

| Subject: | Re: Roof Racks |
| From: | Don Hanson |
| Date: | Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:59:11 -0800 |
+1 on the Quick N Easy brand. I have a bike rack from Yakaima that is mounted on my rear hatch for my bikes but I also sometimes need to carry heavy long lumber, ladders, re-bar, sailboards, etc. I have a set of Quiick N Easy towers with yellow cedar, painted.... 2x4 cross bars, some galvanized eye lag bolts screwed into the edges to make tying stuff on easier. Quick N Easy really are quick and easy to mount up on the roof. With some gutter adapters, they'd go on a pop top, too....They attach with a cam-lever that is much quicker than Yakima or Thule. A quick snap, and they're on with the proper tension, etc.... The Quick n Easy is meant to use with a galvanized water pipe cross bar but I adapted mine for stronger and easier on the load wooden cross bars. I know the OP was about racks for a pop top, but later it was mentioned about bike carrying. Here's a link to my solutions for that..and other stuff I've done on my low roof camper... https://picasaweb.google.com/112899774170781374478/VanagonMods?authkey=Gv1sRgCJnj78ukqaPufw# Don Hanson On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Kevin Gilbert <kggilbert@myactv.net> wrote: > If you don't mind going old-school, a set of fake rain gutters, > attached with a wide flat backing plate on the inside of the pop-top, > plus 4 Quik-N-Easy brackets (@$30-40/set) and your choice of 2x4s for > crossbars. I use an oak or ash handrail for the aerodynamics. :) > > My fake rain gutters have been permanent since '89. I routinely haul > hefty Royalex whitewater canoes, up to 3 at a time, not the light- > weight rotomolded squirt kayaks people stuff inside their vans. The > racks easily pop off when not in use. > > If style and high price is more important, Thule or Yakima are fine > products. > > Kevin > > > On Dec 19, 2012, at 9:26 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > > Roof top Racks >> >
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