In a message dated 6/15/03 1:10:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
damoncampbellvw@yahoo.com writes:

> So there aren't any worries about catching air off a
> big alaskan frost heave, having the tire jump up and
> smash into something up there?  The first half of that
> situation i've been in before...
>
> and that damn snowboarder winnebago never caught me
> either. :-)
>
>

i removed the spring steel rods and replaced the rods w/ bolts where the
carrier hinge is.   and ive been running my van like that for 2 yrs w/ no problem.

chris