Date:         Wed, 11 Feb 2015 08:27:22 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: interesting looking kayak loader
Comments: To: Rob <vwrobb@gmail.com>
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This interests me. The ability to "walk" the boat up a series of pegs came
to me when watching a video of a similar device somewhere in this post. If
you had a formed set of rails on the driver side that hung on the gutter
and was anchored in the jack points, you could have holes where you could
insert the pegs when using the loader and then walk the boat to the top,
easy peasy. Then stow the pegs and tie down the boat.

Or, would it work to toe down the boat to the top pegs once it was above
the door height, and not depend on the fiberglas top to take they weight of
the boat? This offset boat might not interfere with the raising of the
poptop, which would certainly simplify travel to a paddling destination
where overnight travel was involved. But would it legal to drive? At Felder
Industries, our legal department has given us the all-clear on this
question, but then, you have to think, that's their answer to every legal
question concerning Vanagons.

The drivers side is the only side where you don't have to worry about a
door once you are working aft of the driver's door.

Jim

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Rob <vwrobb@gmail.com> wrote:

> I saw one on the internet, picture two 2x4s with pegs every foot or so.
> One end rests on the gutter & the other on the ground, this happens on the
> side of the vehicle. You walk the kayak up to the top one side after the
> other, the pegs hold it in place as you are putting it up.
> Looked good in the pictures...
>
> Rob
> vwrobb@gmail.com
>
>
> At  2/10/2015 06:37 AM,Gary Anderson wrote:
>
>> I normally carry my kayak in my vanagon. With the front passenger seat
>> turned sideways, a 12’3† kayak just fits from the hatch back to the
>> dashboard, but leaves no room for passengers (and also tends to make a mess
>> with saltwater, dirt, and fish stink). I’d like to carry it on the top of
>> the van, but I don’t think I could handle the loading/ unloading
>> sequence. This accessory might do the trick? Has anyone on the list had any
>> experience with it?
>> Gary
>>
>>
>> > http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/txt/s3148158.htm
>>
>