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Hi Guys,
I've posted a couple of times on here but not much, I currently have a 1989 Hilux single cab pickup which is excellent. I stuck a double passenger seat in it pretty much as soon as i bought it, but I still find myself wanting to carry more people sometimes, so much so that i've looked into fitting bench seats to the back (removable) - which then got me thinking do i want to look at a surf.
The main use of the my truck currently is for kayaking trips, where i'd want to have 5 people + 5 kayaks max on the roof, which should be fine (read the many posts about roof racks and foresee a homemade unistrut one!).
Since i'm in leicester currently and all the kayaking is in wales/the lakes etc (as are all my friends that kayak) I really want to retain the ability to have my kayak inside the vehicle until i get up to the lakes etc, this is fine in my truck (just fits in diagonally), but i want to know if it will fit into a surf before i really start looking for one. This leads me onto my real question:
Is there anyone in Leicester (or nottingham/coventry etc) with a 2nd gen surf that would let me see if I can fit my kayak inside (no metaphors lol) with the seats down?
Measurements are all fine and good, but the kayaks a pretty awkward shape, and i dont want to chance it. Incidentally it's 259cm long, 66cm wide and 34cm deep, and looks like this
Cheers, Ben
I've posted a couple of times on here but not much, I currently have a 1989 Hilux single cab pickup which is excellent. I stuck a double passenger seat in it pretty much as soon as i bought it, but I still find myself wanting to carry more people sometimes, so much so that i've looked into fitting bench seats to the back (removable) - which then got me thinking do i want to look at a surf.
The main use of the my truck currently is for kayaking trips, where i'd want to have 5 people + 5 kayaks max on the roof, which should be fine (read the many posts about roof racks and foresee a homemade unistrut one!).
Since i'm in leicester currently and all the kayaking is in wales/the lakes etc (as are all my friends that kayak) I really want to retain the ability to have my kayak inside the vehicle until i get up to the lakes etc, this is fine in my truck (just fits in diagonally), but i want to know if it will fit into a surf before i really start looking for one. This leads me onto my real question:
Is there anyone in Leicester (or nottingham/coventry etc) with a 2nd gen surf that would let me see if I can fit my kayak inside (no metaphors lol) with the seats down?
Measurements are all fine and good, but the kayaks a pretty awkward shape, and i dont want to chance it. Incidentally it's 259cm long, 66cm wide and 34cm deep, and looks like this
Cheers, Ben
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