Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:58:20 -0600
Reply-To: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
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From: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: FW: Car top carrier?
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Michael, I love your blue bandana and the blue bathing suit is the shite!
Miguel
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
- Thomas A. Edison
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Michael Sullivan
<sandwichhead@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is my home-made setup. Loaded alot of firewood, cooler, kayaks,
> tents. Still had 6 agultish folks and a dog. Two Yakima racks and a CListed
> cargo carrier. Works for me.
> http://picasaweb.google.com/sandwichhead/LaborDayNewRack?feat=directlink
> Michael in San Antonio
> 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
> 73 Beetle
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Does anybody have personal experience with one on a Vanagon ('87 GL Auto,
>> in
>> my case) and can give the benefits of their experience
>> (recommendations/warnings)? With five people (and sometimes two dogs) I'm
>> trying to figure some way to spread out the load without resorting to a
>> mini-trailer.
>>
>>
>>
>> I pull the middle seats out and load that space and the hatch space. The
>> kids go on the rear bench and the wife and I are up front. I try to secure
>> everything as well as I can, but my concern is that in an accident somebody
>> stands a high risk of being crushed by something that breaks loose. I
>> realize that in a sufficiently violent accident it probably won't make much
>> difference, but that's no reason not to do what I can.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think I'd actually prefer the trailer, but I'm concerned at this point
>> that I'm pushing the weight limit of the vehicle. I should load it up and
>> actually go weigh it, of course, and then I'll know. Anybody made that or a
>> similar run into the mountains with a stock 2.1, a full load and a small
>> trailer?
>>
>>
>>
>> We're looking at a trip from SoCal to Durango via Cottonwood, AZ around the
>> first week of July with the full load of camping gear (but not the dogs).
>> It'd be nice to use the A/C but that may be asking too much. : /
>>
>>
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cya,
>>
>> Robert
>>
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