Check craigslist! I have a search here in philly for all things thule
and yakima. I've seen the hulavators pop up several times within the
past few months.

On 08/09/2011 01:06 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> Looks to be exactly what I'm looking for. Except for that cost thing.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> Bend, Ore.
> 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
> 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer from a defunct company in San
> Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westralia.
>
> Sent from my kitchen.
>
> On 08/09/2011 09:33 AM, Kim Brennan wrote:
>> It's an expensive solution, but the Hulavator is what I use on my
>> Westy. I use it for my canoe, but it allows me to lower the canoe
>> down to a level that is easily within reach, and also makes putting
>> it back up on top a breeze (and in fact a one man operation.)
>>
>>
>> On Aug 9, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>
>>> Seeing that Rob brought up a similar question, I am prompted to ask
>>> for suggestions on carrying two kayaks on a Westy roof.
>>>
>>> I see plenty of folk carrying two kayaks on their cars, using
>>> purpose-built racks that carry the boats at a tilt so they ride
>>> bottom-to-bottom, taking up less width.
>>>
>>> Westys are tall, however, and I'm not a tall man -- 5' 6'', which
>>> puts the roof out of reach. So solutions from men over 6' are
>>> probably not going to be very helpful.
>>>
>>> And I'm thinking that even if I did find a suitable rack from the
>>> likes of Thule or Yakima, I cannot envision how I'd get the boats
>>> up there and back down. First climb on top then haul the boats up
>>> on ropes?
>>>
>>> My guess is that with two boats up there, raising the roof would
>>> be difficult if not impossible without first removing them, were I
>>> to want to just overnight. So any method I use to get the boats up
>>> and down would want to be pretty darn easy.
>>>
>>> -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott Bend, Ore. 1984 Westfalia. A
>>> poor but proud people. 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer from a
>>> defunct company in San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The
>>> Westralia.
>>>
>>> Sent from my kitchen.
>>
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