: If you have a tow bar hookup, you could put a rack on that and a
: cheap rack on the cab. You might want to check out Barrecrafters
: or some of the companies that make ladder racks. I don't have a
: cap on my p/u and I use ladder racks with the foam kayak saddles
: taped to the cross bars and then the yaks strapped down to the
: cross bars. I have seen a lot of p/u's with caps and a ladder
: rack on top. Good luck.

: Charles Robinson

Years ago, before the Yakima's and Thule's were widely available I made a T bar for the reciever hitch on my then pickup. Used a bicycle rack adapter that fit the reciever and then crafted the rest from 3/4" square steel tubing. Worked fine (even with my lousy welding) and was cheap. That and a cheap roof rack on the cab worked for many years. Could manufacture a simple crossbar for the cap just as easily.

That said, the minicell foam canoe supports work fine if you're not going to be going at freeway speeds.

Bill H.