Thule Hullavator Pro I Lift Assist I Best On The Market? I Long Term Review I How Has It Performed?

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

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[@coralheads]

Thank you for sharing! I have been looking for ways to attach to RTT.

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

All good, thanks for watching

[@northeastdroneproductions]

Awesome review man. Ya covered everything. Nice man, have a great week, cheers :)

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

Thanks Matt

[@sweener88]

Love the channel! Would love a review of the roof top tent you have. Didn’t know you could put things on top of those clam shell types. Making me want to get rid of camper trailer so I can pull a boat instead haha thanks for the great content.

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

Hi Taylor, thanks for watching, look in my playlists under vehicle modifications etc and you will find a review of my Rooftop Tent

[@sweener88]

@@4WheelsOnTheRoad thank you!

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

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[@pennymackenzie7637]

I love mine- it is working great ---since 2008? Can't remember how long. The company replaced a gas strut free after 5 years.

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

Oh wow, nice they did that, I was not aware that was a thing

[@randomstuff53078]

I just intalled the 53" Thule wingbars on my new 2023 Honda CRV. Tomorrow I will add the Hullavator, but I'm really worried it's not going to work as I only ave 3.75 inches of overhang on the bar. I know they say 4 inch minimum, but I'm hoping I can squeek it out!

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

Wicked! They are fully adjustable in what position you put them in on the rack so you will be sweet. I moved mine a few times and ended up moving it to the point where, when it was down, it only missed my window by a few centimetres

[@randomstuff53078]

@@4WheelsOnTheRoad wow ! I appreciate that. I was hoping the 4” rule was just them being safe. I’ll try it out tomorrow! Thanks for the reply !

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

@@randomstuff53078 all good. Yeah they say that as it has some spring in it. You will see how it all works when you get your hands on it

[@randomstuff53078]

@@4WheelsOnTheRoad you were right .. I still had like Atleast 4 inches away from my door . I’m glad I don’t have to go out and get longer bars! Thanks for your help!

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

@@randomstuff53078 all good mate, enjoy your kayaking!

[@ursulathompson6875]

I have a 52 lb Virgo P&H, 14.5 ft. I currently have a showdown but I can't lift the kayak to have the bars in a straight line w/ the stationary bars on the car roof. Wonder if a hullavator would work? It looks like you still need to pull the kayak on its side when you start to get it off the roof. I see it goes down nicely then. When I'm putting it on the car , do I need to lift the kayak to get the hullavator to start working? Some say I should get a trailer, but I have a Honda Civic.

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

@@ursulathompson6875 it would do it easy. They are rated to 35 kg and yours is 25

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

@@ursulathompson6875 I kind of still need to lift mine up to put it on the hullivator because it's a 4wd with big tyres and a 2 inch lift also. On a smaller car like a civic it would be way easier

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

@@ursulathompson6875 you sort of lift the hullivator a tiny bit past the resting point at the bottom then the hydraulic takes over, you barely lift at all

[@larryborshard7824]

Great video, Mate! Sorry I'm just seeing this now that I bought two Hullavators for my Chevy Tahoe. Would like to have seen you rack your kayak from the ground to the top, but I still picked up several great tips I can use. Are those red clips part of the foot that holds your cross bars to the tent case top? They're not on my Hullavators. Not sure about mounting the Hullavators anywhere along the crossbars, since Thule instructions say mount to the ends of the crossbars;. If you need more side clearance, you use wider crossbars. Thanks again!

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

Gidday Larry, yep the red clips hold the racks to the mount that goes in the track on my rooftop tent. I spent a while working out where to mount the racks in terms of how far they come out from the side of the truck and found I only needed enough to give me space so they didn’t hit the side of the truck when they are down. I could have mounted them a bit further out to the side but no need. Thanks very much for watching and subscribing and feel free to check out more of the channel if you want to check out Australia. You may be interested in my Uluru series

[@misterlarryb]

Thanks for the speedy reply! I think I may have stumbled on another tip tonight while practicing with our Hurricane Pacer 16.5' kayak. It's pretty narrow and looks like it's sitting needlessly on the edge of the roof. I think for better weight distribution with less leverage on the roof rack, I'll see if I can move the outer cradle in towards the center along with the inner "adjustable" cradle. That should shift the kayak in towards the center of the roof. Hope that made sense. Thanks again!

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

@@misterlarryb the adjustment of them is so good hey!

[@Shocarnee]

Do you think the Hullavator could be used with a paddleboard? As in could it be secured properly or only suitable for kayaks.

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

it depends on the weight, it is rated to 18kg so if your paddleboard is 18kg or under then go for gold!

[@Beyondthebackyard-au]

As you know I recently bought some second hand. I find for my plastic kayaks they are brilliant. For my Kevlar mirage I lay foam down on the racks first because on mine the base is just too hard for me to want to risk rubbing the gel coat. The other thing is with the mirage it gets a real wobble on at 100km/h. I don’t know if this is a length thing. My plastic kayak is 4.2m the mirage is 5.8m. The unit itself seems to wobble a lot in its mounting bracket a bit. I don’t know if it’s just old and worn or what. But that’s what is wobbling the kayak, because the boat is firm in the cradle, it’s the actual hullivator joints that wobble. (Probably not explaining this well lol). Otherwise I find them great.

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

maybe its a combo of it being second hand and the light weight of it? or maybe just the weight and the length?

[@Beyondthebackyard-au]

@@4WheelsOnTheRoad true, the mirage is lighter even though it’s longer. I hadn’t thought of that aspect.

[@Dr_Footbrake]

Idk if you have worked it out, but I have seen comments on other vids complaining they’re no good for sea kayaks due to them being narrower & lower therefore not being able to secure them well with a tie down strap (to which I would say tie down to the roof rack itself like you would traditionally but anyway lol).

[@Beyondthebackyard-au]

@@Dr_Footbrake mine work well for my sea kayaks. I use a bow and stern tie down strap as well on kayaks longer than 5m which helps once you hit 100km/h. But every sea kayak I have put on has been high enough to strap down.

[@Dr_Footbrake]

@@Beyondthebackyard-au a lady I know has a 530 so next time I see her I’ll ask if hers gets speed wobs.

[@clnred]

What sort of rack is it? thats very clever with the red clips

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

It’s in the video title> Thule Hullivator Pro

[@matthewmidgley9775]

Beauty! So what type of roof rails did the thule hullavator pro attach too?? Are they the alucab roof rails?

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

they are on the Alu-Cab roof rails

[@katiatjoen1418]

@@4WheelsOnTheRoad Can the Hullavator be mounted on different rails? I have the standard Thule square bars with the Thule Edge clamps (old model)

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

@@katiatjoen1418 hi mate, it has an adapter base which bolts into the alucab channels. From memory the old Thule square fit onto a base which was for thin channels ?

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

@@katiatjoen1418 if you do have the thin channel on your rig I’m pretty sure Yakima do a bracket adapter which will work in your case

[@clnred]

You have the hulevator on a rhino rack?

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

Yep, rhino don’t make a side mount kayak loader

[@judecollett7004]

Hi i was told you couldnt use thule hullivator on rhino rack. I am hopegul from your video that i might be able to find adaptors that allow me to mount hullivator? I have jeep wrangler with rhino rhinorack. Thnx

[@2wheelsontheroad818]

nice

[@4WheelsOnTheRoad]

Thanks