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The Yakima DryDock is a unique Y frame hitch that creates the perfect multi-sport platform for SUV's, vans, and trucks including those with camper shells. Combine the DryDock with a pair of towers and round bars for a top-of-car system. Or add it to your truck's or van's existing rack system and gain more crossbar capability to carry those long loads. The DryDock solidly fits into a 2 receiver hitch with a threaded hitch pin, and is height adjustable to match your rooftop rack. Stabilizing straps included.
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Technical Details
- Hitch-mount truck adapter for carrying canoes and kayaks- Y-frame design fits onto any vehicle's 2-inch receiver hitch
- Adjustable height lets you match DryDock with rooftop rack
- Includes stabilizing straps that attach underneath rear bumper
- Requires bow/stern tie-down straps; lifetime warranty
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By Richard Thornhill (Tacoma WA USA)
Like all Yakima products this rack is a quality item. It does, however, have some serious limitations. Before you buy one check that it will fit your 2" receiver. On some receivers the bolt holes of the rack and receiver are impossible to line up! I had a Drawtite receiver and experienced this problem. I contacted Yakima and they told me they were aware of the problem but placed the blame on Drawtite. I was able to solve the problem by removing 1/8th of an inch from the rack tongue with a hacksaw, a lot of patience, and several cold beverages. Secondly this rack will only work for long vessels. I have an 18' Chesapeake Light Craft Mill River 18 and a 17" 6" Pygmy Arctic Tern and these just about work. Anything less than about 16' 6" is going to be very difficult to secure. This is also a cumbersome item to store.
So, if you have a longish boat, you have somewhere to store the rack and a compatible hitch this rack is brilliant. If you can't meet these criteria you may have something of a nightmare!
Yackima does offer some other alternatives for mounting a kayak/canoe carrier on a pickup that may work better for shorter boats but you will have to make sure the bedrails of your truck will accomodate them! Arrgghhh!
Having said all this, I remain a fan of Yakima products. Once I got the problem sorted this rack has performed well for me. Apart from the somewhat cavalier comment about the lack of compatibilty being Drawtite's fault I have been impressed with Yakima's customer service. I would have given this product five stars but for the frustrations mentioned above.
By Victor Okunev (Port Moody, BC Canada)
I use Yakima DryDock Boat Hitch Mount rack to haul huge Current Designs Libra XT double kayak on top of my Toyota 4Runner. I am very pleased with the rack, it keeps the kayak very secure. You don't have to worry about longitudinal kayak wobbling when you drive over the rough terrain or speed bumps! I've noticed some latitudinal movement of the rack, though I have not observed any negative effects of it. As far as I can tell, this is pretty much the only option to haul something long and heavy on top of 4Runner as the roof base for putting a two-crossbar roof rack is very small unless your truck has factory-installed rails. To give you a complete picture of my setup, I also use Yakima BoatLoader accessory on my front roof-mounted crossbar. This allows me to load and unload the heavy beast by myself, which makes my life so much easier. Granted, you can't open the rear cargo door with this rack in the trailer hitch, but I can live with that.
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