Date:         Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:59:11 -0800
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Roof Racks
In-Reply-To:  <9F5E0BBD-4435-4010-8B34-30CA1883CA2F@myactv.net>
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+1 on the Quick N Easy brand.   I have a bike rack from Yakaima that is
mounted on my rear hatch for my bikes but I also sometimes need to carry
heavy long lumber, ladders, re-bar, sailboards, etc.   I have a set of
Quiick N Easy towers with yellow cedar, painted.... 2x4 cross bars, some
galvanized eye lag bolts screwed into the edges to make tying stuff on
easier.   Quick N Easy really are quick and easy to mount up on the roof.
With some gutter adapters, they'd go on a pop top, too....They attach with
a cam-lever that is much quicker than Yakima or Thule. A quick snap, and
they're on with the proper tension, etc.... The Quick n Easy is meant to
use with a galvanized water pipe cross bar but I adapted mine for stronger
and easier on the load wooden cross bars.

   I know the OP was about racks for a pop top, but later it was mentioned
about bike carrying.  Here's a link to my solutions for that..and other
stuff I've done on my low roof camper...
https://picasaweb.google.com/112899774170781374478/VanagonMods?authkey=Gv1sRgCJnj78ukqaPufw#

  Don Hanson

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Kevin Gilbert <kggilbert@myactv.net> wrote:

> If you don't mind going old-school, a set of fake rain gutters,
> attached with a wide flat backing plate on the inside of the pop-top,
> plus 4 Quik-N-Easy brackets (@$30-40/set) and your choice of 2x4s for
> crossbars. I use an oak or ash handrail for the aerodynamics. :)
>
> My fake rain gutters have been permanent since '89. I routinely haul
> hefty Royalex whitewater canoes, up to 3 at a time, not the light-
> weight rotomolded squirt kayaks people stuff inside their vans. The
> racks easily pop off when not in use.
>
> If style and high price is more important, Thule or Yakima are fine
> products.
>
> Kevin
>
>
> On Dec 19, 2012, at 9:26 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
>  Roof top Racks
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>