Roof Rack For Kayak???

[2007YukonXL]

I read all of the posts on this forum and looked online and I cannot find the information I am looking for.

Does anyone have a suggestion for a Kayak roof rack?

The truck is a 2007 Yukon XL and it has the roof rack like is in the attached picture.

I bought two kayaks that are 12 feet long and 31 inches wide so I need a really secure roof rack system.

When you buy a system do you unscrew the existing roof rack and the use the OEM mounting holes to install a "landing pad" and then build up a system from there?

I see some systems that are 1600 bucks and that is way out of the price range.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

[Geotrash]

I read all of the posts on this forum and looked online and I cannot find the information I am looking for.

Does anyone have a suggestion for a Kayak roof rack?

The truck is a 2007 Yukon XL and it has the roof rack like is in the attached picture.

I bought two kayaks that are 12 feet long and 31 inches wide so I need a really secure roof rack system.

When you buy a system do you unscrew the existing roof rack and the use the OEM mounting holes to install a "landing pad" and then build up a system from there?

I see some systems that are 1600 bucks and that is way out of the price range.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!

I'm assuming you saw this thread, yes?

Kayak rack suggestions?

Those of you that have kayak racks on top of your rigs, what did you go with? I have a set of cheap Amazon kayak racks, that work fine, but aren't particularly confidence inspiring when driving on the highway above 65mph.

www.tahoeyukonforum.com

Get the right Yakima landing pads for the factory roof rack on your truck. Then you can buy used Yakima towers and crossbars bars from wherever to complete the base rack, along with the appropriate bar attachments for the kayaks you have.

The weak link in the factory rack is the crossbars. The roof rails themselves (the part that's bolted to the roof), are solid. So the solution I'm describing above lets you keep the factory roof rails and use stronger Yakima crossbars.