RUK Sports Canoe / Kayak Roof Rack Load Assist

Brilliant, I’m very pleased as it takes the heavy lifting of getting the kayak on, and off the roof. Recommended. Took a bit of time to fit as I have “J-Bars” on the roof bars, but works well.

I returned the item as you need to fit it onto completely flat cross bars otherwise it was top quality.

Old age does not come itself, as the adage go's. With it comes the increasing problem of how to load your heavy SOT kayak on to the roof of your car, in my case a rather high Shogun. My Ocean Kayak Malibu II is twelve feet long and weighs 58lbs. Wrestling it on to the roof of the car was becoming increasingly difficult, particularly if there was any wind at all. Enter the RUK Sports Sliding Kayak Roof Rack Load Assister. It fits on top of a standard roof bar, and is attached by two bolt on brackets. Assembly on to the car is straightforward enough, a spanner being all that you require. In operation it does make lifting the kayak easier. The arm extends out the side of your vehicle and you can then prop the kayak against that, rather than lean it on the car, before hoisting up the other end onto your roof bar or kayak J bars. it certainly minimises the risk of damage to your car, and reduces the effort required. A couple of points should be borne in mind. Firstly, as it effectively double the thickness of one of your roof bars you may have difficult in mounting other racks etc on the bar. I had to use longer bolts to mount my j bars to accommodate the width of the assister. Secondly I felt that the two brackets that held the assister onto the roof bar were better supplemented by a couple of u bolts, as the assister seemed to flex a wee it under the weight of my kayak. Probably not necessary, but made it seem more secure. Not the most sophisticated product, but delivered quickly and does what it needs to do. I can now load the yak single handed, and my wife is spared the inevitable fall outs and poor language when the car is bumped, not to mention the risk of being crowned by a falling yak. Marital harmony resumed.

wish I was taller, this does work but I still struggle. Worth putting both windows down on the same side as your lifting as it can get a bit of a wriggle on and I have nearly done the windows twice. it is the only product that I have found to help with loading a kayak on your own and I am a woman of 5,2 and using a regular family car. Easy to fit and stows away within itself.

Strong enough and fairly easy to mount but a few sharp edges , watch your boat and your fingers , and you’ll will need a screwdriver or similar to push the sliding arm retainer button catches in as they are stiff and difficult to access . 7 out of 10 .

This completely exceeds my expectations. I can easily raise my two man kayak on and off the roof bars without assistance and with minimal effort. Having read reviews I place a towel on the side of the car but can say the kayakhas never touched the side of the vehicle. Great buy, should have bought one years ago.

Not strong enough for a sit on top fishing kayak. The bar bends and then won't go back in without pulling it out and straightening it. Also the sharp "stop" on the end of the bar scored my kayak quite deeply. I have since put rubber over it but will find another way of loading my kayak as this just isn't strong enough.

I have used this over the last couple of weeks, great bit of kit. Fitted to my Transporter, makes getting to kayak on the roof so easy.

Warum diese sehr praktische Bootsaufladehilfe bei Amazon als „iPhone-Hülle“ überschrieben wird, weiss ich nicht! 🤔 . Mit ihr lässt sich auch ein Kajak mit über 20kg noch leicht alleine auf den Auto- Dachträger heben! Sebst wenn es sich bei dem Auto um eine SUV oder Minivan handelt. Kann ich nur weiteremfehlen!

Enables a female, 52 year-old kayaker to not depend on others!

Util

Mon canoë est un 2 places et demi, assez lourd car ancien et pourtant j'arrive à le mettre sur le toit seul grâce à l'assistant de charge qui a résisté à plus d'une dizaine de chargement sans montrer de signe de fatigue. Je recommande donc ce matériel.

Die Ladehilfe wurde innerhalb 4 Tagen aus Frankreich geliefert. Die Montage war mit dem beigefügten Material problemlos. Es fehlte allerdings eine Anleitung, im wesentlichen ist das Ganze aber auch selbsterklärend. In der Beschreibung fehlt eine Angabe zur Gesamtbreite des Hauptrohres, die sollte drin stehen. Da mein Hobie Mirage Breiter ist als herkömmliche Kajaks, ist der Auszugsarm etwas kurz, das Boot kann nur ganz vorne mit der Spitze aufgelegt werden, funktioniert aber trotzdem. Nur die zum Fahrzeug gebogene senkrechten flache Abrutschsicherung habe ich, damit das Boot nicht zerkratzt wird, nach Außen gebogen. Ich nehme den Auszugsarm ohnehin bei Nichtgebrauch aus dem Hauptrohr, zum einen aus Diebstahls Gründen, zum anderen, um Verletzungsgefahren auszuschließen. Außerdem war der Arm vom Lieferant/Hersteller gefettet, ich habe das Fett entfernt und den Arm etwas gepolstert. Update: Ich habe mir 2,--m. Stahlrohr in verzinkt als verlängerte Einschubauflage besorgt, somit kann mein Hobie jetzt auf einer breiteren Auflage angelehnt werden und das Rohr ist zudem in der gesamten Hauptrohrlänge eingeschoben, was maximale Stabilität ergibt. Das 2,--m.-Stück wird mit auf dem Dachträger transportiert.