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RooDude09
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Jul 24, 2016

Bringing kayaks camping

My wife and I are thinking about purchasing kayaks to take camping as we are near water quite often. We have a short bed F-250 and a 27 ft tow behind trailer. My question to all of you who do this how do you transport your kayaks? We're looking in the 8ft range for my wife and 10 ft for me. Wil they fit in the bed? Will I need a rack? Thank you for any advise.

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  • FLGup's avatar
    FLGup
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    Jul 24, 2016
    8 foot and 10 foot yaks are pretty short. You might be able to put them in the bed, but I would buy a rack.
  • camp-n-family's avatar
    camp-n-family
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    Jul 24, 2016
    They won't fit in the bed and still leave room to turn. We bring two 10.5' kayaks and a 14' canoe with us. We use a rack over the bed. Canoe in the middle and the kayaks on their sides in a J rack. The kayaks hang over the cab by 2' and off the back by another 2'. Works well for us but getting them up there can be difficult solo. I dropped a kayak onto the side of the truck this trip.

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