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Default Pivoting cartop carrier?

"dt" wrote in message
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Anybody remember seeing ads years ago for a device that let you fasten the
stern of a small boat to a short mast attached to the car's bumper, then
pick up the bow and rotate it on to the car top?

If anybody remembers such a thing, does anybody still make it? My
girlfriend's trying to find a way to load a 70-pound rowboat (Walker Bay
8) by herself.

DT


If she can lift the stern that high, she could lift it into the bars of a
Thule rack. Get a set that's wider than recommended for the car, so there's
less chance of missing the target when she drops the stern onto the ends of
the bars. After that, the loading process is almost the same.

But, take a look at www.cabelas.com for that invention you mentioned. I'll
bet they have it.