HullAPort XTR Kayak & Canoe Carrier
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Versatile roof-rack muscle in the HullAPort XTR Kayak & Canoe Carrier
What Our Gearhead® Experts Are Saying:
"Ten minutes out of the box and my sea kayak was locked down. The StrapCatch means no more chasing straps on windy ramps, and folding flat boosts mileage on the drive home."
Weekend plans run smoother when loading boats is painless, so we trust the Thule HullAPort XTR to shoulder the heavy lifting. The fold-flat J-cradle pops upright with one lever, grabs our sea kayak, or stacks a friend's boat beside it, and straps click into place faster than we can say 'launch time.'
Details
- Fold-flat J-cradle hauls one or two kayaks securely
- Tool-free lever toggles from angled to upright stacking
- Works with most crossbars up to 80.5mm wide
- Carries one boat 75lb or two up to 130lb combined
- Integrated StrapCatch streamlines tie-down process
- Includes load straps plus bow and stern lines
- Locks to bars with Thule One Key System (sold separately)
- Arrives fully assembled for five-minute install
- Item #THUZ3LH
- Boat Capacity
- [J-cradle] 1 kayak, [stacker] 2 kayaks
- Locks Included
- no (sold separately)
- Compatibility
- Thule WingBar Evo, Thule WingBar, Thule Windbar Edge, Thule SquareBar Evo, Thule ProBar Evo, all load bars up to 80.5mm wide
- Part Number
- 848004
- Activity
- travel
- Manufacturer Warranty
- limited lifetime
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Overall Rating
5 based on 13 ratings
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Selecting an option will reload the available reviews on the pageAugust 9, 2025
Bien pensé
Facile à installer et à utiliser. S’installe en quelques minutes et se retire tout aussi facilement, donc aucune raison de laisser le tout en place quand on en a pas besoin. Bye bye le bruit des supports à kayak.
Originally reviewed on thule-us-ca
July 23, 2025
Awesome mount.
This mount is super easy to use and dont mess up the look of your car if you care at all. They are sturdy and I havent had anything break on me after using it more than ten times so far.
Originally reviewed on thule-us-ca
June 18, 2025
Kayak holders
Bought 2 of the kayak holders and they were so easy to assemble. Only problem we had and continue to have are the bow and stern cords. It didn’t really come with a racket like all the videos show. It’s been tough knowing how to assemble the cord to the piece they gave us. Still trying to figure it out. If anyone knows of a video that would be great. Excited to use these soon if it ever stops raining here in Maine.
Originally reviewed on thule-us-ca
September 21, 2024
Works as advertised
The Hull - a - port is easy to install. Takes a few minutes tops and holds my 10 foot kayak securely to the roof of my crosstrek.
Originally reviewed on thule-us-ca
May 22, 2024
Love the new attachment feature
Very happy with the new updated rack , the strap system used to attach the kayak rack to the load bars is a big upgrade from older models
Originally reviewed on thule-us-ca
July 10, 2023
Very solid product
Purchased 2 sets of the Hull-a-port for our Wrangler JK. Used the the Jeep brand cross bars and the Thule J hooks fit perfectly. Very easy to put on and take off the cross bars. Our kayaks fit perfectly on the Hulu-a-ports and are very secure. We paid extra for the best and we are not disappointed…would highly recommend and would buy them again.
Originally reviewed on thule-us-ca
July 5, 2023
Great kayak carrier
I have 3 of these carriers. They are solid, sturdy add-ons to my roof rack. One of my kayaks is an unwieldy 72 lb tandem. The design of the rack helps us slide it up on top and into the carrier.
Originally reviewed on thule-us-ca
June 28, 2023
Rock Solid
I Bought these racks for a 10 Hour trip to North Carolina. these things are absolutely rock steady. The steel Straps that attach to your cross bars don't slip a millimeter during transit. also the strap guide on the top bar of these racks are great so you can set the strap and fold it up without having to climb up on the car to do so. Very pricey as far as kayak racks go but worth every penny in piece of mind.
Originally reviewed on thule-us-ca
June 21, 2023
Hit and miss
Like another reviewer, I too have problems with the rack sitting flush on the load bars (evo). This results in the hull of the boat only making partial contact with the hull-a-port base pad. I assume these would work much better on the square bars vs evo. On the plus side, the straps are a nice upgrade from previous generation which uses a nut and bot to fasten to load bars.
Originally reviewed on thule-us-ca
May 24, 2023
Great Kayak Carrier and Thule Improved it.
The Hull-a-Port XTR is simple and easy to use. We've had one for years and recently purchased a second since we now have 2 kayaks. Thule have improved the two things that bothered me: the attachment to the rail and the clip to hold the tie-down straps. The new rail attachment uses a strap passing under the rail which works much better than the old pincer mechanism. On our old Hull-a-Port, the tie down strap would always fall out of the holder at the top of the loop, the new design fixes that problem by narrowing the gap.
Originally reviewed on thule-us-ca
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