how to put 2 kayaks on roof

[chxh8me]

You can go with a stacker too. Pretty much all the rack companies make them. I went with the Inno stacker (INA 450), based on price and what comes with it; Padded vertical bars and padded cradles.

I originally tried going with extra long cross bars and two sets of yakima saddles, but felt like the 65 inch bars would have taken someone's eye out due to how far they stuck out.

So now I have the stacker for when I need to transport 2, or one set of saddles for when it's just me going out.

[CheapPelican]

I have 48" bars and use J cradles. Might be a pain to lift them that high on to a full size truck.

Do this hack. Makes it much easier.

Originally Posted by inbx3

So I was getting tired of having my cradles rotate everytime I hit with my kayak. The Yakima bars are round and no matter how much I tighten them the alwys end up like this.



So I figured there has to be a way to keep them straight so over to Home Depot I went and $8 later here's the finished solution.



I took a couple of 3/4" electrical conduit, cut it to the correct size, drilled a couple of holes in each end to line them up with the J cradles, flattened out the ends a bit and now they don't rotate.