This is exactly the technique I have been using for over a decade now. So easy on the body.

Thanks for posting.. I am looking at acquiring a 60lb canoe and was wondering how to get it on my SUV by myself safely. This helped. Also subbed. Cheers!

This is a great video. You're right about the other videos. It's also usually young, built people doing it with no bush around to snag on half way. I'm 58 years old with a 40kg boat and often at some remote, uncleared trail up a riverbank, after some hard travel already. I will often tie a crosspiece between two trees at about chest height then lift the bow of the canoe up onto it, Then I can crouch under the yoke and just stand up. I do need a lighter boat though.

Thank you for posting this video. I have a heavy PE canoe and at times it can be a challenge handling it by one's self.

Thank you! Just bought a bit of a heavier one for my young kids and I and had no idea how I was going to do it myself!! You’re amazing

Nice One ... 😎 ... simple but effective ... CHEERS

This is very informative since I have a heavy canoe as well! Thanks for the posting.

Thanks for the tips. I just acquired a monster of a canoe (Old Town Bass Pro Poly 42" wide at center) It's a beast. This will help me for sure!

Thanks for a great tip for those of us who aren't "Hercules" and are concerned about our backs.

Pretty much, the best, useful vid, I've seen on this subject,,,,99 per cent of the time,,,I use just brute force,,,but this is well done,,,,great vid ,,,thanks!!!😎

This is very helpful to me! Thanks a lot and kind regards from Germany!

I always try to place the opposite end on grass or soft soil to prevent scuffing up the end too much.

Great video. To the point and no-nonsense. Thanks, I'm going to practice this.

Great information. Thanks 🇨🇦👍

Thank you so much. I just bought a heavy coleman canoe that I needed some advice with.

Excellent advice!

great vid .... straight to the point. I have beast of them all...... OLD Town Ojibway.. ... now shes heavy.. but such a wonderful Canoe for fishing etc.. plus almost impossible to capsize.. getting my Hue canoe in march .. i 🤗👍🤗🙏🤗👌🤗🤟🤗✌🤗🛶🤗🌄🤗💓

V useful for a beginner like me - thank you!

top tip mate thank you for sharing classsssssssssss

Brilliant! Thanks for posting!

A much better idea. Thank you so much.

I completely agree and would only chime in "keep your chin UP" as it is impossible to bend the back if he chin is up, that forces the person to use their legs for the initial pick-up. Like you say, better still, get some help. Another way is to back the vehicle up close to the upturned canoe. Pick up the front and slide it onto the racks, then go to the back, pick up the back and SLIDE it on, in this way you never lift the entire canoe at all.

Thanks for the tips

Great helpful video !

i enjoyed the narration thank you

Brilliant! Thank you!

That's a good way of doing it. Very easy.

Thank you!

I'm going to have to try this! I have a 16' fiberglass canoe and an injured back.

Thanks! 😁

Your a champ, great video

yah ... that will do it... that technique and a very soft blanket on the car roof ( in my case i use those sponge car tops ) to land and push /position the canoe is just what i need .... thx m8t - after the canoe is settle i lift canoe and remove blanket ( put it away for next time )....

Yes I use this method

Thanks!

it's very helpful. most video show people doing the weight lifting like the olympics. whichs is very hard to do and can easily break a back. I try today to see if I can do it.

Thanks....This is how I've been doing it but I still struggle when at the back as the canoe twists side to side easy, if you don't get the balance exact. I ned to find soft ground to practice on!

Very good.

For heavy canoes do the same action but farther towards one end while resting the opposite end on the ground ,then walk it onto your shoulders. This way you never have lift the whole canoe while getting it on your shoulders. This is the method muskokan elder canoeists do it.

What did you say about tying off painters?😉😉😎

So… Mine doesn’t have a yoke, just a middle bench. How to go about things then? It’s 40 kilo so I can barely lift it.

Mine just keeps flipping over

Way easier than the back breaking method

Man,wish I saw this last week. Had my canoe crunch my neck. Not a good time

i have noticed all the "canoe life" vid are of "heavy" 50lbs canoes( LOL! thats a lite boat!) try that shit on a Old Town Tripper

my ply 16footer weighs 50 Kg's i can just lift it off the ground

first get a belt

Thank you!