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Date: 1/5/1999, 11:09 am
> A solid roof rack is better for hauling boatbuilding lumber than a truck
> bed. With the rack, you can haul those 18' cedar and redwood planks. I
> even hauled a 21' construction tube filled with pre-milled strips on a
> roof rack. It sagged a bit at the ends, but made it home safely. I don't
> think a trailer would have worked very well.
A 21 foot tube is long indeed! It reminds me of the time I saw a car parked at the side of an intersection exchanging insurance info with a pickup. The car had two really long (+20') racing skulls on the roof. It wasn't until I saw the smashed window of the pickup's cargo cap that I figured out what had happened!
Matthew
Messages In This Thread
- motor vehicle & kayaking
Brian C. -- 1/4/1999, 6:39 pm- Re: motor vehicle & kayaking
Steve A -- 1/6/1999, 9:08 pm- Re: Fiberglass kayaks
Shawn Baker -- 1/7/1999, 6:15 pm- Re: Fiberglass kayaks
Steve A -- 1/8/1999, 9:26 am
- Re: Fiberglass kayaks
- Re: motor vehicle & kayaking
Brian J. -- 1/6/1999, 10:19 am- Motor vehicle & kayaking
Mike R. -- 1/5/1999, 2:02 pm- Thanks, will try out with the current vehicle
Brian C. -- 1/5/1999, 11:27 am- Re: Thanks, will try out with the current vehicle
Dennis R. Weilert -- 1/6/1999, 9:11 am- clamp source
Brian C. -- 1/6/1999, 10:31 am
- clamp source
- Re: motor vehicle & kayaking
Ross Leidy -- 1/5/1999, 10:09 am- Long things strapped to your roof
Matthew Bastian -- 1/5/1999, 11:09 am
- Re: motor vehicle & kayaking
Nick Schade -- 1/5/1999, 9:41 am- Re: motor vehicle & kayaking
Nolan Penney -- 1/5/1999, 8:52 am- Re: motor vehicle & kayaking
Randy Knauff -- 1/4/1999, 8:06 pm- Re: motor vehicle & kayaking
Paul jacobson -- 1/4/1999, 8:02 pm- Re: motor vehicle & kayaking
L.C. -- 1/4/1999, 8:40 pm
- Re: motor vehicle & kayaking
rick -- 1/4/1999, 7:53 pm- Re: motor vehicle & kayaking
Robert Woodard -- 1/4/1999, 7:35 pm- Re: motor vehicle & kayaking
Don Beale -- 1/4/1999, 6:53 pm- Re: motor vehicle & kayaking
Bob Newton -- 1/4/1999, 7:41 pm
- Re: Fiberglass kayaks
- Re: motor vehicle & kayaking
