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Do You Canoe?
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Re: Do You Canoe? -
04-09-2006
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You can get an old boat trailer free most any weekend in the summer. I see them abandoned near the boat ramp all the time. "bowgus" <bowgus (AT) rogers (DOT) com> wrote in message news:1144517717.014271.314050 (AT) i39g2000cwa (DOT) googlegroups.com... Actually, a little box trailer is really good. I found it handy because I could pack all the camping stuff dany day during the week and put the canoe on top ... and just hitch it up and leave right away Friday after work. And the box trailer I had was actually a boat trailer that I put a plywood "box" onto myself. The advantage was the tongue length (ok, I can hear the jokes forming from here) that made trailering, backing up a little easier. |
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Hey! I saw one in a ... umm... catalog... dangit, what is the name f it... in the Dr's office... c'mon. It's right on the tips of my fingers.. oh, it's those guys that used to sell a lot of junk, still do but have a bunch of stuff for Jeeps now. (45 minutes later - washed the Jeep) Still cant remember... OH OH OH! JC Whitney! Yea, saw one in the Whitney catalog! all better now. "Seahag" <Seahag (AT) toadymail (DOT) net> wrote in message news:44390b6d_3 (AT) newsfeed (DOT) slurp.net... : Yeah I did, but we live on our boat at a tiny marina. The : landlord would go nutz if I tried to store a trailer here. : Heck, he threw away my potted irises (2- 8" pots) one year. : A roof rack would be easy to put in our office when I don't : need it. : : Seahag : : : "JD Adams" <JDAdams (AT) Softcom (DOT) Net> wrote in message : news:1144515047.230019.175170 (AT) v46g2000cwv (DOT) googlegroups.com... : > Have you considered trailering it instead? You can get a : > pretty decent : > 12' flatbed trailer for about $300 these days, and with : > the wooden bed, : > you can easiliy configure it to haul just about anything. : > I'm looking : > at one that actually folds up and stores in a corner of : > the garage. : : : |
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I need a roof rack so I can take our canoe camping this year. We haven't canoed since I got the TJ because I refuse to camp out of the Astro...it just doesn't look as kewl in the woods! Anyway, I'm leaning towards getting the Congo Cage. Anyone have experience with that or other solutions? Our canoe is 14' X 44" near as I can recall so I don't know if I'd need the utility crossbars as well... Seahag I have put one the Olympic Generation II rack on my TJ with Yakima load |
without the basket. I take the two far outside stringer lose and bolt
the bars down without the basket and flip over the 4 side eye bolts and
bolt the bars down with the basket. As far as noise goes it is not
really any more noisy with the canoe that it is with the rack and basket
(that means you can't hear anyway). I am working on a faring for the
whole thing to see if I can reduce the volume some. The spread is
enough to easily support the canoe and unless it rips of the rack which
is bolted to the windshield and the frame it is not going anywhere. My
canoe is long (16 foot Kevlar). I have transported it a couple hundred
miles one way on trips before with no mishaps or loosening of anything.
I love the Olympic rack design but don't must like the quality of the
materials. It started rusting almost immediatelly in some places. Wire
brush and rustoleum seems to have fixed the problem though.
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Seahag wrote: I need a roof rack so I can take our canoe camping this year. We haven't canoed since I got the TJ because I refuse to camp out of the Astro...it just doesn't look as kewl in the woods! Anyway, I'm leaning towards getting the Congo Cage. Anyone have experience with that or other solutions? Our canoe is 14' X 44" near as I can recall so I don't know if I'd need the utility crossbars as well... Seahag I have put one the Olympic Generation II rack on my TJ with Yakima load bars with the little canoe brackets. I can put the bars on with or without the basket. I take the two far outside stringer lose and bolt the bars down without the basket and flip over the 4 side eye bolts and bolt the bars down with the basket. As far as noise goes it is not really any more noisy with the canoe that it is with the rack and basket (that means you can't hear anyway). I am working on a faring for the whole thing to see if I can reduce the volume some. The spread is enough to easily support the canoe and unless it rips of the rack which is bolted to the windshield and the frame it is not going anywhere. My canoe is long (16 foot Kevlar). I have transported it a couple hundred miles one way on trips before with no mishaps or loosening of anything. I love the Olympic rack design but don't must like the quality of the materials. It started rusting almost immediatelly in some places. Wire brush and rustoleum seems to have fixed the problem though. Oh yeah, you just though you got bad gas mileage before. The canoe |
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Mitch Catrett wrote: Seahag wrote: I need a roof rack so I can take our canoe camping this year. We haven't canoed since I got the TJ because I refuse to camp out of the Astro...it just doesn't look as kewl in the woods! Anyway, I'm leaning towards getting the Congo Cage. Anyone have experience with that or other solutions? Our canoe is 14' X 44" near as I can recall so I don't know if I'd need the utility crossbars as well... Seahag I have put one the Olympic Generation II rack on my TJ with Yakima load bars with the little canoe brackets. I can put the bars on with or without the basket. I take the two far outside stringer lose and bolt the bars down without the basket and flip over the 4 side eye bolts and bolt the bars down with the basket. As far as noise goes it is not really any more noisy with the canoe that it is with the rack and basket (that means you can't hear anyway). I am working on a faring for the whole thing to see if I can reduce the volume some. The spread is enough to easily support the canoe and unless it rips of the rack which is bolted to the windshield and the frame it is not going anywhere. My canoe is long (16 foot Kevlar). I have transported it a couple hundred miles one way on trips before with no mishaps or loosening of anything. I love the Olympic rack design but don't must like the quality of the materials. It started rusting almost immediatelly in some places. Wire brush and rustoleum seems to have fixed the problem though. Oh yeah, you just though you got bad gas mileage before. The canoe really makes it bad. |
system I was looking at. I like the Congo because it is a
bit lower than the others. I reckon I can afford the gas
once a year to go canoe/camping!
Seahag
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I forget. Oh yea, a roof rack "Seahag" <Seahag (AT) toadymail (DOT) net> wrote in message news:444262e5_5 (AT) newsfeed (DOT) slurp.net... : One what? : : Seahag : : "Kate" <Kate (AT) dub (DOT) dub.dub.com (please ask)> wrote in message : news:Xig0g.1712$Kn4.1369 (AT) bignews2 (DOT) bellsouth.net... : > Hey! I saw one in a ... umm... catalog... : > dangit, what is the name f it... in the Dr's office... : > c'mon. : : > It's right on the tips of my fingers.. : : > oh, it's those guys that used to sell a lot of junk, still : > do but have a : > bunch of stuff for Jeeps now. : : > (45 minutes later - washed the Jeep) : : > Still cant remember... : > OH OH OH! : : > JC Whitney! : : > Yea, saw one in the Whitney catalog! : : > all better now. : : : : > "Seahag" <Seahag (AT) toadymail (DOT) net> wrote in message : > news:44390b6d_3 (AT) newsfeed (DOT) slurp.net... : > : Yeah I did, but we live on our boat at a tiny marina. : > The : > : landlord would go nutz if I tried to store a trailer : > here. : > : Heck, he threw away my potted irises (2- 8" pots) one : > year. : > : A roof rack would be easy to put in our office when I : > don't : > : need it. : > : : > : Seahag : > : : > : : > : "JD Adams" <JDAdams (AT) Softcom (DOT) Net> wrote in message : > : : news:1144515047.230019.175170 (AT) v46g2000cwv (DOT) googlegroups.com... : > : > Have you considered trailering it instead? You can : > get a : > : > pretty decent : > : > 12' flatbed trailer for about $300 these days, and : > with : > : > the wooden bed, : > : > you can easiliy configure it to haul just about : > anything. : > : > I'm looking : > : > at one that actually folds up and stores in a corner : > of : > : > the garage. : > : : > : : > : : : : : |
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