Woody asks - << Does anyone know someone or someplace on the web that might have studied cartop load failures? I would be real curious as to why most cartopped loads fly off. >> Interesting question. When it became necessary for me to change vehicles (never mind why) I also needed a new Yakima rack. I often carry two 17 - 18 foot "heavy British heavies" atop the minivan, a load totalling perhaps 120-135 lbs, and the good folks at Yakima wrote emphatically that their racks would not safely hold boats that long or loads that heavy. I swallowed hard a few times, drilled out the roof of my van and bolted tracks in place which will hold both boats without question. Anyway, the boats have stayed where they're tied, for the last three years anyway. - Bill Hansen *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Apr 21 1999 - 08:57:10 PDT
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