

| Subject: | Re: Pop Top Racks |
| From: | Mike Covello |
| Date: | Fri, 3 Sep 1999 08:22:05 -0500 |
I have an '86 Westy with the Thule rain gutters. When I bought the car, the fellow had been routinely carrying 1 or two knacks with no problem. I've mounted their Adventurer luggage box and only taken a short 2 hr trip so far with no problems. I'll be adding a bike rack for the 700 mile pilgrimage to Watkins Glen next weekend. I'll be sure to report any/or no trouble. On our '86 Nissan Stanza 4X4 we lost the roof rack at 70 mph in the fast lane on I 495. Imagine how scary it is to look in your rear view mirror and seeing your rack of camping gear spinning off behind you! The rack spun around and came to rest on the shoulder. I use motorcycle tie downs to hold the stuff on the rack and they held the load together! Since we packed up the tent in the rain, the failure was probably due to the extra weight of the water still in the tent.
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