How to Make a Free Standing Kayak Holder

Kayaks -- even small play boats -- are cumbersome and take-up space. In addition, they are relatively heavy. If you have several, finding space to store your kayaks is a chore. If you want to avoid leaving them laying around, or drilling holes into the studs of your house or garage for hanging ropes, a free standing holder is a solution. A free standing holder is designed to store your kayaks in a stack and can be pushed up against the wall and out of the way.

Things You'll Need

  • 57 feet of angle iron
  • Carpenter's square
  • Tape measure
  • Grinder
  • Welder
  • Safety glasses
  • Welding gloves
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Instructions

    • 1

      Cut three 3-foot sections of angle iron and two 7 1/2-foot lengths with the grinder. Lay the two 7 1/2-foot sections parallel, three feet apart. Put one three foot piece in the center of them, perpendicular. This connects the two 7 1/2-foot pieces. Place the two other 3-foot sections at the ends of the 7 1/2-footers. The effect will be a large rectangle divided in the middle. Square and weld the five pieces of angle iron together.

    • 2

      Cut four pieces of 1-foot angle iron. Place the four pieces across the four corners of the rectangle. By doing so, you are creating four triangles, one at each corner of the rectangle. Square and weld the four sections to the triangle. These triangles provide structural stability for the rectangle.

    • 3

      Position the rectangle upright, at a 90-degree angle to the floor, resting on one of the 3-foot sections. Cut and weld two 6-foot sections to the bottom of the rectangle. Place them flat on the ground, perpendicular to the rectangle, with each 6-foot section divided evenly by the weld that attaches them to the rectangle. These two sections act as feet. Your rectangle is now standing upright. Cut and weld four 1-foot sections of angle iron. Weld the pieces at 45-degree angles from the four foot sections to the rectangle, two in the front, two in the back of the triangle. These triangles give the feet structural stability.

    • 4

      Cut eight 2-foot sections. Weld four on the right side of the rectangle and four on the left side, all facing forward, 90-degrees to the ground and evenly spaced at 1 1/2-foot intervals. Weld the first pair 1 1/2-foot down from the top of the rectangle. At 1 1/2-foot intervals, the bottom pair of arms will be 1 1/2-foot up from the floor. Horizontally slide the kayaks into the rack, parallel to the face of the rectangle.