Boat Loader
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I've seen them at boating/RVing shows, but never owned one. I thought they were neat.
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One reason I haven't bought one is that I have nowhere to attach the racks on top of our Suburban which we tow behind the coach.
RLSharp
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Tom said:
I'll bet Terry would be willing to drill some nice round holes in your roof for attachment points. ;D
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I'm sure he would Richard ;D
Well I ended up buying a truck rack with a manual boat loader for $300 that I saw on Craig's list. I am the third owner of this boat loader made by Karry Industries. I found a phone number on the Internet for Karry Industries and gave them a call. They put the inventer of the boat loader on the phone with me and he stepped me through the set-up process. I got it installed today. I need to make a slight rope length change so it parks a bout 8 inches more forward. But all in all, I am quite happy with it.
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Thanks Lowell. One question - when the boat is in/near it's vertical position, it looks very close to the back of the truck. How do you protect the truck?
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Thanks for clarification Lowell.
Hanr3
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Great topic and post.
I am in the process of moving from tent camping to TT. My main concern is the boat. It comes before the camper, so leaving it behind is not an option, and one of the reasons I continue to tent camp. That would be if I used a tent, generally I use a 10x20' dining fly and pitch my cot under it. When I bring the dogs I bring the tent, dogs and coons don't play nice at 3am. Now that the wife wants to go, I need to step up to the TT. She "needs" a/c, hot water, and flush toilets. For some reason the water spray fan, solar shower, and cat hole don't count. ;D
I have been looking at those Boat Loaders from several companies and had the same question. How well do they work, and are they worth the money?
Actually, I designed one and while searching for parts I came across companies that make the whole units.
I realize this thread is old, however I would appreciate any more information from others with similar units. Any preference of units, or locations (SUV or TT top)?
Thanks.
I am in the process of moving from tent camping to TT. My main concern is the boat. It comes before the camper, so leaving it behind is not an option, and one of the reasons I continue to tent camp. That would be if I used a tent, generally I use a 10x20' dining fly and pitch my cot under it. When I bring the dogs I bring the tent, dogs and coons don't play nice at 3am. Now that the wife wants to go, I need to step up to the TT. She "needs" a/c, hot water, and flush toilets. For some reason the water spray fan, solar shower, and cat hole don't count. ;D
I have been looking at those Boat Loaders from several companies and had the same question. How well do they work, and are they worth the money?
Actually, I designed one and while searching for parts I came across companies that make the whole units.
I realize this thread is old, however I would appreciate any more information from others with similar units. Any preference of units, or locations (SUV or TT top)?
Thanks.
I just used my boat loader with the TT last week for the first time since we bought it. I have used it several times without pulling the TT. I was very pleased with everything and so happy to have the boat along on this campin/fishing trip. We made a round trip of about 600 miles. I didn't feel any wind or other effect of the of the boat on the trailer. I got 9 mpg going (uphill) and 12.5 mpg coming home (downhill). It's interesting that if I don't have the boat on the loader , I get a lot of wind noise from the rack. With the boat on the loader, I don't get any wind noise. My loader is manualoperated and I found it helpfull to have a small stool to stand on to crank it. I could get a battery operated attachment for it but I'm too cheap.
