delta.sixeleven_at_gte.net wrote: > I have a Durango which was fine for my Captiva...Now we have a > Carolina for my wife. Both wont fit (flat) on the rack. I looked at > the Thule and Yakima sites and am abit overwhelmed...Is buying a > "wider" rack better than the "on edge type"..Help !! Do it either way. It is easy to widen an existing rack: just purchase longer bars than they recommend. The rack will stick out past the roof edge, and you'll have to wear a helmet until you get trained to duck the ends on exiting, but I have run an 80-inch bar on the roof of my Toy PU to hold three very wide yaks up top ... flat. If that does not float your boat, then just fit the saddles to the edges of the two yaks and do it that way. Some cushioning between the two and an extra security strap around the pair at their mid-points will make you feel more secure, also. I've also done this, on an 800 mile drive, and all was well except some of the cushioning blew out. Yaks did fine. Secondary consideration is that edge on may make your arrangement overheight, for ferry transport ... a few more bucks. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jun 07 2002 - 05:31:27 PDT
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