Roof Racks

oopsiflipped · Post by **oopsiflipped** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:42 pm

All the guys on here who claim to be frugally minded individuals and all i hear is Thule and Yakima? Quik-N-EZ is where it's at if you've got rain gutters!

Larry Horne · Post by **Larry Horne** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:17 am

yeah, but if you have rain gutters then yer car is about 30 years old, right?.
I want to GET to the river!

oopsiflipped · Post by **oopsiflipped** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:23 am

Larry Horne wrote:yeah, but if you have rain gutters then yer car is about 30 years old, right?.
I want to GET to the river!

large steaming pile of dog doo, my old car is only an 84 and my new one's an 86. I break down less than 1/2 the time I go paddling and anyone who told you different is a liar.

Sir Adam · Post by **Sir Adam** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:24 am

I attended several Armadas, and picked up MANY boats in New England with NO rack...and yes, I was driving a car...with a blanket on the roof, and straps through the windows. Needless to say I had the bow and stern tied off as well.

The funniest looks I ever got were 5 boats on my TT...driving through Boston. I had racks then, though.

Post by **sbroam** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:32 am

I think there are pictures of Adams TT with the 5 boats around here somewhere - pretty sure one was a C-2 that was longer than the car?

Oh, yeah, QnEs are great - a friend has them on his ancient Jeep Pickup with the official QnE ash bars. If you are putting the racks on a shell, put Yakima's "top loader" (Thule has an equivalent?) up there - those are the plates that form a section of artificial gutter then use the QnEs.
http://picasaweb.google.com/scott.broam ... 9615378178