How long have you been using this system? I want to carry 3 kayaks on top of my suburban . Two will be in J cradles with the third will be in between. Any suggestions?
It's more stable so it doesn't roll around. You don't need a drill you can just use a nail or a screw and make a hole. It might be hard but you don't need a drill
Curious….why didn’t you just fish the line all the way tru the pvc? No holes required. I also would have wrapped the line around the preexisting rails, up over the pipe and back down over the rail and tied it with a easy to untie but secure knot, then you have no concern about rain! A bit hard to describe but you will figure it out! Otherwise I like it! Thanks for the concept!
Great idea. Why not just keep the ropes and bungies on top of the car and use the roof rack to tie into? It would also be easy to use ratchet straps with the pvc ends for a very strong tie down. No water leakage issues in the car.
I used metal pipe this way the noodle it tight and will not roll as it would not plastic pipe.if your using plastic please glue the noodles to the plastic pipe
@@totalnoobfishing1753Not sure I agree, when the canoe or kayak is tied on at front and back, the weight is on and pressure is exerted from both front and back as well as the 2 straps/ rope coming over the top from right to left, all under tension….so how’s it gonna roll?
wtf are you doing, someone will be killing somebody when that rig goes flying from the car? drilling a hole in the pvc pipe means your relying on a 1/6" of plastic material to bind it to the roof, then bungie cording it down gives no structure at all, the pipe just has to snap and create a gap and the object on top will become a projectile, not to mention i can get the same pool noodle at a dollarama it's and extra thick one thats all so it makes no difference if you get it at sears or dollar store in this case,
The hole in pipe is to keep the pipe and hopefully the foam from spinning(hopefully the hole is smooth to prevent the PVC pipe from slowly cutting the rope overtime). Cord is going through pvc pipe so if it does snap the rope should hold those pieces together. As for kayak on top, if he straps the kayak down tight and ties the front of kayak to the front tow hook and rear of kayak to rear tow hook, all should be pretty secure. With that being said, there could always be improvements. For me I plan to do something similar to this but I'm thinking about tying the foam to the kayak, then strapping the kayak down tightly to the roof with 2 tow straps, then tying the front and rear of the kayak to the front and rear tow hooks to help prevent rolling back or forward.
