Upgraded Heavy Duty RV Truck Kayak Rack - Vertical SUP & Kayak Carrier for Secure Transport - Perfect for Camping, Road Trips & Water Sports Adventures

I'm a 5'4" lady that didn't want to try putting a kayak up and down off the roof of my car. I was able to assemble this rack by myself and load my 10' kayak on it solo and it went fine, and will only get better with more experience. There are several different mounting holes for the bottom rack. Depending on the height of your car hitch, make sure you leave enough clearance at the bottom for your kayak to not hit the ground, and take extra care over speed bumps or rough ground.The instructions to assemble it aren't bad. They don't include instructions on how to attach the stabilizer plate over the hitch, but that's the same as on any other rack you might put on a car, so you can google it.They include two pieces of sticky-back black foam padding to line the carrying racks. One piece of the foam fit almost perfectly onto the upper U shaped rack, I had to trim it a little bit. The other piece was not long enough to completely line the interior of the two bottom compartments.In the last two pics, you can see that their included foam padding provides very little padding, so foam noodles or pipe insulation foam will provide me more peace of mind on that.They include two black caps for the pipe ends of the upper U shaped rack, but they fall right out. My husband super glued them in. I'll have to check tomorrow in daylight to see if they stayed in after our drive with the rack and kayak.The ratchet straps seem like a good quality. I've only driven this about 10 minutes from my house to the lake, but it was really stable feeling.I oriented the kayak so the inside was facing to the back, for better wind flow over the strapped down kayak. This kayak weighs about 40lbs and I was pleased to be able to load an unload it solo.