Have full size truck with ARE topper with Yakima slot receivers for rack system. Does anyone have a system that works for that height? Never realized just how high the kayaks would be and I'm mostly a one man show for loading. I have been loading into back of truck and it works fine but we have travel trailer and have been making a couple of trips a year and want to bring kayaks.

Looking at Hullavator great idea but it costs as much as kayaks...Thanks for any intelligent help.

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Posted by Nado Jenkins83

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Posted on 3/17/18 at 5:27 am to tigerstripes

I load on top of a taco. Not as high as you or i would get the roller that suction cups to the rear window for assistance

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Posted by tigerstripes

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Posted on 3/17/18 at 8:28 am to Nado Jenkins83

TACO?

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Posted by YOURADHERE

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Posted on 3/17/18 at 8:45 am to tigerstripes

What kind of kayak are you trying to load? I’ve got an ARE top on a lifted F250 and I built my own roof rack with Hully Rollers installed. I can get my Jackson Cuda and my Native Slayer 14.5 up there pretty easy. Positioning and technique seem to be key.

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Posted by Junky

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Posted on 3/17/18 at 8:53 am to tigerstripes

Toyota Tacoma -

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Posted by DLauw

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Posted on 3/17/18 at 1:24 pm to tigerstripes

I’ve got the hullyrollers and I load a 14’ Jackson cuda on top of my lifted Jeep (5.5” lift on 40” tires) by myself with relative ease.

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Posted by tigerstripes

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Posted on 3/17/18 at 4:40 pm to YOURADHERE

Wilderness Ride 13.5 its about 75 lbs. I was looking at Hully Rollers where you load from rear on rollers then drop into front saddle...Your coda is 75 pounds about?

Its basically one end on the ground and swing the other into the hully roller. And push and tie off.

This makes sense as the bars, towers, rollers, and saddles can be 7 or 8 hundred bucks steep for a miscalculation.

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Posted by tigerstripes

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Posted on 3/17/18 at 4:42 pm to DLauw

Thanks I just saw another Hully roller post. Makes sense just wasn't sure...Started looking at lift assist like the Hullivator and was reeling from sticker shock.. Its a pretty good ways to the roof from the ground.

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