Don't spare the grease on any moving part! I bought one last spring and thought it was the greatest thing, until the first time I went to use it this spring. All the latches were corroded to some extent. I used, and still do use, a lot of penetrating oil to get the latched to work. Time will tell if I should have got the other non rusting aluminum rack system instead. Also the powder coating is flaking off in large pieces. The company says that there was a problem with the coating process last year and will replace my rail-n-rack for free, but I have not heard back from them since April. I really do like how they fold down into bed rails and it was easy to attach my Thule kayak cradles to the cross pieces. BTW, I just came back from a 10 day kayaking tour of the Bay of Exploits, Newfoundland. The only people we saw were about a half dozen fisherman. Dozens of icebergs and 8 straight days of sun. I also would like to take this opportunity to encourage people to continue to kayak the west coast and I'll take the unexplored, and uncrowded, east cost :-) Mark Jones ---------- From: Snkebit3_at_aol.com To: PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subject: [Paddlewise] Rail-N-Rack Date: Monday, June 22, 1998 9:09 PM 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/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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