Yak Truckers!

[HobieScot]

I have an avalanche that has a five foot bed with a Midgate that can be laid down to create a full 8 foot bed. I have never once had to lay down the mid gate and use the full 8 foot bed.

What I do is leave the tailgate down to support the kayak. I lay the kayak in the bed with the bottom of the hull facing up and use two tie downs to keep it secured with a red rag tied into my rudder. It has worked great every time

Often times I take a buddy with me and we just place his kayak next to and partially on top of mine.

That's transporting two outbacks with no problem.

I will be buying a PA sometime this year and for that I will have to put the mid gate down to use the full 8 foot bed.

But for now with the 12 footers the five foot bed works great. It leaves about 4 feet of yak sticking out the back which isn't a problem.

So if you find a killer deal on a short bed you will be fine. But if you have the choice of a full size bed I would go that route just so you have the extra room for the future and it helps for transporting anything and everything


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