Posted on 10/09/2017 6:13:11 PM PDT by Chickensoup
Ok boys and girls.
I bought the Jeep Sahara Unlimited Altitude Wrangler that we discussed last spring. I love it and I smile all the time that I drive it. Yes I am a Pavement Princess.
Great vehicle.
Now I have a conundrum.
I want to buy and transport a kayak. I have wanted one of my own for years, and heck, it is my birthday this week.
I smile when I kayak.
I went out and looked at them and I can get a 10 foot 38 lb injection molded cute kayak at a decent price to paddle around the lakes and streams in my area.
Problem. It is too long for my vehicle so I cannot stuff it inside. I cannot remove the spare to have it hang out the back, for that cannot happen. It is too heavy to remove, and it looks cute back there.
I am way too short to put the kayak on the detachable roof. It will never get up there. That is a fact.
I have a trailer but transporting the kayak in the big trailer that my son uses to transport big things like snowmobiles, lawn tractors etc. seems like overkill...and I cannot back up with a trailer. It is encoded in my female DNA to be unable to back up the trailer.
I have been looking at some of those little trailer-ettes that hang off the trailer hitch. They are little platforms that hang there and they stick out a bit. I am trying to see whether I can somehow strap a kayak to the back of the vehicle standing upright sitting on that hitch platform. Would this be a good idea. I would not be going on highways, just back roads here in the area. Never more that 50 mph.
I don't want to harm the Jeep, the kayak or anyone else.
Your technical advice would be appreciated.
Thank you!
chickensoup
Find a small flatbed trailer, you can easily load the kayak on it.
There are a bunch of youtube videos on loading kayaks single handed, might be worth viewing.
for example, I am a male, and I cannot back up a trailer either.
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My son just said that this is a false statement.
“It is encoded in my female DNA to be unable to back up the trailer.” Thank you. I’ve been trying to explain that to Mr. Mercat for decades.
Will you buy it for me?
“A good man is hard to find?”
She said she can’t back a trailer.
...just keep in mind....if you cant tie a good knot....tie alot of em..
You like your Jeep and you want to go kayaking.
Easy.
Strap a kayak to each side and sit on the roof of the Jeep and paddle.
Make sure your windows are rolled up.
This may not appeal to you at all, and that’s fine.
I just saw it at an RV show on Saturday.
If you’re into the kayak for certain, then this won’t appeal to you. If you are still considering options, it may.
You’ll see it two places in the top graphic. One will have a man and woman in it. The other will show it folded down on the side of a motorhome.
Take care...
She will have to learn, no other solution unless she gets heip.
There are ladders designed to mount to the Jeep for that reason, as I said.
Something like this maybe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4zHcF9LIlU
Get a guy to take that cute tire off, and stuff it inside.
How I attack a kayak is, I wait until it’s good and dark and then I sneak up behind it and put a full Nelson on it.
A half Nelson will only work if you’re attacking a raft.
methinks thou art making sport of me...
...just keep in mind....if you cant tie a good knot....tie alot of em..
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there is a deep truth in that statement.
Bite the bullet. Learn to back a trailer!
Take the trailer to an empty parking lot and practice.
Prop yourself in the seat and turn your head around to see
With your own eyes how the trailer moves.
Good luck
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