Posts made by Kellan Hatch

• Cartopping my Rowcruiser

  How I imagine it: How it really is:

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  Kellan Hatch
  6/6/25, 12:08 AM
• RowCruiser in Utah

  I also made a new thread that details how I store and transport my RowCruiser. You can see that here: https://angusrowboats.com/community/xenforum/topic/180042/cartopping-my-rowcruiser  

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  Kellan Hatch
  5/28/25, 9:02 PM
• Cartopping my Rowcruiser

  To unload, I just reverse the process. Here's one more thing I found to be very useful. I bolted two vynil coated cable loops under the hood, so I can bring them out and tie twin bow lines to them...

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  Kellan Hatch
  5/27/25, 4:49 PM
• Cartopping my Rowcruiser

  Then I continue to roll it up onto the roof... ...until it reaches the balance point and I tip it up on with one hand. Note the two angled pieces of wood that displace some of the load to the...

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  Kellan Hatch
  5/27/25, 4:41 PM
• Cartopping my Rowcruiser

  Then I engage the winch to lift the front of the chassis up to the rack. The small wheels at the back allow it to roll forward. At this point I remove the temporary wheels (even though they have...

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  Kellan Hatch
  5/27/25, 4:38 PM
• Cartopping my Rowcruiser

  To load the boat, I hand wheel it up behind the truck... ...run the cable under the handlebar to the back end and run it through the block (which is easily popped off and back on)... ...then ...

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  Kellan Hatch
  5/27/25, 4:35 PM
• Cartopping my Rowcruiser

  Everything is loaded/unloaded with a Harbor Freight BadLands winch plugged into the trailer hitch receiver, with wires that are temporarily clipped onto the vehicle battery. I built a custom woo...

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  Kellan Hatch
  5/27/25, 4:30 PM
• Cartopping my Rowcruiser

  Here are some details about the process. The garage winch is designed for lifting roof tents off Jeeps. It is a product made by my across-the-street neighbor's family company. The great thing abou...

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  Kellan Hatch
  5/27/25, 4:22 PM
• Cartopping my Rowcruiser

  The whole boat/chassis combo is lifted onto my vehicle with a DC winch, and up to the roof of my garage with an AC winch. No lifting is required for either operation. Once it's lifted into pla...

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  Kellan Hatch
  5/27/25, 4:12 PM
• Cartopping my Rowcruiser

  Here's the RowCruiser on the chassis, where it remains at all times except when afloat. The chassis doubles as a launch ramp dolly, and the boat remains on it from storage to transport to launch.

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  Kellan Hatch
  5/27/25, 4:03 PM
• Cartopping my Rowcruiser

  There is a set of wheels that are quickly added and removed with four simple latches.     The positioning of the wheels makes it easy to roll the boat around with little effort.

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  Kellan Hatch
  5/26/25, 10:41 PM
• Cartopping my Rowcruiser

  My entire system revolves around this goofy gizmo. Let's call it the chassis:

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  Kellan Hatch
  5/26/25, 10:38 PM
• Cartopping my Rowcruiser

  I started my RowCruiser project with the two initial requirements. I wanted to be able to:      1) transport it on top of my Tundra, and      2) store it on the roof...

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  Kellan Hatch
  5/26/25, 10:36 PM
• RowCruiser in Utah

  @Colin Angus Thank you, Colin. That is the ultimate compliment. And thanks for making it possible! Thank you too, Tony.

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  Kellan Hatch
  5/26/25, 10:33 PM
• RowCruiser in Utah

  Finally on the water! My friend who was going to take photos had to bow out, so this is all I have so far:   Then it was back in the shop to make some additions and adjustments. Onve th...

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  Kellan Hatch
  5/22/25, 4:32 PM
• RowCruiser in Utah

  Here's what I used: https://www.amazon.com/Creatyi-Flexible-T-Handle-Engineering-Machinery/dp/B075YD6PSV/ref=sr_1_15_sspa?s=hi&sr=1-15-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9tdGY&psc=1  

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  Kellan Hatch
  4/17/25, 9:17 PM
• I bought a b̶o̶a̶t̶, I mean a pile of plywood and epoxy

  I'm glad to see you're back at work, Thomas. There were many days I cursed myself for being too impatient to wait for things to warm up. I hear you about how unpleasant bending over to work on the ...

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  Kellan Hatch
  4/11/25, 2:06 PM
• RowCruiser in Utah

  And that's about it. I guess I'm pretty much finished, apart from a few ongoing tweaks and touchups! My reward is a pat on the back, self administered. Of course, nothing is perfect, but over...

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  Kellan Hatch
  4/10/25, 7:44 PM
• RowCruiser in Utah

  I used eyebolts to secure the ourtrigger. These are just general connect points. For instance, if I want to plop a galley box down on the outrigger while I'm at anchor I can secure it to these with...

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  Kellan Hatch
  4/10/25, 7:41 PM
• RowCruiser in Utah

  I took a clue from Marty Loken and added oarlocks to the forward cockpit bulkhead for stowing the oars while at anchor.          

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  Kellan Hatch
  4/10/25, 7:38 PM