Topper 1232 on top of Truck Cap

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Is this boat tied down adequately?

  • Yes

    Votes: 15 78.9%
  • No

    Votes: 1 5.3%
  • Maybe Yes

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Maybe No

    Votes: 2 10.5%
  • Don't Know

    Votes: 1 5.3%

  • Total voters
    19

birkbill

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Friends,

My wife and I are having a discussion concerning whether sufficient tie down has been applied to our camping boat. It is depicted tied down on top of our truck cap in the attached 5 pictures. We welcome your thoughts on the adequacy "OR" in-adequacy of the tie-down as well as any suggestions you might have.

Thanks in advance to all...

Bill n Diana
 

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think the only thing i would do diff is to add a strap on the back, from the handles to your ladder rack so the boat can possibly shift front to rear, looking at it looks good to me id try it...lol. maybe not 70 mph but you never know...lol
 
Friends,

Thanks for all your input. We incorporated comments recieved and now believe we have a tied down 1232 that is going to travel to Florida with us on top of our tow vehicle. I will post some photos tomorrow of the whole rig to give you all an appreciation for what this looks like. We are leaving tomorrow afternoon once I get home from work...

Again, thanks. 8)

Bill and Diana
 
Friends,

As promised below are three photos from the end of day one of our trip to florida... Boat rode fine as we only went around 60 mph on the interstate. No issues at all.

Again, thanks to all for your help and recommendations. :)

Bill and Diana
 

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For purposes of closing out this topic.... the wife and I returned home after a week long trip to florida with the boat transported on top of our truck box cap. Only thing that still needs some brain work done yet is something to avoid the metal to metal contact better than the pipe insulation we used between ladder rack and the topper...

Again, thanks to all for your input... :wink:

Bill and Diana
 
[url=https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=319423#p319423 said:
birkbill » 19 Jun 2013, 19:19[/url]"]For purposes of closing out this topic.... the wife and I returned home after a week long trip to florida with the boat transported on top of our truck box cap. Only thing that still needs some brain work done yet is something to avoid the metal to metal contact better than the pipe insulation we used between ladder rack and the topper...

Again, thanks to all for your input... :wink:

Bill and Diana

Think about black plastic pipe, the type used for water wells. It is thin enough to split with a utility knife and once split can be worked over the cross member of the rack but will stay closed and not come off easily.
 

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