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Roof rack recommendations 16 years 7 months ago #23119

Any thoughts on the Thule carriers?

Just want a cheap solution for my 1 13-foot s-o-t kayak

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Re:Roof rack recommendations 16 years 7 months ago #23120

Thule is very fine, I use my Thule roofrack for over 10 years now without any problems whatsoever.

I recently got myself a Handirack inflatable roofrack because the Thule does not fit my wife's car (hers is bigger than mine :side: ) and we occasionally use her car to transport boats too. The handirack is very good at that: it's cheap, fits most cars and if you don't use it you can store it in a small bag.

If you don't have to transport your boat very often this may be a very good option too.

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Re:Roof rack recommendations 16 years 7 months ago #23130

I went for one of the Yak racks here www.autoanything.com/roof-racks/20A52095A1.aspx

I was going to go with the Thule set to go but the Land Shark was cheaper. Both Thule and Yakima make great stuff, couldn't be happier.

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Re:Roof rack recommendations 16 years 7 months ago #23180

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The cheapest and easyiest way of transporting a 13 sit on top is upside down (seats down) straight on to padded bars. If you need to stick on its side to give you space for other gear then a set of Thule Hull-a-port will cradle a boat of this size well have used one on a Tarpon 130T, if you need to put a few boats on the roof then a set of uprights/ kayak stackers will allow you to carry 2 or more boats easily.

give Swansea Canoes a ring they sell roof racks and carriers for kayaks

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Re:Roof rack recommendations 16 years 7 months ago #23200

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A cheaper option than the Thule racks here in the UK are the Halfords own brand racks I have been told they are made by Thule not sure if this is true or not but they are certainly very similar. I have had several on different cars and never had a problem with any of them.

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Re:Roof rack recommendations 16 years 6 months ago #23646

keep a eye out on ebay 4 a good second hand one m8,
i got a thule for 40 quid and it was still in the box,and was only used a few times.

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