Great idea. Mrs Squirrel is presently watching CL for a used kayak for
her very own!

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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.

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On 08/09/2011 10:19 AM, Harry Hoffman wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>