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The set up is interesting, it was important for the customer to have his kayak centered over the length of the truck. To do so it was necessary to have a split rack system, meaning half the rack was mounted to the truck cab and the other half to the truck shell. We usually discourage people from this set up because the two separate platforms for the rack and the possible twisting between the two bars could cause stress for the rack, the load and even the attachment points. This was all taken into consideration before the install and it was decided to move forward. The rear bar is mounted to the shell using the Yakima Bolt TopLoader which allows use of the Q Tower when matched to the Q41 Clips, the front bar is a standard Q Tower-in-door-frame attachment. We had to do a bit of customization with the amount of load bar that extends beyond the Q Towers so that the Hullavator side would be equal, just a couple calculations and measurements got it set up perfectly. The Hullavator operated just fine on the Yakima RoundBar, when pulling the mechanism down you'd notice that one side of the Hullavator might tilt forward or backward some but when a boat is loaded the two halves would stabilize each other, so there's not problem with it.
Install352_lg
The set up is interesting, it was important for the customer to have his kayak centered over the length of the truck. To do so it was necessary to have a split rack system, meaning half the rack was mounted to the truck cab and the other half to the truck shell. We usually discourage people from this set up because the two separate platforms for the rack and the possible twisting between the two bars could cause stress for the rack, the load and even the attachment points. This was all taken into consideration before the install and it was decided to move forward. The rear bar is mounted to the shell using the Yakima Bolt TopLoader which allows use of the Q Tower when matched to the Q41 Clips, the front bar is a standard Q Tower-in-door-frame attachment. We had to do a bit of customization with the amount of load bar that extends beyond the Q Towers so that the Hullavator side would be equal, just a couple calculations and measurements got it set up perfectly. The Hullavator operated just fine on the Yakima RoundBar, when pulling the mechanism down you'd notice that one side of the Hullavator might tilt forward or backward some but when a boat is loaded the two halves would stabilize each other, so there's not problem with it.