Is it strong enough to hold up to a Huli on the beach/rocks?
rawkfish:
--- Quote from: Spot on June 27, 2009, 08:49:26 AM ---Is it strong enough to hold up to a Huli on the beach/rocks?
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yeah, I don't really think it would take to rocks very well. I have huli'd on the sand a couple of times since I built it and it has held up pretty well so far. I imagine a direct hit with the sand might bust it a little. I have thought about this a little though and it makes me appreciate the fact that it's PVC. I imagine(or lets just say I hope! ::) ) that if it took a decent hit, it would probably bust the legs of it or the reduction fittings that sit in the base fittings. These would be a fairly inexpensive fix as long as it is only a couple of pieces that break. I'm always looking for input though to try and make it stronger. I imagine it could be made much stronger with some other materials, I just don't have a lot of tools at this point so PVC works for now.
ZeeHawk:
Yeah I think you're on to something there yakinitup. I'd much rather the rack take the hit and break as opposed to it staying tough and putting a hole in your yak.
Z
ConeHeadMuddler:
Zee, thats a great idea. Just have an engineered weak point in the legs that will be the most likely break spot, and have it on a short section of pvc that is threaded and screwed on inline (2-piece or even 3-piece legs), so that the broken pieces can be unscrewed/removed and replaced with a new section.
I've got the slide-track system on my Tarpon 140 (tracks running along top of each side of rear well), so I'm thinking of maybe coming up with something that will attach to slide-track fittings.
--- Quote from: Zee on June 27, 2009, 11:59:56 AM ---Yeah I think you're on to something there yakinitup. I'd much rather the rack take the hit and break as opposed to it staying tough and putting a hole in your yak.
Z
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JerryFloridaKayakFisher:
Beautifully explained and illustrated.
I'm wanting to get rid of my milk crate. It's sort of tacky, I think.