How do you get a a canoe on your truck?
I already have a cartop carrier that will fit on my Toyota Tundra, but I can't see a practcal way to get a 17 foot 75 pound Grumman Standard canoe up there, I'm only 5' 10" and my wife is even shorter...
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I have struggled with that one until recently. I have Yakima 78" bars on the cab and an 80 lb 16 foot canoe. I always tried to center the canoe on the bars from front or back and end up beating up the hood or the top of the cab, plus being in a strain. I recently discovered that if I "portage" the canoe up to the rear of the truck slightly off to the side, I can slide the bow of the canoe onto the part of the rear rack that extends past the side of the cab. Then I set the stern down on the ground, with the canoe touching the side of the truck bed. Then I walk around to the stern, pick it up, and walk up the "old man steps" while sliding the canoe forward onto both bars.
