How do you carry Kayaks on your 5er

I use a Yakima roof rack and J cradles on the roof of our truck. We carry 2 12' kayaks with no issues. The rear of the kayaks are about 18" away from nose of FW. I do not use a front bumper mount rack for support, the front mount hitch is for the bike rack.

US Rack

I bought one of these this spring, it was expensive, but it works very well. I still kind of wish I would have built one myself for much less money, but DW said no, buy one.

I also have front hitch with the tee (which is the same set up used the in the rear receiver to carry long boards) to carry a 14' boat.

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stickdog wrote:
Front hitch receiver with T and roof rack more than enough support. There have been threads on this before try search.

Does you 5er have a receiver on the back? I don't have access to my pictures from where I am, but if you look back I did a post about my 4-kayak rack that goes on a hitch hauler. Easy to make if you are handy with 2x4's.

Front hitch receiver with T and roof rack more than enough support. There have been threads on this before try search.

I used to drag about a 10 ft model up on the roof and it sat in some mounts that I fabricated. You might also look at cover the truck cab racks. 12 ft may be too long but some go far out toward the front of the truck.

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We carry our two 12 foot kayaks inside our fifth wheel. Its not a toy hauler but has enough room for both.

We use a Hobi inflatable

I have access to plenty of metal, stainless and aluminum.. I fabricated this to hold our 10'6" SUP's..
I am NOT sure you will be successful for 12's??

If you have not purchased yet, the new Grand Design is showing a layout that has space for 2 under the rear cargo area, not sure of all the details? That would be a win-win as GD has a very good name here !