Kayak carrying

Deflate them, roll them up and put 'em in a storage compartment....lots of RV'ers go with the inflatable type kayaks like the SeaEagle brand.

Once in a while I see the kayaks mounted vertically attached to a rack at the back of a MH or 5th wheel.

I've also seen a specially built rack on the roof of a crew cab that extended out past the cab at the front and had posts down to the front bumper. The kayaks were tied down to the top of the rack. I'm sure they blocked the view of overhead signals.

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I've also seen a specially built rack on the roof of a crew cab that extended out past the cab at the front and had posts down to the front bumper. The kayaks were tied down to the top of the rack. I'm sure they blocked the view of overhead signals.

I've carried 2 14' kayaks this way and never had problems seeing signals. Yes, I had to tilt my head sometimes but it was not a major inconvenience.

We have two 10' kayaks and we put them inside our 28' fifth wheel.

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Put on the roof of crew cab . Let them stick out foot and half fore and aft . I have Yakima racks just for that purpose . Have been that way for ten years .

If you get a roof rack, I hardly recommend a pair of Hullivators. They make loading and unloading kayaks a pleasure. They are pricey, but sooo worth it!

A friend of mine came up with a good idea for carrying our two 10 foot kayaks. We couldn't get them through the door, but we do have a back window that was just big enough to fit them through. We replaced the standard type window in the back of the fiver with an emergency escape type window. Now we just open the rear window, similar to raising a camper shell rear hatch, put one of the paddles under it to hold it open, and feed the kayaks through. We wrap a couple of movers blankets around them, once inside, to keep them from bumping or scratching anything. They ride nice just sitting in the floor.

Works for us.

Ours fit right through the door luckly

Easiest way is to add a hitch receiver to the front of the truck and use something like Yakima's "Drydock" at the front and a standard cross bar on the cab of the truck.

More expensive but more versatile are racks that mount on the rear of RV's and trailers from RVracks.com that hold up to 4 kayaks mounted vertically (11' or shorter are best) and can hold 2 kayaks along with 2 bicycles.

Inflatable kayaks are at best a last resort. Heavy to move around, time consuming to unpack and repack, and a big problem in terms of inspections for quagga and zebra muscles as they are very difficult to get 100% dry before packing them.

I've got 2 pics on my profile with our 2 10' kayaks. Both our kayaks weight around 40# and with me being 6', it isn't a problem with me getting them onto the roof/thule carriers. I also bring a small 5' ladder to help strap on the kayaks to the thule carriers

What I have found is our kayaks get messy, so putting them either in a RV or some place else you will probably track in dirt.

Mike