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Conquest
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Can you guys still pop your top or do you just remove the rear roof rack bar when you are camping? I have a tandem sit on top kayak and I strapped it on top last weekend and it felt too janky to get on the highway, so I took it off and I'm looking to get that setup. |
I have to remove the rear rack... but I only would do that if I'm camping for a few days so it's not a big deal. The white kayak on bottom is an Ocean Kayak Malibu II, fits fine. Those are Thule racks, I think they were called Super Tall Feet or something to that effect... they were the only ones that were tall enough.
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Kansas Rob
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First trip with our new canoe (17ft Coleman)
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Ready to go fishing! |
Can you guys still pop your top or do you just remove the rear roof rack bar when you are camping? I have a tandem sit on top kayak and I strapped it on top last weekend and it felt too janky to get on the highway, so I took it off and I'm looking to get that setup. |
I have to remove the front one, but yeah.
They sell the kind that you attach directly, but I couldn't bring myself to drill holes in the top.
That's basically your choice though - drill holes or remove the rack every time.
FYI - I had a hard time finding tall enough feet for a westy top.
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wanderglobe
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Stuartzickefoose
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Somewhere in New Mexico
Driving to Gonzaga Bay in Baja California
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how is the bus and the bike so clean in the second picture????
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wanderglobe
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how is the bus and the bike so clean in the second picture????
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I had everything cleaned that morning and took this shortly after hitting the dirt road. It didn't stay clean for long. 
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WaterDawg
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I do a lot of kayaking with Sandy
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69YellowVert
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:34 pm Post subject: Kayaks and Canoes on Buses |
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Since canoes are allowed as well, here is a few photos from our trip last summer to June and Mammoth lakes with our Old Town canoe and 1970 Westy. The canoe is mounted to a Thule Super High Gutter Foot Pack 953.
Canoe mounted on bus.
Getting ready to canoe June Lake.
A stop on the way home in Randsburg, CA.
Sudden downpour!
No trip is complete without stopping here.....
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Stuartzickefoose
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I do a lot of kayaking with Sandy
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that bus looks familiar! whens it coming back out to washington area again?
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WaterDawg
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I do a lot of kayaking with Sandy
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that bus looks familiar! whens it coming back out to washington area again? |
Its been recently modified. :'( |
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VWDog
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Not really the time of year to be posting these, but I stumbled across the thread and thought I would post some of my history of boats on Buses…
My first Westy, and the first boat(kayak) I built. It was a 19 foot Pygmy boat kit from Port Townsend, WA . Wayyyyy back in 1989.
I got a 68 Double Cab when I was going to boat school a few years later. I built a skin on frame boat from scratch in 1994. I miss my dog more than anything in this picture.
Most recently we were doing a move and I had to move our skin canoe and a very heavy plank of yellow cedar(2 inches thick) for my tug restoration project. Thank heavens for a sturdy Machine-O-Matic rack.
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Conquest
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Very cool pics, Doug.
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VWDog
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Who's Doug? 
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superwrench
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SamboSamba22
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Not really the time of year to be posting these, but I stumbled across the thread and thought I would post some of my history of boats on Buses…
My first Westy, and the first boat(kayak) I built. It was a 19 foot Pygmy boat kit from Port Townsend, WA . Wayyyyy back in 1989.
I got a 68 Double Cab when I was going to boat school a few years later. I built a skin on frame boat from scratch in 1994. I miss my dog more than anything in this picture.
Most recently we were doing a move and I had to move our skin canoe and a very heavy plank of yellow cedar(2 inches thick) for my tug restoration project. Thank heavens for a sturdy Machine-O-Matic rack.
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Awesome shares, VWDog! The essence of adventure in each photo! Hope you had sunscreen on all that thigh area in those globetrotter shorts! 
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Randy in Maine
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Randy has a new Yakima Rack and Roll trailer.  Very pleased with it. 78" load bars with the extension tongue. It will hold about 250 pounds of gear and only weighs about 150.
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rusty busty
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HelmutofBuffalo
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My 1970 Westfalia with 1973 FolBot folding kayak complete with sail kit, set up for this photo-op, getting ready to go into storage  . I could not find a thread for Bus with sail boat on roof
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Boesen
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Need to get some 68" or 72" Crossbars. But these 58" work fine for now. Got the whole rack setup for $125 on CL. Yakima 1A Towers, 58" Crossbars (plan to eventually get 68"), Yakima Landshark Cradles, mounted on Artificial Gutters. I like hauling my 14' kayaks flat in cradles instead of J style on the sides. A Bus is a windy ride to begin with so keep the kayaks low IMO.
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