Carrying a canoe while towing a TT?

73guna wrote:
bobndot,

Are those custom made tie down brackets on the fenders?

Custom made and imported - ;)
Pop the hood, then use two 15" web straps ( i used an old dog leash and cut 2 lengths) I tied them to a support brace under the hood. When i need to tie anything to my roof racks, i pop the hood and pull the straps out. It saves the paint on the front of the trucks hood.

BTW, someone was concerned that the aluminum truck hood would bend, so I kept a close eye on it. In 7500 miles of hauling, all is fine.

Depending of what you tie-down, the rope will sometimes be in your line of vision. Not that it blocks your vision, (it's just a thin rope) but I can see some people being annoyed by it because they would allow it to annoy them.

amazon sells 'Sherpak, Seattle sports quick loops' $15/pr.
You dont have to tie these ones, they have a round stopper sewn to the end that holds under the hood when you close it.

Great thread and pics!

How about something that allows you to open the rear hatch, say on an Excursion with a Mad River 16?

Some kind of pulley system will be a must. It's just over 7ft to the racks and my health and lifting ability is headed the "wrong direction" to lift it up there ;)

I put Yakima track rail on my roof and my cap. Then use my Yakima system that I've had for 30 years. ( requires drilling holes in roof ) can carry boats up to 24' and bikes too

campinia wrote:
I carry fishing kayaks and tow my TT. I have a Yakima Outdoorsman 300 rack system that I put over the bed of my truck and it has a high enough capacity that it would easily handle canoes. The racks can be bought for about $375 online and it goes on and off in about 10 minutes. The only downside is that you cannot use this rack and a tonneau cover.

I see some others have posted some ways to do racks with a tonneau cover installed. An advantage on my DiamondBack ATV cover is I can also walk on it to make it easier to load my 12' kayaks. Where there's a will, there's a way.

Single Yakima Outdoorsman rack mounted to a bracket I created and bolted on my tonneau cover. Single frameless Yakima rack on the cab.

I would have no issue supporting 16-18' canoe as I still have about 4' behind my kayaks to the end of the truck.

I have used a Loadmyboat, a boatloader , with one of the canoes. I put it up by hand. Usually it's just the tinnie. But my canoes only weigh 60-65#, one is cedar strip and the other Kevlar. When I bought the Kevlar freighter, the company owner said about Kevlar "How else are you going to feel 20 years younger? "