My wife doesn't help. It's a "man" thing. But our previous canoe was an 18 foot Grumman aluminum and it weighed in just north of 70 lbs and that DID require both of us to get it on and off the van.
If you want to see our van go to "
www.RVForum.net"
Then "
Enter RV Forum" on left near top
Scroll down "
RV Message Boards" to "
Van Conversions"
Then open thread titled "
Thoughts About Van" and you will see 15 photos 2/3rds of way down thread. That is our van.
The RV Forum is mainly (99.9999%) about class A's. Sportsmobileforum.com is MUCH better for us B's.