I am also a happy user of Yakima racks. I use one Outdoorsman upright and one Q Clip on top of the cab.



I bought my outdoorsman used and they do come up for sale occasionally. Not mine: yakima pick up rack

I've got a Thule system after holding off for many years searching for the perfect system.

I wish I would have gotten it much sooner.

I have long canoe. A Souris River 18.5.

I dont haul my canoe that often. I built a rack for the back of the truck and use foam pads for the roof of the truck.

I also use the hood tabs to tie the front of the canoe down.

Sold that truck 5 years ago, but still using it on my GMC. I think I bought the set up about 10 years ago and it's still going strong. 78" bars fit two tandems nicely.

Forgot to mention; I now have actual towers on the front rack. Nissan is stupid and their trucks are unrackable due to the rain gutter design. The 4x4's worked, but I'd get a little nervous driving 75 mph on the freeway.

I am using an Adarac truck rack, the towers can be taken off and leaving the main frame on, also can use this with my tonneau cover.
I had some Yakima gunwale brackets around from my last car, I cut out the center of them and they fit perfect on the Adarac bars.
The price for this rack I thought was very good on Amazon.
Tom

Careful about telling Chuck you may be hauling more than two canoes, he may get carried away.

I previously used an Extend-a-Truck rack in my receiver hitch with a simple bar rack over the cab. However, I recently found myself needing to simultaneously tow a trailer and carry a canoe. I went with this option. While a bit spendy, I've been very happy with it so far. Easy to install with no drilling, simple to set up for carrying a canoe, and folds quickly out of the way when not needed. As a bonus, it doubles as a headache rack.

Detail K2 Flip Rack

Everytime I see this thread title pop up I think solicitation is involved.....

Had an old lumber rack laying around. I had to cut it apart and re weld it to fit this half ton truck. I still have a rack that mounts to the truck hitch receptacle and cross bars mounted to the truck cab. I will not use that rack for long distance travel. On a trip to the BW I will put on around 6000 miles. If you have a mounting system that the canoe mounts to the bed of the truck and also the cab roof, watch when you hit a bump or cross a railroad track at an angle. your truck cab will torque one way and the bed the other way. That's what is happening to your canoe also. I guess on a short trip its no big deal. In my case I don't think its a good idea. The lumber rack eliminates that torque problem.
I also always used ratchet straps as tie downs. However so many of you here use cinch straps I though I'd give them a try. I loaded the canoe and left it on the truck for a week, on all kinds of roads. Straps held just fine. This lumber rack will also eliminate the need for bow and stern tie down lines.