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
You could also get a new Ford F 150. They have a,neat drive by wire thing that lets you twist a dial and the truck takes care of the rest. Also on new Lincoln Navigators. A wee tad pricey, though.
Wow impressive. The 38 pound kayak would certainly fit there.
I watched some poor bastardo drown on the Snake River in one of those dammed kayaks. There was nothing anyone could do. Instead get one of those inflatable duckies. Then when it capsizes (not if) you can easily come out of it.
Buy an inflatable and a good pump that runs off of 12V DC
You can even mount a foldout tent up there and go camping in bear country without entering the food chain while you sleep:
“the seat belt doohickey is adjustable.” Quite the invention!
They came out shortly after the Asians started driving their own cars, go figure.
It’s a Chrysler product. The seats should be easily removable with a 9mm or 14mm socket. After the seat is out please put the nuts back on the bolts in the floor and snug them down (don’t want to try and find where you put them down the road). Possibly will be some wires that will have a plug, you should be able to separate it with a smaller flat head screw driver. Youtube is great for stuff like that. Good luck!
Take a sheet rocking course....stilts are handy!
Also, tried a pair of Manolo Blahnik’s???
You have been a member for a long time. You should know better than to post this in News/ Activism.
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This works. I can get a 120 lb Jon boat on top of my Jeep Cherokee (by myself) no problem doing this.
besides even news/activism deserves a little fun!
"I'm too short...Fact..."
"Cannot back up a trailer..."
Have you thought about a bicycle?
They make a carrier that uses a wheel that attaches to a boat that will roll right the front of a car and up on the roof.
It sounds dumb but they work to let one person load a boat on the roof.
was the person wearing one of those kayaks that have skirts and everything?
what is a duckie?
Okay. I understand. Good luck to you.
Those seats look heavy.
However I could take the important ones out for kayak season. The nice man at the garage could do that.
“I drive a Jeep Compass which is higher than an average car and at 5’4” getting an awkward item like a kayak up and over my head is a challenge. This bar has definitely made getting my boat up on the racks easier. It’s helpful in guiding the boat where it needs to go up top and taking some of the weight off. I hated to spend any more money on this rack system than I already had but truthfully it has been money well spent.”
Put it on the roof.
I have a Prius and I have strapped my 10’ kayak to the roof successfully. I use the foam blocks to keep it up off the roof. I run ratchet straps through the car above the doors and up and over and around the kayak. I also tie ropes from the kayak to the front and back of the car. It has to be offset to the passenger side to avoid the antenna. Works great.
Do you have the keys? Is it turned on? And, what Is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
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