Kayak rack for Cybertruck?

[JD@T3Cyber]

Has anyone spotted a Kayak in a Cybertruck yet?
I'd like to know if I will be able to just put it in the bed and open the tailgate and secure it that way or if Tesla will make a rack or extension for the tailgate
in order to haul something longer. I'm still holding out on a ramp too, even if it's an option, I hope Tesla can pull that off.
If anyone has seen or has any knowledge of a Kayak rack or something similar please let me know.
Thanks.

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[Bill837]

Nothing spotted yet. Of course the bed with the tailgate down will work. But with those four rack attachment points on each side, I think the after market will be making stuff.

 

[ÆCIII]

The Sample Rack Tesla debuted down in Corpus Christi last May would probably work for Kayaks on top:

This rendering of canoes on a rack could also be what some are looking for. I'm hoping there will be plenty of aftermarket products developed within the first couple years after launch:

- ÆCIII

 

[SlegMD]

 

[davelloydbrown]

any bed extender that fits into the hitch mount will work to extend the bed. I made my own with tubular steel and extended my bed to 16' to carry a ladder.

 

[Red61224]

Has anyone spotted a Kayak in a Cybertruck yet?
I'd like to know if I will be able to just put it in the bed and open the tailgate and secure it that way or if Tesla will make a rack or extension for the tailgate
in order to haul something longer. I'm still holding out on a ramp too, even if it's an option, I hope Tesla can pull that off.
If anyone has seen or has any knowledge of a Kayak rack or something similar please let me know.
Thanks.

From a former member of the "Roof Rack Yacht Club" I now use a kayak trailer. Easier on the shoulders and no salt water dripping on the vehicle. I paddle a 19' Wilderness Systems and load up and go time is much quicker now.

 

[Crissa]

From a former member of the "Roof Rack Yacht Club" I now use a kayak trailer. Easier on the shoulders and no salt water dripping on the vehicle. I paddle a 19' Wilderness Systems and load up and go time is much quicker now.

This is a side point, but you may lose less range from a small trailer than putting them atop the truck.

So take that into mind, you're trading maneuverability for range when you put them up.

-Crissa

 

[Bill837]

From a former member of the "Roof Rack Yacht Club" I now use a kayak trailer. Easier on the shoulders and no salt water dripping on the vehicle. I paddle a 19' Wilderness Systems and load up and go time is much quicker now.

One benefit of the truck is that my non-towing wife can drop me one place and drive to pick me up at another. But I think a simple bed extender is the best cost benefit solution.

 

[WHIZZARD OF OZ]

any bed extender that fits into the hitch mount will work to extend the bed. I made my own with tubular steel and extended my bed to 16' to carry a ladder.

I get the idea of 'a ladder in your stocking' at Christmas.....just didn't think it was so hard to get a ladder in a Pick-up!

 

[Chris9702L]

The kayaks will be nothing. I’m planning

to go full Australian and put a 300lb boat on top of a rack I build!

 

[Red61224]

One benefit of the truck is that my non-towing wife can drop me one place and drive to pick me up at another. But I think a simple bed extender is the best cost benefit solution.

Years ago when I first got the boat I carried it on top of a Honda Civic Si, looked like an aircraft carrier balanced on top of a skateboard with overhang on both ends. Had orange flags on both ends especially for parking lot safety for pedestrians. Where I lived at the time I would just leave the boat on the roof for weeks and paddle in the mornings before going to work (night shift) and just Lather-Rinse-Repeat for days.

 

[cvalue13]

The simple production rack we’ve seen might work but presents a few challenges

that rack (really just two cross-bars) isn’t level, so securing it would be a little more important than usual

but maybe more questionable is the front of the kayak would be slanted skyward over the cab, turning the kayak into a wind-catch / kite.

see again RE securing, but also range effects

 

[PilotPete]

The simple production rack we’ve seen might work but presents a few challenges

that rack (really just two cross-bars) isn’t level, so securing it would be a little more important than usual

but maybe more questionable is the front of the kayak would be slanted skyward over the cab, turning the kayak into a wind-catch / kite.

see again RE securing, but also range effects

I thought about your point when I read this. But, rather than turn the kayak upside down on the rack, mount it right side up. Now you have the bow splitting the wind as it splits the water. Of course, there is still a range penalty, but it is likely to be leas than upside down,

 

[CyberGus]

I thought about your point when I read this. But, rather than turn the kayak upside down on the rack, mount it right side up. Now you have the bow splitting the wind as it splits the water. Of course, there is still a range penalty, but it is likely to be leas than upside down,

Plus, you now have room for a 6th passenger

 

[cvalue13]

I thought about your point when I read this. But, rather than turn the kayak upside down on the rack, mount it right side up. Now you have the bow splitting the wind as it splits the water. Of course, there is still a range penalty, but it is likely to be leas than upside down,

mall depends on the rig, of course

but implicit to my thinking was that securing the kayak to the truck, with it being on the slope of the roofline, would probably benefit from having the upturn of the bow ‘caught’ on the tailgate (if possible)

suppose it’s damned if do/don’t

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