palomino pop up truck camper

mkirsch wrote:
Why would you want to raise the roof with the kayaks on top anyway?

Once the roof's up you can't get to the kayaks to go kayaking. At that point you just look silly, swimming in your life jacket and helmet with a paddle.

They maybe stopping for the night in the middle of the desert, so it would look silly trying to paddle the kayaks across the sand. :B
I'm sure there well be times when the OP stops for the night and isn't going to go kayaking so that is the reason for wanting to raise the camper top with the kayaks still on the top. A lot of extra work taking them off for no reason for a night if you are not going to use them. Very legit question.

Why would you want to raise the roof with the kayaks on top anyway?

Once the roof's up you can't get to the kayaks to go kayaking. At that point you just look silly, swimming in your life jacket and helmet with a paddle.

jpmiller wrote:
New member and long time lurker. We are thinking of getting a popup truck camper and need something that would lift 2 kayaks (1 is fairly large) The palomino 1500 is on our short list and our understanding is that it will lift 300lbs via the electric lift system.

I have seen a lot of Outfitters with way more than 300 pounds on the roof. We though do not have anything other than solar and air conditioner on our roof.

Here is what Palomino has to say on this subject:

"Pat: We don’t promote our pop-up roofs as full-walk on roofs, but they have a weight rating of 300 pounds. Customers can install an aftermarket roof rack for carrying kayaks, storage pods, and bikes, as long as the total weight on the roof, including an optional air conditioner, does not exceed 300 pounds.

We recommend removing all gear stored on the roof before popping up the roof. This makes sure the roof doesn’t sway.

Welcome, I personally would not drill holes in the roof but build a frame to mount to the side of the roof where the jack raise the roof.Also ask a dealer about this.

New member and long time lurker. We are thinking of getting a popup truck camper and need something that would lift 2 kayaks (1 is fairly large) The palomino 1500 is on our short list and our understanding is that it will lift 300lbs via the electric lift system.

I'd camped in pop-ups on windy days with 40mph+ gusts. Driving around a campsite at slow speed is not a problem.

I would be hesitant to crank up the roof with kayaks on top. In order to save weight and costs, RV's tend to be built flimsy rather than robust. I wouldn't consider it prudent to over stress the roof lifting mechanism. I have broken way too many things over the years.

I would make a rack to stand them upright and mount to back of camper.Just a thought.

The kayaks will be a whole lot easier to get off the roof with it down than up.

I personally would not have any issues moving my camper around the lot with the roof up, SLOWLY, of course.

Palomino says to remove any extra weight (other than the Air conditioner) before raising and lowering the roof. I don't think driving with the top raised is a good idea, although I am sure some get by with it.