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Old 01-23-08, 04:27 PM   #103 (permalink)
SOCALFJ
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Originally Posted by mainemike View Post
Does anyone lash stuff to the top of the RTT? Like surfboards or kayaks/canoes?

that is our dilemma - we often travel with a 17 ft canoe. This is a very light fiberglass boat at 50 lbs, but I'd have use foam blocks on the RTT hardshell case, or fab a dedicated crossbar extension. And I'd have a roof height that I may have to pay attention to on some rural underpasses.

YES I do realize the canoe will have to come off to use the tent. On ExPo there is a guy who built a secondary roofrack to hold his boats above the RTT.

Anyway, thought I'd ask.
Im sure you won't have a problem... i mean after all, they're made to carry the weight of two people sleeping in it. So closed, double stacked it shouldn't be a problem. In fact, i've walked over mine several times to get to the front of our rack.

Just make sure whatever you're mounting the tent too is strong enough to hold such combined weight.

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