Car top Tinnie and Boat Loader

Hi Andrew

LOL.......Who says you're going to catch any fish and if Jen would even consider hoisting the tinny up on the racks for you?

Shame on you...... :)

CYa
Tripp'n
:)

Hi Andrew,

I took a boat to the Cape last year and I used it heaps but I did take note that you could hire boats and nice new looking ones with 40hp's on the back near Bamaga and also smaller tinnies at Weipa. I would always take a boat for the big trips as i like to use one when ever I can.
Depending on the hull, the weights can vary quite a lot. I picked a Stacer because it was 74kg, had high sides and was 3.5m. My partener and I could just manage it lifting it onto the racks. I still think we could of lifted it onto a cruiser. Just make sure you have tabs on the ends of your bars to stop the boat sliding off the side.

Leroy

hey andrew,
i dont see a need for you to be buying any fancy roof racks and boat lifting systems. i have a standard steel roof rack. i bought some rollers with vertical bars on the end to stop the boat sliding over the side. this works a treat. i and my partner have no trouble lifting the tinnie onto the roof rack. i have a high roof troopcarrier so i have even higher to lift than you. the only time it is a problem is when i am on top of the roof rack and pull too hard and the boat travels too fast due to the rollers doing a great job and i almost go a over t.
if you wanted to make it a one person job it is also quite simple. buy yourself a normal boat hand winch and mount it to your bullbar. i would suggest you get one with cloth rather than metal winch cable so you dont scratch the paint on your vehicle. the winch combined with the roof rack rollers will make hauling the boat up a breeze. you can get jen not only to put the boat on the roof rack but she will have used so little energy and time she can even clean the fish.

peter

Why don't you just buy a Cabin Cruiser and use that as a camper trailer. Problem solved...........................and then poor Jen won't have to work so hard.

the rhino rack is the way to go it may be a little dear but what price do you put on saftey !i wouldnt like to spend my holidays up north with a bad back and unable to do anything & being a tight RS wouldnt it hurt even more if you droped the tinnie on the 4x4 & did damage to it

Come on Andrew be honest, Jen wouldn't have a problem putting a boat on the roof rack, it's you who will struggle isn't it!?. As it's a Landcruiser I'd suggest a highlift jack, simply jack the vehicle up and over onto its side, then attach boat, and jack back onto the wheels.

Andrew, you know if you went and brought a Kanga Camper you could put your boat on the top of that. When you stop and set up for a night, you don't have to take your boat off the camper, it can stay on there.......................what a great idea.................lol
Guess who!

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the nice plug on the Custom Boat Loader!

What a pity you aren't in WA - then we could build you a Research & Dev model! Even if your a Scot we built one for a mate who (apart from being an ex Geelong player - which try not to hold against him) is part Scot and part jewish - but he even saw the value in not having to buy a new ally roof rack @$1200.00, a boat trailer @$1500.00 and no more registration and upkeep on a trailer - so he was in front to start!

Did I send you a CD - (having a bit of a seniors moment here)?

I guess if you're young and strong lifting a boat on and off the roof is a cheap option, but for all the baby boomers out there that travel up the geratric highway seeking the sun, with the tinnie on top, usually only take it off once - and thereafter itremains as a roof ornament!

Our loader means 1 person can stand there with a finger on the electric drill and on and off it goes - that easily!

Anyway with a bit of luck it should be coming out in the Opposite Lock stores in a matter of a month or 2.......so keep your eye open.

BTW - what is in the background of your photo??

Regards,

Dian