Rear Receiver/ Bike Rack

[CWSWine]

We were researching the rack and Advanced Elements inflatable kayaks but a back injury put it on hold. We saw a couple of the more expensive Advanced Elements and was impressed with them, maybe not quite as good a solid but solved the storage problem.

[Second Chance]

We have a Sea Eagle two-person inflatable kayak and we're very happy with it. Then again, we may be older and less serious kayakers than you are...

Rob

[Rclbud]

I saw these racks on the back of an RV in New Mexico last winter. It looked really neat, but I think the whole thing was probably over the 300# limit for the receiver on the back of our Grand Designs. In addition, 12.5' kayaks mounted with the bow or stern a couple of feet off the ground would never make it under places lake we had to go through on US-20 coming east out of Erie, PA, earlier this week (going under a train overpass). I was worried about my 13' 6" clearance!

Rob

Speaking of clearance, I'm new to the whole RV thing... is there a good reference on line or in print for road clearance and roads to avoid ?

[WhittleBurner]

I have the Allstays app on my phone and tablet. It has road grade and bridge clearance searchable by state.
Also there is a great book, yes a real paper page by page book! That has all the grades and bridge heights. There is an east and west version.
http://www.mountaindirectory.com/shop/

[Second Chance]

Speaking of clearance, I'm new to the whole RV thing... is there a good reference on line or in print for road clearance and roads to avoid ?

We use the Garmin RV-760 GPS specifically designed for RVs. Once the rig parameters (weight, height, width, length, etc.) are entered in the GPS profile, it's supposed to steer you around these things. So far, it's done a good job for us (but I don't think it takes grades into consideration). The Mountain Directory is highly recommended by many. There is also a web site https://www.flattestroute.com/ that will tell you grades on any leg of a route.

Rob