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Today we are going to show you part number TH835PRO from Thule. What we have here is
our Hull-A-Port Pro Folding J Rooftop Kayak Carrier. So what this does is help you carry
your Kayak on your Thule load bars or factory load bars on your vehicle. What you see is
only half the kit we already have the other half assembled and installed on our vehicle.
The furthest right we have the cradle it self that holds the Kayak. These here are the clamps
that clamp it to the load bars. Next we have tie up straps to load the Kayak to the cradle.
We also have 2 sets of bolts here depending on what kind of load bar you have. This first
set is for Thule load bars and the 2nd set is for factory load bars. It also comes complete
with tie down straps to keep your Kayak pointing straight with your vehicle when your going
down the road
The first step of the installation is installing the hardware. It is pretty simple we just
the bolts right through here. Make sure they go all the way through to the bottom. You
have to move a little bit of the rubber and plastic to get it to seat in there completely.
Next we will install the clamps loosely install them really 2 or 3 turns at the most. Before
we install it we need to open it up and simply pull this lever out and it just swings out
and we can install it. Now we can just install our clamps and get even with the other one.
Then you can just tighten them down by hand. Next we can install our straps the first step
in that is to install our buckle protector. Which what it does is keeps the buckle from
scratching your car. Then install this strap through this little loop here at the bottom.
We will just leave it off to the side and put our rack back up. At this point we are
ready to load up our Kayak. Next we can go ahead and load up our Kayak. Once we have
our Kayak centered on the rack we will pull the
straps over from the backside to the front and run it through the loop then pull it tight.
Now
we will roll up our strap and push it in the small compartmen