Tree hugger or red neck?

[dan hufferd]

1 hour ago, MrGiggles said:

Ya might get mistaken for a millennial with that rig.

Not funny Mr Giggles.😁

[dan hufferd]

1 hour ago, MrGiggles said:

Ya might get mistaken for a millennial with that rig.

I guess I need a bumper sticker that says something like " I drive this, so I have more gas for my truck and boat".😁

[MrGiggles]

2 hours ago, dan hufferd said:

I guess I need a bumper sticker that says something like " I drive this, so I have more gas for my truck and boat".😁

Just having a bumper sticker at all will prove your identity as an old man.

[Al Agnew]

Or somebody that wants to make sure everybody knows what they think.

Nearly all modern cars weren't designed for carrying a boat on top.  Used to love my old Quick and Easy racks that attached to rain gutters, which of course are non-existent now.  No rack designed for modern vehicles IS that quick and easy, or solid.  No bumpers to tie fore and aft to, either.

We own a couple of Priuses (Prius's?  Priui?).  Got Yakima racks that supposedly fit the older one, but they are a pain to attach solidly, and they don't even work on the newer one.  So I just use those hard foam blocks that fit onto the gunwales of the canoes.  I attached heavy duty straps with grommets to the bolts holding the hinges of the hood for front end tie downs, but still have to crawl in under the car to find tie downs for the rear end.  Then throw ropes over the middle of the canoe and through the car doors to tie to the handles in the car ceiling on both sides for getting into and out of the car.  Would never trust just tying to the roof of the car, or to factory roof racks alone, because I don't know how good the attachment of those racks is to the car roof.  I always tie down fore and aft as my primary safety tie downs.

[dan hufferd]

1 hour ago, Al Agnew said:

Or somebody that wants to make sure everybody knows what they think.

Nearly all modern cars weren't designed for carrying a boat on top.  Used to love my old Quick and Easy racks that attached to rain gutters, which of course are non-existent now.  No rack designed for modern vehicles IS that quick and easy, or solid.  No bumpers to tie fore and aft to, either.

We own a couple of Priuses (Prius's?  Priui?).  Got Yakima racks that supposedly fit the older one, but they are a pain to attach solidly, and they don't even work on the newer one.  So I just use those hard foam blocks that fit onto the gunwales of the canoes.  I attached heavy duty straps with grommets to the bolts holding the hinges of the hood for front end tie downs, but still have to crawl in under the car to find tie downs for the rear end.  Then throw ropes over the middle of the canoe and through the car doors to tie to the handles in the car ceiling on both sides for getting into and out of the car.  Would never trust just tying to the roof of the car, or to factory roof racks alone, because I don't know how good the attachment of those racks is to the car roof.  I always tie down fore and aft as my primary safety tie downs.

Thank you for the advice !

I have an Eastern Missouri river walleye trip floating around in my mind. I hope to pick your brain one more time, at some point around February or March if it is alright. 

I am a welder by trade I hope to soon fab a noninvasive hitch and a light kayak trailer for my small car.

If it works maybe I can make one for a prius' 

[Flysmallie]

On 10/6/2018 at 4:27 PM, Chief Grey Bear said:

There was a few fellas I was going to fish with this year and never did.

 

 

Another good year for those fellas.