Hello all,
I have a 91 xcab V6 with regular bed; no bed liner, just the standard u-shaped bolts on the inside of the bed. I'm about to buy a 12' sit on top kayak (weight about 70 pounds), and am exploring my options for transporting it on some kind of rack, so not to take up bed space. I've seen some racks online, but they don't seem to be adapted to older truck beds. The ones that seem ideal mount on just one side of the bed, but again, made for truck rails. Also, one model I saw claimed it wasn't for "unimproved roads." That wouldn't work!

I take my pickup to remote coastlines in Sonora and Baja, MX, on rough 4wd roads-- can anyone recommend a kayak carrying option, hopefully without permanent rack installation?

Muchas gracias!

 

I take it building your own is not a option??

What do you call permanent??

I am thinking at only 70 pounds attaching a rack to the pockets on the drivers side of the bed.

Are there any low bridges or trees you need to get under??

Unless your off doing this every weekend lay the tail gate down set on the back edge of the roof two ratchet straps your good to go.

It should be pretty easy to come up with padding or even bubble wrap to protect your kayak