I must have done something wrong putting the rack on, and I don't know what, I've had no issues or concerns with prior usage. Given the manual shake test I don't understand how the front rack came off. My boats are all sub 35 pounds. I haven't been concerned with the weight on the roof structure. The long hulls that I have are awkward and I always travel with a red warning flag hung off the stern - there's about 6 foot overhand with my Insight. I've been meaning to measure the Prius roof line and see if it tapers or is hour glass shaped, with the wider portion at the front of the door - I don't know yet, I haven't had time to measure. For those rare times when I'm doing a shuttle I use our toyota sienna with factory racks and an add on thule rack with 72" bars. That setup carries 3 kaysks/surf skis or 2 canoes comfortable. On Sun, Sep 14, 2014, at 05:48 PM, Gerald Foodman wrote: > Was it a failure of the rack itself, or the way the rack attaches to the > car? In other words, a flaw in the rack or a weakness in the car > structure? Is the Prius suitable for carrying kayaks? > Jerry *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Sep 14 2014 - 17:14:13 PDT
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