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How are you guys carrying your yaks on pick up trucks? Too long to put in
the bed of the truck, I am thinking of getting one of those "ladder racks"
that people use to carry ladders around. Any suggestions?

You can almost certainly get a welder to make you one of those racks for far
less than a pre-made one.

I use one myself.

-Paul

Thats what I was thinking. For $500 I would kind of expect it to come with
either a: a pickup truck or b: a kayak

I might look into a local welder, we got a bunch of them around.

Kristopher
"Paul Skoczylas" wrote in message
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" wrote in message
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How are you guys carrying your yaks on pick up trucks? Too long to put
in
the bed of the truck, I am thinking of getting one of those "ladder
racks"
that people use to carry ladders around. Any suggestions?

You can almost certainly get a welder to make you one of those racks for
far
less than a pre-made one.

I use one myself.

-Paul

Check out AmericanVan.com, or their mail catalog. You can see a
few examples, for poss. ideas.
If you are mechanically inclined, you could actually fabricate
one yourself from assorted aluminum tube/angle w/bolts, w/ no welding. The
"sleeves" for the rack are bolted to the bed wall, in store-bought units.
Those sleeves have welded tabs, but you can actually bolt right through
your alum sleeve tube itself, w/ flat head screws (stainless pref.), using,
say, a 1/4" hole on one face of the tube, and 1/2" on the other, to clear
the screw head and to clear a countersink for the 1/4 hole. You have to
select the alum tubing for a proper sliding fit (rack in sleeve), or buy
oversized for the sleeve, and then shim w/ nylon or delrin, which is a good
idea anyway.
If you weld directly to the bed wall, have them use a high nickel
rod, which is less prone to rusting (or a stainless rod), and then
prime/paint the everlovin bejeesus on/around it, as welds become quite
susceptible to corrosion, even beyond the immediate weld. Which might be a
problem inside the double wall.
W/ bolted aluminum, you won't have this problem, but still
prime/paint any drilled holes.
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Thats what I was thinking. For $500 I would kind of expect it to come
with
either a: a pickup truck or b: a kayak

I might look into a local welder, we got a bunch of them around.

Kristopher
"Paul Skoczylas" wrote in message
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" wrote in message
. com...
How are you guys carrying your yaks on pick up trucks? Too long to
put
in
the bed of the truck, I am thinking of getting one of those "ladder
racks"
that people use to carry ladders around. Any suggestions?

You can almost certainly get a welder to make you one of those racks for
far
less than a pre-made one.

I use one myself.

-Paul