by moxie50 » Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:32 pm
Hi everyone, I just joined on the spot after stumbling across this great site so I could wax enthusiastically about our "TC Teardrops" 5x8. Sorry I'm not so up on adding pictures, ours looks much like these folks' unit, but is less tapered in the back, theirs must be 5x9 or 10. We met Todd and Carole (TC-get it?) at the Canoecopia paddling show in Madison WI a few years back, and my wife, who always saw herself in such a craft went crazy! We could actually afford this!!! What a great way to travel with our kayaks. These two people are more like family now than "the manufacturer" we even camped with them as they showed us the ins and outs of the sea caves of the Apostle Islands National Seashore (Lake Superior). No previous connections prior to first meeting them at that show, I might add. We have also towed to Savannah, Georgia and Charleston. We tow with a 2000 Honda Prelude, a 200 hp four cylinder. I drive too fast, and have found myself as high as 95 mph WITH the kayaks, you don't even know the "rig" is back there. Look at the customer pics of the 5x8s on their site, our red/red combo is slick!!
Talk about accomodating, they had us meet at a location they were already going to, cutting four hours off our drive to take delivery. We live near the IL/WI line between Lake Geneva WI and Fox Lake IL Just let me know if you would like to see ours. I may not be on this site often enough for a PM to be effective, call me on my cell (Jay), 815-861-5866. Ours has been outside through two Illinois winter, no leaks or chipmunk (etc) intrusions. These units ar not fancy, but boy does ours do the job we want done. If you need mahogany with turned maple spindles etc, go pay three time more. Stained, the special plywood they use looks very nice. We couldn't be happier.
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