Anyone have experience with Thule or Yakima Racks?

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by 89911

I've used aftermarket racks and one point not mentioned is that they generally produce much more wind noise then the factory ones. There is a lot more hardwared involved if you have a kayak rack and this is to be expected. Like others, I really don't see why you can't use your present one. The 355 days of the year you don't need it, you will be wishing it wasn't making all that noise.

Used to leave my racks on the truck year round.

Amazing the things you can find them useful for.

[vash]

BR, yakima has some badass kayak options. one even canitevers the rack down to you, and uses hydralics (i think) to pull the boat up to the car. saves from back injuries.

i went bass fishing with a sea kayak once. we strapped two boats onto the deck of my bro's bass boat, cruised as deep as we dared with the bassboat, and launched with the sea kayaks. took some getting use to casting so low in the water, but it was a blast. even a relatively small white bass can tow you along. retreiving a snag is fun.

[BRPORSCHE]

Wow. The Yakima website is amazing. Thanks a lot guys. It looks that for seldom use I'll just throw it up ontop and lash it down. I am only about 5 miles from saltwater anyways.

I am worried about the tie down in the back. The front has two tow hooks, but the back only has one on the left.

[porsche4life]

Use that spare hanging on the ass... Its bolted on.

[BRPORSCHE]

Yeah that is what I am going to do.