On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 17:39, Geoff Jennings wrote: > Yakima stuff is strong, but watch the connection to the roof. On my explorer I > first had the kind of rack that mounts to the factory roof rails, replacing the > factory cross bars. A trip to Bahia de Gonzaga in Baja ripped the factory > rails out fo the roof, though still firmly attached to the Yakima gear. Made > my $150 doller trip into an $800+ trip, as body work was required to fix it. > Major bummer. Do you know what caused the roof rails to pull out? Heavy cross winds, bouncing over rough roads, driving into the garage without removing the kayak, ... ? -- Kevin Street street_at_rogers.com *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 30 2004 - 10:18:22 PST
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