How to make a Kayak Rack for cheap | holds multiple kayaks 

We did it! It was super easy to build! I watched the video and managed to figure it out- I tried to make instructions - 16x4" 5/16 carriage bolts, washer,nut 2x5" 5/16 carriage bolts, washer, nut 4x. 12'x2x4 1x. 10'x2x4 9x 8x2x4 40 Screws 3.5" 2 8ft pieces - measure in 33” from both ends & drill a single hole in the middle of the 2x4 (4 times total) 4 8ft pieces - measure down 1.5” drill hole in 2x4, measure down 18” drill hole, measure down 20” drill hole, measure down 20” drill hole. Measure down 23.5” and cut board. Repeat 3 more times (or double up boards and do it only twice) Use cut offs to be 4” spacers in base (see video) Overlap 2 boards & Add 4” bolt to first hole drilled (above) and tighten starting your “A frame” Repeat with the other two. Place each leg of A frame lined up with the 33” hole on the base. You will need to drill into A frame leg at this point (thru your already drilled 33” hole of base) Add 4” bolt to one side and tighten. Add 5” bolt plus 4 “ block & a frame leg to other. Repeat for otherwise / we opted to ensure blocks were kitty corner to each other (unclear if that was better - but it worked) . Now comes the fun part… Our angle cut was 19 degrees. Our arm length was 33” from the A Frame leg + the inches to the opposite A leg. (Each arm was shorter than the lower one) you will have to figure this part on your own - as I failed to measure for my instructions. The cross beams were each 6’’ and were screwed in. Two at the bottom and one below the highest arms (we did have to adjust location of top cross beam once we understood where the highest arms sat) The top one has diagonal supports that were about 2’ft (we used off cuts) These are what truly snugged it all up! We may add pipe insulation (like pool noodles - to the arms) tbd.

Thanks so much for posting this. You were the first suggestion.... and I went with it.. so much simpler than what I was going to build in my head. @hrs and its beer time while the kids polish it up some.. Cheers everyone, rack on !, and paddle hard !

Great video, I built this in about 6 hours based on yours with 8 slots for paddleboards and kayaks and it works great. I'm not super handy but this gave me plenty of guidance and with a couple of seat-of-the-pants adjustments, it came out just fine. For everyone mad about not including specific angles for cuts and what not, build a bridge and get over it...... for a backyard weekend project that works, this is more than adequate and any design gaps can be overcome with a few extra deck screws. If you want plans with exact measurements, buy a pre-built rack or hire an engineer to design it for you.

very good design , solved my problem of my 5 kayaks ,

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Well this is great. I have two canoes and a single kayak. Need a new rack. Want to tarp them or figure out a roof system as one of the canoes is a ultralight single and tree breaches can fly in bad weather. Good starting place for me. Thanks🎉❤

We teepeed ours at the top so that we could fit the kids kayaks.

How many additional screws did you use? What size

How do you secure the rack & boats in the event of strong winds and/or snow load. There’s a lot of surface area once done.

It's been a year... how many critters have you found in your kayaks? I live in the city and have a lot of kayaks. Had to make covers for my sit inside kayaks to keep the opossums, skunks, squirrels, birds etc out.

@everyotherkarl Can you add a list of parts into the description?

Bottom measurement of "spread" of A frame?

Did anyone create a list of parts or plans that they would like to share? Thank you.

did you design this? solid idea

What degree is it? Thx

I just got my materials for this build. What are the degree of angles you used for the a gram and the arms?

It's as if you hacked your way thru this project. Sure it came out ok, but I can't follow a RU-vidr who leaves so much important info out of the videos. No mention of what angles you used & the added blocking was merely an afterthought. You were even lacking the right length bolts. Most were too long, others too short! Sure it's a good design, but, basically it's a hack job. If you're going to do these kind of videos, at least film the angle cuts and list the angles rather than repeated cuts of you using a circular saw.