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#21 |
Water dog
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Burbank
Posts: 77
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#22 |
Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 39
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The hullacator requires you to lift the whole kayak to belly height. The Yakima boat loader requires you lift one half the kayak over your head, but you do it twice.
Not clear that one method is any easier than the other. Try lifting half of your kayak over head or the whole kayak belly high, just like they do in the youtube videos, and decide for yourself. If your lifting using the boat loader, you put a folded towel or knobby door mat under one end of the kayak when you lift the other end. Then it won't slide or scratch. |
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#23 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 1,884
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#24 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 2,526
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Got harbor freight trailer
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#25 |
Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Temecula
Posts: 99
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I have a Rhino Rack T Loader. It's never been used and still in the box. I'm willing to let it go for $200. PM if interested.
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#26 | |
Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Encinitas (Leucadia), CA
Posts: 94
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I cant use a trailer for travel though. My RV tows the CRV with the kayaks on top of the CRV. |
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#27 |
Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Encinitas (Leucadia), CA
Posts: 94
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This unit looks good
It looks like it's quickly removeable to attach to the other side if need be for two kayak loading.
http://www.rhinorack.com/products/sp...de-loader_rusl |
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#28 |
Manic for Life
Join Date: May 2015
Location: San Diego
Posts: 838
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I like the idea of a small trailer too. Doubles as a wash rack and storage rack. Wheel it around like a dolly. Everything is thigh high and easily accessible.
Use a couple of parallel PVC pipes as convenient hull sliders the way Kirk Davis did in his picture above. Possible side tubes or long, lidded plywood boxes for stowing/locking poles and other gear that is inconvenient for a small car interior. I had an old, small 4'x4'x1' deep box trailer from Sears once for carrying folded display panels to art shows & trade shows behind my VW Bug. Disconnected from my VW, and wheeled it right in to my booth. That would have been an oh-so-easy conversion with top tube hull sliders and compartmentalized storage inside the 1' deep box part of the trailer. The tongue would have to be lengthened for a kayak. ![]() __________________ Another interesting thought would be to build a set of street worthy wheels with a long lightweight tongue from steel tubing that fits in the scupper holes the way kayak cart wheels pop in. The kayak itself becomes the trailer. Maybe a couple of scrap front motorcycle wheels on a fabricated "Scupper-T"? Sounds like a fun day at a motorcycle swap meet to scrounge the parts. If your car lights are visible, I would skip the wiring altogether for a red flag on the back. Just a thought. Lightweight motorbikes are safe and stable on the freeway, so why not? I think I would defer to Kirk for sound mechanical engineering. If the rig was light enough, it might replace overpriced deluxe Hobie wheels altogether, and deliver your kayak right into the water ![]() __________________ Regarding your own particular travel needs, is the RV you are referring to a motorhome? That would offer some interesting space to work with too. Pondering all of the above, I think my next vehicle will be a MB Sprinter, 4WD. I'll add a small portable toilet, portable pump shower, and re-register as a motorhome. They are 20' long and my kayak will slide in the back as easily as it does now into my 20' Chevy Express passenger van with the seats removed. Too many toys, too little time. Yipee! ![]()
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#29 |
Manic for Life
Join Date: May 2015
Location: San Diego
Posts: 838
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I just looked up Malone trailers. Nice design ideas.
Jet Ski trailers look more substantial and are $1000 cheaper. http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...mmc=Google-pla
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