That is awesome. Great job. This gives me a idea how to make one. Thank-you.

Great idea, instead of a front bumper mount winch which you would need to store I would weld a horizontal aluminum A-frame over the cab with support gussets from the front hoop and install pulleys to a winch installed on a horizontal cross member welded between the front hoop supports. This serves two purposes. It would protect the cab from accidental impact and allow you visually to see all moving parts. If the winch is mounted into a 2" receiver block it could be moved to the rear hitch point or otherwise to increase functionality. You could add outboard off road lights to the front hoop and under the A-frame as well if desired. Everything could easily be lifted off in two pieces for full functionality of the truck when not boating. Cheers

That is awesome!. Just throw a big tarp over it or buy a cheap tent from craigslist, cut out the floor, throw it over the top and you have truck bed tent with room to stand up. Brilliant!

I Had a Lund WC-14 with a 15 HP Johnson 2 stroke motor. It was fun.

That is one heck of a setup!

Thanks for video Im going to add the same trac rac to my duramax.The rollers is a great idea ,I think you should move your rollers up front in about 2 to 3 inchs to protect your roof from damage. I sure you done this already thanks

Genius idea, but a $400 Harbor Freight trailer might be a better idea and an easier way to launch also.

If you move the boats lash points forward, that will move the pivot point forward too. This will keep more of the boat hanging off the back of the rack as the boat pivots to the horizontal position, and that will help things stay controlled and ease the lowering process.

Don’t stop

Eide used to make these but you didn't need a front winch; they weren't that expensive either .You didn't even need to touch the boat once the snaps were connected it just did basically the same as this system but it was somewhat faster too

You could also tie a line ("painter") to the bow of the boat before lowering it and pull against the winch instead of having to get up into the bed of the truck and pushing it over. I'm trying to adapt this system to my 16' canoe (built to take a small motor on it's stern) and raise the canoe bottom up to the top of a contractor's rack on my '96 B2500 V10 D0dge! PS: Ignore the nay-sayers... whatever works!

If you’re not an engineer you might have missed your calling 😀. Great rig

Awesome!

Neat I think a bed extension for kayak that goes in the receiver and just pulls the boat up in the bed of the the truck would be far more efficient. That looks like a pain.

Got to love getting fish guts water all over you. System looks sweet. Best part is no wife assistance needed LOL

Nice setup. Thanks for sharing. Safe travels. Thumbs/Like.

Will the Lund WC12 fit inside the truck box

Way cool! I need to build one!

Great job! Gave me some ideas for mine. Thx

Very Cool

very nice good job

I have a Jon boat I throw on my ladder rack as well. Do you get sway when semis are passing or if you're too close behind with the boat up top? I tow a camper with the boats on the rack and the wind off the semis seems to start wiggling the boats because of the flex in the ladder rack. I have been thinking about support beams between the two racks to stop this.

awesome

Looks fine...will it work on windier days?

What happens on a windy day?

Hey just wondering where you got your truck racks? I'm looking for a similar set to load a canoe on my F350 and a friend of yours (Bigair01) suggested I ask you.

did mine 75bucks don't have to lift boat (stop it going sideways at start) goes on top of 4x4 just locks in done tie it on of u go ..put motor on ladle on back of 4x4

Where did you get those rollers that you mounted to your rack? I'm going to build a similar setup. Thanks for the video.

Very nice Idea!! What size motor do you put on your boat....

Too much screwing around. The original boat loader with four ropes is far superior. One I built for my 97 F150 was low profile, still fit in my standard seven ft high garage door.

Good job but in my estimation... that is simply too much b.s. to go through everytime you want to use the boat. Not only loading it and unloading it but you have to do the same with the outboard motor and everything that you want in the boat to go fishing with. Just get a trailer instead and put a camper on your truck.

That's way too much BS time and pain in the butt, get a used trailer and be happy.

just buy a trailer and be done with it

Not very good. Keep working Bro.