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Re: Suggestions on cartopping 4 or more?
By:Mike Hanks
Date: 8/26/1999, 7:17 pm
In Response To: Re: Suggestions on cartopping 4 or more? (Mike Plumer)

> I should probably have mentioned that I'd like to be able to load the
> boats on the Suburban while pulling a camping trailer, which makes a kayak
> trailer fairly impractical. I don't see a good way to load additional
> boats on the camping trailer, either. Nick, I can see your four-kayak
> arrangement clearly. Yakima's "stacker" is contoured to boats.
> Thule's isn't. Is it time for me to consider Thule a blind alley and get a
> Yakima rack? Mike

You could use your existing rack system and some Thule Stackers and pad the stackers with contured minicell foam. This could give you a perfect fit with the stackers that you would not get with the Yakima Stackers.

Mike Hanks

Messages In This Thread

Suggestions on cartopping 4 or more?
Mike Plumer -- 8/26/1999, 2:18 am
Re: Suggestions on cartopping 4 or more?
Mike Plumer -- 8/26/1999, 10:54 am
Re: Suggestions on cartopping 4 or more?
Dale Frolander -- 8/27/1999, 2:43 am
Re: Suggestions on cartopping 4 or more?
Mike Hanks -- 8/26/1999, 7:17 pm
Re: Suggestions on cartopping 4 or more?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/26/1999, 9:23 am
Re: Suggestions on cartopping 4 or more?
Mike Scarborough -- 8/26/1999, 8:03 am
Re: Suggestions on cartopping 4 or more?
Ross Leidy -- 8/26/1999, 2:40 am