martin_05
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- Joined
- Mar 11, 2009
- Location
- Valencia, CA, USA
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I need a couple sets of these:
Well, nobody has any and nobody knows when they'll receive a new batch. Not even the competitor's equivalent system.
So, I said, I have a nice assortment of manufacturing equipment. I should be able to make something like this.
Which led to the question of: How to design it.
I can probably copy most of it from assorted videos and have my sheet-metal guys bend-up the channel, etc. On the other hand, I have a pretty good supply of 8020 profiles on hand (mostly 1.5 x 1.5). Maybe I can do something with that.
I haven't designed anything yet and I have zero intention on attempting to manufacture something like this for wide distribution. I just need two rigs to transport two kayaks.
I thought the brain-trust present at P.M. might have some suggestions on a simple design that would accomplish the job and is easy to fabricate.
To clarify, our local lake has this requirement to hand-inspect every single boat due to this Quagga mussel threat.
Quagga and Zebra Mussels
This means that if you don't have something like this they make you unstrap the kayaks, bring them down to the ground and then you have to put them back up and strap them to drive to the ramp...rinse and repeat to get on the water. If it were not for that I would have no issues at all just strapping the kayaks to the pipes on the roof. I need something that allows me to bring the kayaks down in front of the inspectors in seconds so we can get on with our day with the least possible level of aggravation.
I need a couple sets of these:
Well, nobody has any and nobody knows when they'll receive a new batch. Not even the competitor's equivalent system.
So, I said, I have a nice assortment of manufacturing equipment. I should be able to make something like this.
Which led to the question of: How to design it.
I can probably copy most of it from assorted videos and have my sheet-metal guys bend-up the channel, etc. On the other hand, I have a pretty good supply of 8020 profiles on hand (mostly 1.5 x 1.5). Maybe I can do something with that.
I haven't designed anything yet and I have zero intention on attempting to manufacture something like this for wide distribution. I just need two rigs to transport two kayaks.
I thought the brain-trust present at P.M. might have some suggestions on a simple design that would accomplish the job and is easy to fabricate.
To clarify, our local lake has this requirement to hand-inspect every single boat due to this Quagga mussel threat.
Quagga and Zebra Mussels
This means that if you don't have something like this they make you unstrap the kayaks, bring them down to the ground and then you have to put them back up and strap them to drive to the ramp...rinse and repeat to get on the water. If it were not for that I would have no issues at all just strapping the kayaks to the pipes on the roof. I need something that allows me to bring the kayaks down in front of the inspectors in seconds so we can get on with our day with the least possible level of aggravation.