floridarandy
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Kayaks Coming to Live With the Sundance
Karen and I miss getting out on the water while camping. For over 20 years we camped with our 17' Grumman aluminum canoe. First it was transported on the car when we tent camped and then on racks on top of the Coleman popup. We sold the canoe with the pop up but although we love our new "camping trailer" we miss getting out on the water. Almost everywhere we camp there's water to explore...some sites like Fort Desoto Park have the water right behind the camper.
Last weekend, after much research, we bought two Wilderness Tarpon 120 Ultralites....12 foot long sit on top kayaks that weight 43 pounds each. It will take a week or two to have them rigged as we ordered and in the meantime I've been researching how to carry the darn things. I'll post the final solution but it will most likely be roof top racks on the truck with the kayaks carried on their sides. This will occupy about 30" or so of width in the center of the truck cab. They'll extend 22-26" back of the crew cab window but by centering them they'll miss the cap while towing and fall at least 10-12" inside of the rear cab corners. Should be much easier to mount via the truck bed rather than trying to run them over the hood on a goal post type mount off the front hitch receiver....especially since the bikes are now mounted up front.
Pictures of actual kayaks and rig after its done but for now here's stock pics of what we got.
For Karen:
For Randy:
Karen and I miss getting out on the water while camping. For over 20 years we camped with our 17' Grumman aluminum canoe. First it was transported on the car when we tent camped and then on racks on top of the Coleman popup. We sold the canoe with the pop up but although we love our new "camping trailer" we miss getting out on the water. Almost everywhere we camp there's water to explore...some sites like Fort Desoto Park have the water right behind the camper.
Last weekend, after much research, we bought two Wilderness Tarpon 120 Ultralites....12 foot long sit on top kayaks that weight 43 pounds each. It will take a week or two to have them rigged as we ordered and in the meantime I've been researching how to carry the darn things. I'll post the final solution but it will most likely be roof top racks on the truck with the kayaks carried on their sides. This will occupy about 30" or so of width in the center of the truck cab. They'll extend 22-26" back of the crew cab window but by centering them they'll miss the cap while towing and fall at least 10-12" inside of the rear cab corners. Should be much easier to mount via the truck bed rather than trying to run them over the hood on a goal post type mount off the front hitch receiver....especially since the bikes are now mounted up front.
Pictures of actual kayaks and rig after its done but for now here's stock pics of what we got.
For Karen:
For Randy:
