Date:         Tue, 1 Jun 2010 19:10:10 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Car back carrier
Comments: To: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
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>Hmm. My thoughts? Sure! Um, it looks like it would take three people to
>hang it: One on each end to hoist the thing, one to handle the straps.

I think you're supposed to hang it and then pack it. I'd think at ~100 lbs.
two ppl could handle it even if packed.

>I wonder if it tries to beat itself to death at speed if it's not
>fully-packed with stuff so there's no loose fabric.

From what I've been reading that's a common problem with the car-top bags,
but not so much with this design. I want to think for some reason that
there's kind of a dead-air pocket right there on most vehicles of that shape
anyway. Kind of a moot point for me as I would have it fully packed if I was
using it at all.

I think I'd have to adjust to some paranoia about the thing falling off.
It'd probably be more secure than the car-top bag just from being out of the
wind; in either case if the straps failed the result would be the same, but
I think that common sense in mounting and checking it at each stop would go
a long way. One upside is that I wouldn't have to buy roof rails.

I wonder if it would do anything for the drag, as that "bustle" was supposed
to?

Cya,
Robert