Outdoor Kayak Rack Design Pvc
It doesn t take up much space and is super easy to toss your kayaks onto it.
Outdoor kayak rack design pvc. I have a 14 6 canoe that i want to put on top with kayaks on the bottom. Decided to change the design on the fly and walked out with 3 10 foot 3 pipes and fittings. This design utilizes simple pvc parts and a little bit of duct tape for a storage rack that is not only cost effective and lightweight but is totally sturdy and capable of handling up to three of your most prized kayaks or canoes. Cut the pieces with a sawzall and had this pvc rack finished in a little over 2 hours.
Another plus is you don t have mount this to a wall or ceiling. If a 6 kayak rack is too much here s a compact 2 kayak storage rack with total weight capacity of 175 pounds. Here s an easy do it yourself kayak rack you can make in a couple hours. I changed up the design a bit by modifying the length of the pieces.
It will hold two kayaks and can be easily expanded to hold a third or more. Btw this pvc rack is quite lightweight. My widest kayak is 33 and the rack dimensions handle that very nicely with some room to spare. This kayak stand is light portable and affordable.
It s sufficiently sturdy for two or three kayaks light and inexpensive. Outdoor kayak storage rack. Most of the supplies can be purchased at your local big box home repair store the orange one but the 4 way tee s are only available online. As for materials you have several options.
We like this rack because it is easy to move around. In this video i show you all the parts and video instructions you need to build a diy pvc kayak rack. But our top pick for a durable versatile and function outdoor kayak storage rack is the rad sportz double kayak storage rack. You can see from the picture how i.
It seems very stable but if you are concerned about stability just use the bottom two racks for kayaks and the top racks for paddles. I can carry it by myself. Diy kayak racks can take many forms but the simplest is a box shaped frame divided into sections for each kayak. I built the rack for roughly 130 in material cost.
4 1 1 2 x 10 pvc pipe. I built this canoe kayak rack using schedule 40 2 inch pvc. While there are plenty of commercial solutions available most are prohibitively expensive difficult to use or require large amounts of wall space. My 100 diy pvc kayak rack with our newly acquired kayak collection storage has become an important requirement.
Other racks with a two kayak capacity feature a single piece design that will require two people to move successfully.