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?
Just an FYI. I tried this with my 12' kayaks and while making a turn my kayak hit the corner of my trailer. No real damage but it will hit it on occasion. I won't do it again. We have a couple we camp with that has a kayak trailer who comes with us. On this occasion we were meeting them to go on a trip and had neglected to take the kayaks to them beforehand. Figured I could get away with just leaning them in the bed with the ends hanging over. If I never made any turns it would be fine.
