Guys, thanks!  Since I have three vans - I'm going to make up some of
these tomorrow - not that they ALL need them now. Only one does. But it
seems to make sense to be prepared.

John

On 12/22/2012 6:46 PM, Stephen Grisanti wrote:
> John,
> The ones I cut for my Westy are from 1" OD PVC, 8.125" long.  However, I
> never actually got them installed because I bought two new "strong"
> struts that hold the hatch up well, still after six years.
> Incidentally, the new ones support the hatch with an empty Saris Bones
> bike rack on it, but not with a bike on that rack.  The PVC struts might
> help with a bike's weight but I have not explored this yet.
>
> Stephen
>
> --- On *Sat, 12/22/12, JRodgers /<jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
>     Subject: PVC Hatch Support
>     To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>     Date: Saturday, December 22, 2012, 11:41 AM
>
>     Anybody got the dimensions for this handy device??
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     John
>