Flat bottom fishing boat on your Ranger?

[Originalskibum]

Curious if anyone has put a boat rack to carry a 10-12ft flat bottom fishing boat on their Ranger?? I slide a 9ft pontoon boat in the back with the tailgate open now but one day would like to get a aluminum flat bottom to fish out of. Haven’t seen many Rangers carrying boats much and figuring out my options.


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[WhyNot21]

9' pontoon boat? Got any pic's?

 

[Originalskibum]

9' pontoon boat? Got any pic's?

 

[JimJ]

I’ve carried my pontoons in my last 3 Rangers and will with my 22 Super cab if it ever gets here. There are aluminum racks that will put the pontoon or aluminum pram above bed and cab.

 

[JimJ]

07 FX4 level 2. With outcast Pac900.

 

[VESH]

Check out almac boat loaders for inspiration. I’ve thought about DIYing something with some rollers on top of ladder racks, but until then I’m just rolling with an inflatable zodiac in the bed

 

[arbjosh]

Curious if anyone has put a boat rack to carry a 10-12ft flat bottom fishing boat on their Ranger?? I slide a 9ft pontoon boat in the back with the tailgate open now but one day would like to get a aluminum flat bottom to fish out of. Haven’t seen many Rangers carrying boats much and figuring out my options.


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[mgallo13]

here's my preferred transport method above

in regard to what you're looking for, it seems like you'd want it above the cab like in @RANGER PRIDE's post. That being said since I think your truck is right same configuration as mine:

1- before we had the trailer down from our house in upstate NY, I used to shove the ol' Child's Play (above) into my dads 6.5' bed f150. it was H E A V Y. I'm not sure I'd want to be lifting it above my head.

2- My boat is 13' long v-hull aluminum. At least half would be hanging over the tailgate and that seems like undue stress on the hull of the boat for a similar length boat

3- if you get a jonboat it'll be much lighter

Regardless i'd recommend a trailer- i'm 32 and lifting even what i'd call my small boat up into a truck bed was absolutely brutal.

hope this helps

 

[Originalskibum]

Haven't seen a Ranger do it, but I'm guessing this would be the required / preferred setup

Ya just started looking and saw the Yakima overhaul HD I think they are. Probably look into those ? nice setup

 

[Originalskibum]

here's my preferred transport method above

in regard to what you're looking for, it seems like you'd want it above the cab like in @RANGER PRIDE's post. That being said since I think your truck is right same configuration as mine:

1- before we had the trailer down from our house in upstate NY, I used to shove the ol' Child's Play (above) into my dads 6.5' bed f150. it was H E A V Y. I'm not sure I'd want to be lifting it above my head.

2- My boat is 13' long v-hull aluminum. At least half would be hanging over the tailgate and that seems like undue stress on the hull of the boat for a similar length boat

3- if you get a jonboat it'll be much lighter

Regardless i'd recommend a trailer- i'm 32 and lifting even what i'd call my small boat up into a truck bed was absolutely brutal.

hope this helps

Thanks for the info. I’ve toyed with the idea of a trailer for it. My only concern is there are a lot of lakes in my area I fish that are up on forest service roads and getting a trailer in is not a good idea. So the boat on a trailer will limit where I can take it. Think the Yakima rack is a option or a custom made rack.

 

[CP0861]

Thanks for the info. I’ve toyed with the idea of a trailer for it. My only concern is there are a lot of lakes in my area I fish that are up on forest service roads and getting a trailer in is not a good idea. So the boat on a trailer will limit where I can take it. Think the Yakima rack is a option or a custom made rack.

Keep in mind a small trailer is easy to move around....for a small boat, you could probably detach and move the trailer by hand if needed to turn around in tight spots. Also, if you carry it on a trailer, you can still take it off and launch by hand.

Otherwise, a bed extender comes in handy from time to time. I had one for my F150 and ordered the extender for my Ranger. They make handling extra length much easier....the extra distance helps. I don't use mine often, but I use it enough that over the long term, it's worth the couple hundred bucks.

 

[mgallo13]

Thanks for the info. I’ve toyed with the idea of a trailer for it. My only concern is there are a lot of lakes in my area I fish that are up on forest service roads and getting a trailer in is not a good idea. So the boat on a trailer will limit where I can take it. Think the Yakima rack is a option or a custom made rack.

the lakes i'm fishing in Jersey are like that- rutted dirt roads. Make sure the U-bolts are tight and give it hell LOL

They just paved all 3 launches in the wildlife area we fish- the actual ramps in the lake (submerged) remain mucky bs though.

Definitely seems like the yakima overhaul or something along those lines would be what you need.

 

[halligan1201]

Depending on the weight, something like this might work.
https://www.etrailer.com/Truck-Bed-Extender/Erickson/EM07605.html

 

[XLT and me]

If you fish a lot, I would think you are going to get awfully tired of hoisting even a small jon boat on and off a set of racks. It is do-able though, but if you don't have the boat yet, i would look into a square stern aluminum canoe for that purpose.

 

[Nopalito]

here's my preferred transport method above

in regard to what you're looking for, it seems like you'd want it above the cab like in @RANGER PRIDE's post. That being said since I think your truck is right same configuration as mine:

1- before we had the trailer down from our house in upstate NY, I used to shove the ol' Child's Play (above) into my dads 6.5' bed f150. it was H E A V Y. I'm not sure I'd want to be lifting it above my head.

2- My boat is 13' long v-hull aluminum. At least half would be hanging over the tailgate and that seems like undue stress on the hull of the boat for a similar length boat

3- if you get a jonboat it'll be much lighter

Regardless i'd recommend a trailer- i'm 32 and lifting even what i'd call my small boat up into a truck bed was absolutely brutal.

hope this helps

I want a little boat like that for sure

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