in the hatch so it won't fly out probably...

I designed this hybrid rack system for my camper shell.

It consists of a Garvin Industries Wilderness roof rack base, Yakima loadbars, Yakima Landshark saddles and a amalgamation of Thule/Yakima/Home Depot hardware keeping it all together.

The camper shell roof has been reinforced by adding two sections of angle steel that run the inside length of the roof. The base of the rack is mounted through the roof and angle steel, fastened with six 2" stainless steel cap screws and washers.

The camper shell itself is attached to the truck bed rails with ten equally spaced 2" sst cap screws and washers.

I utilize Ocean Kayak models that are stackable and this rack system can transport up to six kayaks or two Old Town 169 Discos and two kayaks, in variable types of terrain.

Zombie is that first picture yours? I really would love to build one like that to pull behind the jeep.

no way! the tires are way too small

+1 That would be cool!

GMC Canyon extended cab. Open the gate and tie it down. Tie the nose down and tie down near the the gate. No problems.

I use an bed extender with my Honda ridge line. Works great.

But I would like the bar to go a little deeper into my receiver hitch so it's a little more solid. But I would need to get another hole drilled in the bar. Anyone know a good place to look into getting something like this done. Would be a quick job for a machine shop.

I drive a Nissan Frontier Extended Cab. I paddle a Native U12, so I just throw it in the back with the gate down, throw a tie down through the hooks in the bad and around the cross beam, then another tie down under the frame and over the yak between the gap in the tailgate. Never had a problem with it this way. My buddy had an 8ft toon that we would just wedge into the bed and never tied it down. Transported that sucker a few hundred miles like that and never budged.

I drilled a pilot hole and then used one of these:

http://www.harborfreight.com/3-piece-titanium-nitride-coated-high-speed-steel-step-drills-91616.html

I just strap a 10 foot Pelican to the roof of my Toyota Corolla. Never had any problems. Sure I could put it on the Yukon XL but that beast drinks a lot more gas.

I had a Chev 2500, long bed. I just loaded the Hobie at an angle with the tail gate down and them secured it all with ratchet straps. No flags and had no trouble carrying the yak. With truck now gone, I'm waffling on a roof rack or trailer. Not sure I want to be picking the yak up and loading it on the roof, getting a loading/unloading device or jumping on a trailer (and all the overhead that entails). I'm seriously looking at a Mokai and have about 60% of the funding available. It's 35 lbs heavier than the hobie, and adds another dimension to the loading/unloading dilemma.

Thanks CRR, I may give that a try.

At The Giant Retailer.

Look at the work load rating!

Truck bed extender if just one or two...



Trailer if I take more or want my truck bed for camping gear...

Pure Genius

I bought the truck bed xtender from Harbour Freight and if works great!

That is awesome!

my honda works just fine!!

Now I load it on the trailer and go.

If I'm hauling 3 or more, I use a trailer like Joe's above...with 2x4 braces across the top..two yaks upside down across the padded braces and another one or two on the trailer bed below. Lash them in and go.

For one or two yaks, I throw them on top of the yak rack on the pickup...lash and go. Built and painted mine like Neumie's old 2x4 setup with an additonal brace front to rear for stability. $30 or so, including paint.

FM

These are the ways I've carried, plus I occasionally just toss my Pescador on top of my Rover with pool noodles to cushion it. Did not want to heft that fat Fish n Dive up there but the Pescador goes up easy.



Trailer is also handy for hauling oversized stuff, like my son's treehouse/play-swing thing, and makes a handy platform for banking it.