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kayak on a zook?

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kayak on a zook?

Post by --sinner-- »

hey guys, was looking at buying a soft top sierra. my mates got roof racks for his which mount to the top of the windscreen, and to the 2 pillars behind the doors.
do you think this would support the weight of a 27kg kayak?
would it be too close together to be safe once tied down?..
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Post by BlueSuzy »

How long is it?
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Post by Gwagensteve »

Pretty sure Dank has put a kayak onthe roof of his soft top.

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Post by r0ck_m0nkey »

External roll cage time, i mean load rack time.


27kg to me suggests it's atleast around 4m long. Once it's up there and balanced evenly across the two racks, it shouldn't be an issue, but i personally would have something further apart

Maybe add a removable load rail at the front to help out?
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Post by dank »

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It was a temporary solution to a situation where the whole of east Victoria was flooding and I had holidays along with some mates. The areas we went to were not 2wd/awd friendly so out came the zook for a 4hour drive east from melbourne with the kayaks strapped to the roof, lots of water crossings and 4wding on normally 2wd dirt roads... good fun.

All i did was put some closed cell foam over the soft top where it rests on the B pillar so it wouldn't rub through the material. I used cam straps through the A to B pillar support rods to hold the kayaks down and tied them off to the tension strap points on the rear for the soft top.

This isn't a really good long term solution but it can be done. Those boats combine weight would come to just over 30kgs.
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Post by fool_injected »

My kayak hangs off each end of my van
The overhang would be illegal if I put it on the zook

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Have a look at the set ups on akff.net.au (Australian Kayak Fishing Forum, its like outers but for yaks)
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