Bringing kayak with you...
I tow with a pickup that has a 6.5' bed and am thinking about getting a hard-sided kayak---preferably a tandem kayak---to bring with us. I was thinking it would just need to be strapped down in th...
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texasAUtiger wrote:
I tow with a pickup that has a 6.5' bed and am thinking about getting a hard-sided kayak---preferably a tandem kayak---to bring with us.
I was thinking it would just need to be strapped down in the bed with a good bit of it hanging out over the tailgate.
Do any of you do this? How does it work? Have any size suggestions for how long of a kayak this would work for?
As it happens, we have a new-to-us 2013 F-150 with the 6.5' box. The truck came with a tonneau cover and we wanted that to be usable with a kayak rack installed - that meant a stake pocket rack. Dissatisfied with the commercially available options, we made our own - it uses Thule cradles and carries our three kayaks perfectly. Installation, loading, unloading and removal are all simple.
You can see my build thread here on RV.net... Stake Pocket Kayak Rack.
