What's the method for mounting a Hullavator on a Westy? Big deal
involving lots of specialty expensive Thule bits?

Do you need to remove the watercraft before raising the top? I'm
guessing "Uh, yeah. Duh!"

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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 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.)
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> On Aug 9, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
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>> Seeing that Rob brought up a similar question, I am prompted to ask for
>> suggestions on carrying two kayaks on a Westy roof.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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?
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>> 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.
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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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>> Sent from my kitchen.
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