One reason I went with a 13 foot Gheenoe is so I could throw it in the back of my pickup truck. I thought that since it's "only" 120 lbs, I can do this no problem. I did that a few times and about broke my back. The problem is that when you add the weight of a motor, cooler, some gear and gas, the ole' girl gets heavy.
So at first, I designed a wooden trailer that I could roll into the back of my truck bed and rest on a kayak rack. Pretty slick, huh?
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Once you load the rack in the back, the back legs come off so that they don't hit the road. |
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Part dragster, part wooden boat trailer. |
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Here she is loaded. Drove three hours like this. You should've seen the looks I got at the boat ramp. |
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