Re: [bolger] cartop boat loader
---bbowling2@...wrote:
OSB delaminates VERY FAST!!!!
go to a local builder or lumberyard and beg a small
piece from them for testing. Hose it down well and
watch is fall apart over the next few days.
Thai has been my experiance. I do not use it on roofs
due to this problem withhaving a release signed from
the homeowner.
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> I need to build a cartop boat loader to put a 12 toprior to opening my mouth per cartop loader.
> 14 foot, 100 to 200
> pound boat on top of my van so I can have a boat
> when trailering
> without having to pull a second trailer. Does anyone
> have any plans or
> ideas?
>
> email me directly as I have several questions to ask
OSB delaminates VERY FAST!!!!
go to a local builder or lumberyard and beg a small
piece from them for testing. Hose it down well and
watch is fall apart over the next few days.
Thai has been my experiance. I do not use it on roofs
due to this problem withhaving a release signed from
the homeowner.
dbcoy@...
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--- Inbolger@egroups.com, bbowling2@h... wrote:
devised at www.geocities.com/sonicwonder2000/skiffy1.html. Also,
there is a more detailed description of this contraption in a
previous
thread - just do a search for "Skiffy" and you should find the
thread.
Good luck and let me know if I can be of further assistance. BTW,
200 LBS will be a very heavy load to car-top! The maximum without
becoming dangerous or back-breaking would be about 120LBS IMHO.
> I need to build a cartop boat loader to put a 12 to 14 foot, 100 to200
> pound boat on top of my van so I can have a boat when traileringor
> without having to pull a second trailer. Does anyone have any plans
> ideas?I did this with my pointy skiff on a Honda Civic. You can see what I
devised at www.geocities.com/sonicwonder2000/skiffy1.html. Also,
there is a more detailed description of this contraption in a
previous
thread - just do a search for "Skiffy" and you should find the
thread.
Good luck and let me know if I can be of further assistance. BTW,
200 LBS will be a very heavy load to car-top! The maximum without
becoming dangerous or back-breaking would be about 120LBS IMHO.
Thule sells an add-on accessory like this, except it clamps on the outside
of one of the existing rack bars; it has a nifty little spring/button deal
that locks it in the open or closed position so it won't slide open when
you're driving, or closed when you've got the boat up in the air. I use one
for my Nautiraid double kayak, which weighs about 75 lbs, and it works like
a dream, can load it by myself in about the time it takes to walk from one
end of the boat to the other, with zero back strain. I've also used it for
loading my beamier Phantom (Sunfish copy) sailboat - it doesn't work as well
with a wide boat, you have to toss a chunk of carpet remnant on the roof of
the car between the bars to prevent scraping the paint, as the outrigger bar
is about 4' long with about 25% of it overlapping the stationary bar, not
long enough to avoid a wide boat contacting the car body as it rests on the
outrigger waiting for you to lift the other end. Cost about $30 I think,
works on either Thule or Yakima style racks.
Paul Lefebvre
-----Original Message-----
From:jhkohnen@...[mailto:jhkohnen@...]
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 10:05 PM
To:bolger@egroups.com
Subject: Re: [bolger] cartop boat loader
If your cartop rack has tubular crossmembers find a piece of pipe or
conduit that will easily slide into a crossmember
of one of the existing rack bars; it has a nifty little spring/button deal
that locks it in the open or closed position so it won't slide open when
you're driving, or closed when you've got the boat up in the air. I use one
for my Nautiraid double kayak, which weighs about 75 lbs, and it works like
a dream, can load it by myself in about the time it takes to walk from one
end of the boat to the other, with zero back strain. I've also used it for
loading my beamier Phantom (Sunfish copy) sailboat - it doesn't work as well
with a wide boat, you have to toss a chunk of carpet remnant on the roof of
the car between the bars to prevent scraping the paint, as the outrigger bar
is about 4' long with about 25% of it overlapping the stationary bar, not
long enough to avoid a wide boat contacting the car body as it rests on the
outrigger waiting for you to lift the other end. Cost about $30 I think,
works on either Thule or Yakima style racks.
Paul Lefebvre
-----Original Message-----
From:jhkohnen@...[mailto:jhkohnen@...]
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 10:05 PM
To:bolger@egroups.com
Subject: Re: [bolger] cartop boat loader
If your cartop rack has tubular crossmembers find a piece of pipe or
conduit that will easily slide into a crossmember
If your cartop rack has tubular crossmembers find a piece of pipe or
conduit that will easily slide into a crossmember, a piece just shorter
than the crossmember is handy since you can store it inside it. To load
your boat stick the pipe into one of the crossmembers so that it sticks out
a goodly ways. Wrestle your boat up to the side of your van, than lift one
end up and place it on the extended pipe. Now pick up the other end and
swing it over onto the other crossmember, then slide the first end onto its
crossmember, remove the pipe (or slide it all the way into its crossmember
and secure it somehow), tie down the boat and be on your way. Unloading
the boat is the exact reverse of the procedure. It's a pretty simple
system, but it works quite well, you only have to deal with one end of the
boat at a time. If you don't have tubular racks there may be some other way
to rig up an extension to do the same thing.
conduit that will easily slide into a crossmember, a piece just shorter
than the crossmember is handy since you can store it inside it. To load
your boat stick the pipe into one of the crossmembers so that it sticks out
a goodly ways. Wrestle your boat up to the side of your van, than lift one
end up and place it on the extended pipe. Now pick up the other end and
swing it over onto the other crossmember, then slide the first end onto its
crossmember, remove the pipe (or slide it all the way into its crossmember
and secure it somehow), tie down the boat and be on your way. Unloading
the boat is the exact reverse of the procedure. It's a pretty simple
system, but it works quite well, you only have to deal with one end of the
boat at a time. If you don't have tubular racks there may be some other way
to rig up an extension to do the same thing.
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000 02:37:41 -0000,bbowling2@...wrote:
> I need to build a cartop boat loader to put a 12 to 14 foot, 100 to 200
> pound boat on top of my van so I can have a boat when trailering
> without having to pull a second trailer. Does anyone have any plans or
> ideas?
--
John <jkohnen@...>
http://www.boat-links.com/
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for;
as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. <H. L. Mencken>
I built a T-shaped wheel dolly that mounts on the rudder fittings.
The top of the T is a long 2x4 the sits atop the transom, with wheels
at either end (lawnmower wheels mounted on lag bolts screwed into the
ends of the 2x4). The leg of the T is a length of steel flat bar
(bent over 90 degrees at the top to bolt to the 2x4). The flat bar
is mounted to the transom via the rudder fittings. At the bottom of
the flat bar is bolted a 3rd lawnmower wheel.
Lacking a transom mounted rudder you might me able to clamp the whole
thing in place.
The arrangement allows me to pick the boat up from the bow and wheel
it around upside down (on 2 wheels) or right side up (on one). To
get it on the car, I just pick up the bow and put it on the rear end
of the car roof. Then I (carefully!) pick up the stern and slide the
boat on, all singlehanded.
John
The top of the T is a long 2x4 the sits atop the transom, with wheels
at either end (lawnmower wheels mounted on lag bolts screwed into the
ends of the 2x4). The leg of the T is a length of steel flat bar
(bent over 90 degrees at the top to bolt to the 2x4). The flat bar
is mounted to the transom via the rudder fittings. At the bottom of
the flat bar is bolted a 3rd lawnmower wheel.
Lacking a transom mounted rudder you might me able to clamp the whole
thing in place.
The arrangement allows me to pick the boat up from the bow and wheel
it around upside down (on 2 wheels) or right side up (on one). To
get it on the car, I just pick up the bow and put it on the rear end
of the car roof. Then I (carefully!) pick up the stern and slide the
boat on, all singlehanded.
John
--- Inbolger@egroups.com, bbowling2@h... wrote:
> I need to build a cartop boat loader to put a 12 to 14 foot, 100 to
200
> pound boat on top of my van so I can have a boat when trailering
> without having to pull a second trailer. Does anyone have any plans
or
> ideas?
I need to build a cartop boat loader to put a 12 to 14 foot, 100 to 200
pound boat on top of my van so I can have a boat when trailering
without having to pull a second trailer. Does anyone have any plans or
ideas?
pound boat on top of my van so I can have a boat when trailering
without having to pull a second trailer. Does anyone have any plans or
ideas?