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:Hiker_01 wrote:texasAUtiger wrote:
Do any of you do this? How does it work? Have any size suggestions for how long of a kayak this would work for?
The tandem kayak we have (hard sit on top) is 13'6", which is about normal for tandems. That will give you an idea of how long it might be.
Does it work okay traveling with about half the kayak sticking out the bed of the truck?
Sorry for any confusion, but was just giving you a size estimate. Right now I pull a popup with a jeep and the kayak is on a carrier on top of the jeep. It's obviously longer than the roof of the jeep so I do have to secure both ends as well as the middle.
Don
