Kim; How about when you don't have the cargo box up there. Does the top
go flying up and you have too ask someone plus yourself to hang on the
raise assist bar to get it down. I saw your set-up at the perkeomin
campout and put it on the to-do list. Now that i know the poundage and
length i may start the project. I may need a longer length strut because
it looks like my rack plate is a little more forward than yours. Is the
strut on yours fully extended.