I have a "Rail-N-Rack." on my pickup. The installation looks good. However, you have to use the saddles provided by Rail-N-Rack which mount on a square bar. I understand that the saddles are not the greatest. I had intended to put Hully Rollers on my rack. Hully's, (by Yakima) fit onto a variety of racks, but not onto square bars. Niether Yakima, nor Rail-N-Rack provided any further assistance as to brackets that would mount the Hully Rollers. I drilled holes in the bar and mounted the hully rollers to the rack. The metal on the Rail N Rack was not too substantial.... after drilling through it, the metal looked as though it had been made first from iron beads which were press rolled into an iron sheet, and then formed to make the square bar. This would be very vulnerable to rust. Secondly, now that the hully rollers are bolted down... they can't be adjusted if I wanted to carry other than the kayak it was measured for... or one similar in size. Third, since you would have to do the same thing to other saddles, this limits your access primarily to Rail-N-Rack saddles. Yakima will probably be in business long after Rail-N-Rack is no longer in business. Robert >Hi folks, I have been monitoring this list for a while, and I would like to >thank everyone for all the information this list has provided me, as well as >for being, I almost want to say "professional " although good natured and >friendly I guess may be more appropriate, if only because most people on this >list seem to do this as a hobby and not a profession. >I have not seen anything on the list about it but I have just bought a Rail-N- >Rack to haul kayaks on my pickup. I wonder if anyone has had any experience >with this system? Any info will be greatly appreciated. > Thanks, > Jim >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ >*************************************************************************** rcline_at_onramp.net Key ID CCOD188A Key Type DSS/Diffie-Hellman Key Fingerprint: 4EF2 AC35 0932 CF1C A8BF ECDA 5CCA D796 CCOD 188A Bal's PGP Public Key Server: http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jun 23 1998 - 09:16:35 PDT
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