New Article: Transporting Your Kayak - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Useful Idiot · 02-06-2010, 04:08 PM

Just finished a new article, pics will come soon but for now just a boring block of text. Most of us here have it figured out, but a lot of newbies need this info, check it out:

http://www.kayakfishingsupplies.com/...ing-Your-Kayak

steveooo · 02-06-2010, 04:13 PM

That was like the encyclopedia britannica of yak transport.

Iceman · 02-06-2010, 04:47 PM

I have been doing it all wrong.........it goes on the outside!

cjthomas · 02-08-2010, 03:59 PM

I have a 2-door explorer and I can put the x-factor on the roof rack and the mini-x poking out the rear window.

PescadorPete · 02-08-2010, 04:32 PM

Nice write up. The bed extender I use is a lot less expensive. If you don't need it to go above the tailgate you might consider it.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39168

Also, you might mention the need for marking the end of the kayak since it sticks out past the legal length of the vehicle. For daytime, it needs a flag, for night it needs a light. Since I hit LJ pre-dawn I'm always driving down in the dark. I made up a bar with full trailer lights which I bungee right at the tail end of the kayak. That way if some driver is coming home from his party bleary eyed at 4 AM and crashes into the back of the 'yak, I'm covered.

02-06-2010, 04:08 PM	#1
Useful Idiot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 286	New Article: Transporting Your Kayak Just finished a new article, pics will come soon but for now just a boring block of text. Most of us here have it figured out, but a lot of newbies need this info, check it out: http://www.kayakfishingsupplies.com/...ing-Your-Kayak __________________

02-06-2010, 04:47 PM	#3
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,943	I have been doing it all wrong.........it goes on the outside! __________________

02-06-2010, 04:13 PM	#2
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,921	That was like the encyclopedia britannica of yak transport.

02-08-2010, 03:59 PM	#4
cjthomas Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 108	I have a 2-door explorer and I can put the x-factor on the roof rack and the mini-x poking out the rear window.

02-08-2010, 04:32 PM	#5
PescadorPete Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Leucadia, CA Posts: 261	Nice write up. The bed extender I use is a lot less expensive. If you don't need it to go above the tailgate you might consider it. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39168 Also, you might mention the need for marking the end of the kayak since it sticks out past the legal length of the vehicle. For daytime, it needs a flag, for night it needs a light. Since I hit LJ pre-dawn I'm always driving down in the dark. I made up a bar with full trailer lights which I bungee right at the tail end of the kayak. That way if some driver is coming home from his party bleary eyed at 4 AM and crashes into the back of the 'yak, I'm covered.