it, and because the rungs are made from 2X6 you can easily cut “saddles” into them that conform to the exact shape of the hull or hulls you want to carry and the wood is still thick enough to have a lot of strength. .
When built, drill 1/2 holes through the runners near the cross pieces of your car rick to take some 3/8" rope. You use short lengths of rope to tie the ladder to the rack on the top of the car and then use longer ropes to tie the kayaks to the front of the car. (If you have no tie-down built in make a loop of strong cord and put it over the hood latch so it’s sticking out about 6" and you can tie the bows to it. To remove it you open your hood and lift it off.) I use truckers hitches to tie it down.
Tie the ladder to the car. Tie the kayak down to the roof rack by putting bow lines on the kayak to the car’s front, and then take a rope from the REAR of the ladder and go around the front of the combing and back to the REAR and snug it up. Tie it off and you have tension front and rear. Run 1 or 2 lines around the middle, so the kayaks are held down to the ladder and they are very solid. You can go down a highway at 90 MPH with out so much as a wiggle.
So the ladder is tied to the car and the kayak is held to it, but tied both top the car and to the ladder itself. When done with your paddling trip and after you unload the boat (or boats) you just untie 4 short ropes and simply lift the ladder off the car. You can also use the same rack to store the kayak on, when you are not using it to transport.