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Old May 29, 2007 | 06:55 AM
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My first question.

As stated above I'm new here so please be patient. I have an 01 "X" thats a two wheel drive and 7.3 I use it for the wife's soccer mom duties and to tow our 35' camper. I would like to take a small alumminum boat as well have any of you guys put a boat on top of the excursion ? How does it work and how much does it cost ? thanks for your time folks.
 
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Old May 29, 2007 | 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by ho5tile
As stated above I'm new here so please be patient. I have an 01 "X" thats a two wheel drive and 7.3 I use it for the wife's soccer mom duties and to tow our 35' camper. I would like to take a small alumminum boat as well have any of you guys put a boat on top of the excursion ? How does it work and how much does it cost ? thanks for your time folks.
if you want to carry anything on the roof invest in a high quality aftermarket roof rack...the factory one sucks big time. a lot of guy remove the cross members (including myself) because they make contact with the paint and do so serious damage to the paint. I carried an extension ladder one time and until I get an aftermarket rack I'll never carry anything else up there again.
 
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Old May 29, 2007 | 08:17 AM
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ditto what XHunter said..... get a better after market one and you'll be fine. Just strap it down good.
 
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Old May 29, 2007 | 08:24 AM
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thanks guys, I've seen one set up that would actually load the boat with some kind of winch set up (I think) . Anybody know about this sort of thing ?
 
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Old May 29, 2007 | 08:00 PM
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I seen a Ram one time that had a front winch and bush bar that the guy had built a removable A frame that allowed him to run the cable up and over the top of his truck and load an aluminum boat upside down on top. Then he just left the winch line connected and held the boat down with a couple ratchet straps. Seemed to work okay.
 
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