Josh good review and information.
I have the Hully Rollers and the older set of Makos and I concur there is more hull or deck contact with Makos [ I have two 17' sea kayaks and normally used to carry them with deck down on my Tundra shell [deck down to protect thinner deck fiberglass from UV]. When Yakima was in Arcata CA I helped beta test the Rollers for them with my sea kayaks and my only complaint/suggestion was that the roller had a small contact on the kayaks and therefore created an area of flex/pressure on the kayaks over the long haul. Since most folks only used the roller mounts to make short runs to river or beach and not the long runs / long periods that I did, they kept the original design/size.
The issues I see are four fold in considering carrying my 55 lbs [each] kayaks on our Hawk ['05 Access Cab Tundra / '16 Hawk]:
#1 Getting the kayaks up and off the saddles/Yakima Tracs; especially in a wind.
#2 Would not attempt to raise or lower top with kayaks in racks; just me, I do not want to tweak the rigid roof going up or down regardless of whether I was using an inside lifting device [yet another item to stow and carry]. Nor would I off load and then re-load the kayaks at every camp site.
#3 We have the Zamp/FWC installed 160 w solar panel on the Trac...Kayaks would have to mount above this panel putting them several inches up in the air stream and more importantly they would shadow the solar panel.
#4 Since we primarily try to stay off road and often on rough roads overhead clearance and lowering CG is important for us; not to mention the jarring around anything high on the Hawk would be subject to.
[Carrying a ladder is a separate PITA; for snow I use the steps with climbing strap loops to reach and clear snow loads.]
Obviously these are just my opinions and experiences...others may need to carry loads on the roof, but not me.
Phil
Edited by Wallowa, 07 May 2017 - 04:58 PM.