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So far we’ve only produced two sets. The guy who designed it has it on his truck down in California. He loaned me the 3-D plans which I had manufactured by a small company in Yakima, WA. We really need to establish a decent number of orders to justify the cost of producing them in large numbers...

First 200+ mile haul with a new Sterling Sea Kayak!

After 8 months of effort, this is what I have come up with … the sea kayak, the towers, the crossbars, the foam blocks and the custom clips to attach the Yakima system to the Rivian side rails all made in the USA.

https://yakima.com/products/overhaul-hd-system

You are telling me you are an affluent ‘elitist’ with that comment! Haha! One of my kayaking buddies is picking up his new Sterling Grand Illusion in a couple weeks in Bellingham. I have to be sure that my rack can handle that trip AND future adventures with two overly expensive Sterling boats...

This is my friend’s set up, who actually designed and engineered the clips needed to utilize the Rivian attachment points around the truck bed.

We have gone through a steady evolution of small modifications to create a truly solid base for hauling longer sea kayaks (and other large equipment) on our R1T. depending on the situation, we can likely carry three and potentially four 18-foot sea kayaks on this rack.

My heat pump recently failed at around 11,000 miles. It had been making peculiar loud noises for a month or so before it completely failed. It took me a very long time to get a repair scheduled during winter months 😡

Nice, I may have to try this soon. Good adventure for me from central Washington state!

Two of us have developed a way to utilize Yakima HD Overhaul uprights attached to the Rivian attachment points over the bed & truck side rails. Once that is completed (often with the use of Rivian bars over the truck cab, a very versatile 9 foot span, with significant height adjustment available...