by "Bill B" <ibhere@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Aug 8, 2008 at 11:51 AM
you aren't using ratcheting straps are you?
They apply more pressure than you realize and could bend a boat without
too
much trouble. I use webbing with cam-locks. Drive a couple miles then stop
and check tightness. Stuff moves around riding on racks, any rack.
Bill B
"KingOfTheApes" <comandante.banana@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> I've thought it about it that way, but the plug works like the cap on
> an empty plastic bottle: Take it out and you can crush it.
>
> So my new kayak was bent when I forgot to put the plug and we sat on
> the wrong place. Luckily the dealer gave us the right advice, which is
> to plug it back on and let the heat expand it. Great!
>
> Another secondary question is, if the kayak stays in the sun should I
> leave the plug on or will it "cook" it? The second time it bent is
> when I was trans****ting it, and I cinched it without the plug and it
> bent again. Same solution as above.
>
> I hear they get bent our of shape when trans****ted on racks with tight
> straps...
>
> Thanks!
