Re: [Paddlewise] Roof Rack Advice Needed

From: Hal Christiansen <hchristiansen3_at_comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 14:13:51 -0400
For what it is worth I have been told that according to law your bars can 
not extend farther than the mirrors on the side of the vehicle.

Good Luck with whatever solution you end up choosing.

Hal


At 05:30 AM 6/7/2002 -0700, Dave Kruger wrote:
> >>>> major snip


>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.
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