On 24 May 2005 at 18:04, Rcgibbert_at_aol.com wrote: > shuttle car. Have you or anyone loaded a couple of sea kayaks on top > and gone long distance? I'm wondering if the roof can handle it. I just checked the Thule web site and they rate the Honda Civic 4Dr (which is essentially the Hybrid afaik) and it has a limit of 110 lb. That's not enough for two Brit Heavies. Yakima rates theirs at 125lb for the Hybrid, which barely covers two 60lb kayaks. (The Prius gets 165lb for the Yakima and is a classier car IMHO.) I'm surprised, since my older Honda takes the full 165lb limit and I carry two kayaks routinely. However, the ratings above are probably conservative and you may not have a problem with overloading the rack as long as you don't get carried away (i.e. don't pile up four kayaks with stinky wetsuits inside). Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Tue May 24 2005 - 15:54:34 PDT
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