Comments on: DIY Garage Kayak Racks: Fast, Frugal, and Effective

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:16:09 +0000

@K&K: Yeah, I thought about doing that too, but I ended up with this solution because it puts no extra stress on the frame.

Like I said in the article, “As it turns out, my solution took more time to conceptualize than to implement. The design is incredibly simple, but perfectly effective.”

By: kayaksandkayaking

kayaksandkayaking — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:14:57 +0000

Look great – I plan on building a rack like this for my kayaks one day, but hadn’t thought of using bungees like this. I had thought about hanging the kayaks by their cockpit coamings, but your method doesn’t appear to put unusual stresses on the frame.

By: Live for Improvement

Live for Improvement — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:04:18 +0000

Going vertical with storage is definately the way to go!

You should see my garage linked below.

-Dan Malone-

By: ViejoVizcacha

ViejoVizcacha — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:31:51 +0000

Hey Matt, your #5 was me! YOU made me feel proud of BEING ME. I think I speak for all of us that overcome the depression that push us to trade that 30% savings of joy for “weekends of leisure” as bodark put it.

By: John DeFlumeri jr

John DeFlumeri jr — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:49:46 +0000

Hey those saved a lot of space in the garage! Not expensive either. Thanks for the reminder that we can do things ourselves cheaply. We just say we don’t have the time, etc.

John DeFlumeri Jr

By: bodark

bodark — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:47:23 +0000

With no embillishment, I have: replaced Central Heat and AC, leveled foundations, changed windows, moved 220 lines, replaced over head doors (including the reportedly deadly torsion spring), along with many other random home and auto projects….

I have no license, no formal training and every tool I own is at home depot (my day job in case your are drawing a correlation is Pension Plans, so sorry at a keyboard all day like most of us). Savings?? Rounded out, you save 30% on a job you do yourself. Which means you can spend the extra savings on the “upgraded” dishwasher, and ensure the craftsmanship is perfect as your patience level.

Contractors and mechanics are in business, that’s why you are encouraged to “Leave it to the professionals”. But there is also some value in the professionals, Your Saturday! The 30% savings can also buy you many weekends of leisure, rather than 15 trips to Home Depot.

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:56:25 +0000

@geo: Ha ha! No kidding right?

By: geo

geo — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:05:24 +0000

Forget the kayak rack. Throw a coat of primer on those garage walls already!

By: hanna

hanna — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:51:54 +0000

We do almost everything ourselves from roofing our house, remodelling, constructing buildings. We purchased a frontloader/backhoe tractor, and it makes everything doable such as digging foundations, etc. We even dug out the side of our hill to install a hot tub. Very cool. It’s saved us thousands. I’ve also made money on the side by selling my book collections. I made over 100 dollars selling textbooks and books to http://www.mybookcart.com. You have to be creative and not afraid of hard work to save and make money.