mxdad777
Ca
Senior Member
Joined: 03/17/2005
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
|
I'm wanting to haul a 14' aluminum boat along with having my 5th wheel hooked up. I've seen some racks where the boat loads on top of the cab and extends out over the hood. Usually supported by a goal post of some type attached to the front of the truck. Do any of you have a set up like this? I'm looking into either buying one or making one. Thanks!
2021 Grand Design Reflection 337 RLS
2019 GMC Duramax 4x4
|
goducks10
There
Senior Member
Joined: 02/22/2010
View Profile
 Offline
|
You can sometimes find these used on Craigslist.
https://boatloader.com/
|
Lwiddis
Near Bishop, California
Senior Member
Joined: 08/12/2016
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
Offline
|
If you proceed I believe you'll find the "shade" created by the boat enjoyable...like a truck camper.
Winnebago 2101DS TT & 2020 Chevy Silverado 1500 LTZ Z71, WindyNation 300 watt solar-Lossigy 200 AMP Lithium battery. Prefer boondocking, USFS, COE, BLM, NPS, TVA, state camps. Bicyclist. 14 yr. Army -11B40 then 11A - (MOS 1542 & 1560) IOBC & IOAC grad
|
mhardin
Texas!
Senior Member
Joined: 10/06/2003
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
|
I have one I use to haul a 16' canoe. It works very well, but putting your boat up there would be more than my tired old body would want to attempt. I'll probably quit hauling the canoe before too long as age is catching up with me. There is a company that makes a roof mounting system that mechanically pulls your boat up without all the strain of the goal post system. A google search should find it.
2013 Ford F-350, 4x4, Crew Cab, Long Box.
2001 Jayco Eagle 266 FBS.
2014 Heartland Elkridge 37 Ultimate.
|
mxdad777
Ca
Senior Member
Joined: 03/17/2005
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
|
Yes, the kind I want uses a winch to load the boat. You just have to help guide it on. There are lots out there that have the boat over the bed, but I need one that extends over the front hood because of my 5th wheel.
|
|
|
laknox
Arizona
Senior Member
Joined: 01/06/2008
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
Offline
|
Only thing I don't like about this is the fact that you're loading your boat a$$-end forward. I'd think that'd kill your mileage (even more). I'd figure out some way to load it so the pointy end is in front! :-)
Lyle
2002 GMC Sierra 2500 HD Duramax Crew Cab 4x4 6.5' Bed
B&W Turnover Ball with 5th Wheel Companion
2017 KZ Durango 1500 D277RLT
1936 John Deere Model A
International Flying Farmers 64 Year Member
|
JRscooby
Indepmo
Senior Member
Joined: 06/10/2019
View Profile
Offline
|
laknox wrote:
Only thing I don't like about this is the fact that you're loading your boat a$$-end forward. I'd think that'd kill your mileage (even more). I'd figure out some way to load it so the pointy end is in front! :-)
Lyle
Look at the shape of a drop of water as it falls thru the air. Does it come down point first?
In the trucking industry they have found adding something to back of trailer, reducing that square to just slightly pointed makes a big decrease in wind resistance.
|
goducks10
There
Senior Member
Joined: 02/22/2010
View Profile
Offline
|
laknox wrote:
Only thing I don't like about this is the fact that you're loading your boat a$$-end forward. I'd think that'd kill your mileage (even more). I'd figure out some way to load it so the pointy end is in front! :-)
Lyle
Agree. I've thought about doing what you're talking about but I don't like the stern of the boat facing forward either.
I don't think it's possible to have the boat facing forward and over the trucks hood vs bed when using a loader.
Only way is to do the pole on the front and manually lift it onto a roof rack.
|
TXiceman
Full Time RVer
Senior Member
Joined: 11/17/2000
View Profile
Offline
|
If you use a dash mounted GPS, the boat may block the signal.
Ken
Amateur Radio Operator.
2013 HitchHiker 38RLRSB Champagne, toted with a 2012, F350, 6.7L PSD, Crewcab, dually. 3.73 axle, Full Time RVer.
Travel with a standard schnauzer and a Timneh African Gray parrot
|
JIMNLIN
Oklahoma
Senior Member
Joined: 09/14/2003
View Profile
|
Add the steel structure to carry a "Boat ??" ....then add the boat up front on your 2500 GM front axle. I see lots of snow birds going south with a set up like that but the boats look very small and lite weight.
Ya' sure don't want to overload the trucks front axle/tires.
I also see plumbing guys or other service folks doing garage over head doors with full length over head racks that sit at the back of the bed and on the trucks front frame rails. This gives a better overall front/rear axle loading.
And I see boat transport folks usually a one ton srw/drw with a full bass boat/trailer 300 hp merc on a over head rack and pulling another off the bumper.
let google be your search friend.
"good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" ............ Will Rogers
'03 2500 QC Dodge/Cummins HO 3.73 6 speed manual Jacobs Westach
'97 Park Avanue 28' 5er 11200 two slides
|
|
|
