| Roofrack on gutter? [message #278347] |
Mon, 25 May 2015 05:37  |
appie
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Registered: April 2013
Location: denmark
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I would like to have our kayaks with us on the next leg of our travels. On my older cars there was a roofrack mounted in the gutter
I was wondering if the alu gutter of our gmc would be up to that job. Anybody tried that?
Appie
eleganza 76 "Olga" now sadly sold
6 wheel discbrake
Quadrabags
Springfield stage 2 462 olds
Manny tranny
( pictures at http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g6489-olga.html
Fulltiming in Europe july 2014 til july 2016
Denmark
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| Re: Roofrack on gutter? [message #278379 is a reply to message #278347] |
Mon, 25 May 2015 13:09  |
Darryl
Messages: 144
Registered: December 2011
Location: Northern California
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I installed Yakima permanent landing pads (bolted to the roof) toward the front which allows me to use the towers and cross bars I already had. I load the boats from the front. It gets harder every year to get them up on the roof but I'm still able to do it. Once up they are actually easier to tie down than on the SUV because I can get up between them and work from above rather than trying to reach up from below. I did use longer cross bars than I do on the SUV.
I'm trying now to figure out a way to carry the kayaks on top of the Tracker. It would be so much easier to load them.
Darryl Meyers
1978 Eleganza II
El Dorado Hills, CA
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