Carrying a canoe on top of your toad?

trikepilot wrote:

DiskDoctr wrote:

Make sure it doesn't extend far enough to interfere with turning your rv.

Thanks for all the good info.

I pull a motor glider behind my motor home currently and the wing rack holds the 21 ft wing sections with 12 bungies. Occasionally when I have to brake hard, the bungies allow the wing to slide forward a bit. I start off my trip with a foot of clearance between the wing tips and the rear mounted spare tire on the RV and sometimes end it with scuff marks on my tire cover because the wing has slid forward so much. I finally mounted a rear view camera just to keep an eye on the wing.

Sliding forward...lol, know that challenge. Hard to control with items that can't be stressed by very tight ratchet straps.

I have used a bungee style cargo net. It can be secured over the end of things like dressers, drywall, insulation rolls, styrofoam, or maybe even wing tips ;)

As long as it is secured not to fall off, it can help keep things in their place.

Lining your supports with nonslip/cushioned material helps, too. Non slip drawer liners can be used in a pinch.

Our canoe is a Madriver poly. It will stretch in the sun if you tie bow and stern lines too tight. That added to our sliding problem before the new racks. Once you find a good way to secure the craft mid ship, the other lines are mostly guides to offset side winds and stresses.

I still check all straps at every stop- especially in rain ;)

Good luck, there are a number of carriers available, some in the many hundreds of dollars. We looked in the $80-$180 range. Think we ended up around $120 or so.