Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 18:47:57 +0000
Reply-To: William Carden <wpcarden@HOME.COM>
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From: William Carden <wpcarden@HOME.COM>
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Subject: Re: Best rack we ever had for our Westy...
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You can use Thule or Yakima rack, we have a Yakima. It comes with the hardware
to mount it to either rack. Does your westy have those four black bolt on rain
gutters, our camper came with them. If not Yakima sells them and to be on the
safe side put a metal backing plate on it. The rack is mounted on towards the
back of the camper no problem with he sky light. We carry a tamed, Mt. bike
and a sea kayak never had any trouble. Its the only to get the tamed on the
roof, my wife can do it alone. Plus you never have to worry about your bike
getting smashed in a accident.
Bill
84 Westy
84 Vanagon wolfsburg
71 Ghia conv.
66 split camper
56 Bettle conv.
two 71 Ghias for sale
Peg Piwonka wrote:
>
> Great!
>
> I'm looking for a way to mount our Burley! But how did you mount the rack
> that the lift attaches to. Is it attached to the fiberglas top? is that
> strong enough? is there a problem witht he sky light? What rack do you
> recomend to get to attach to it?
> I'd love your tips. It would be great to get this working soon. What
> kind of witnd problems have you had if any?
>
> Thanks or any extra tips. I did call the place and they were friendly and
> helpful but I'll need to get the rack safely on the pop top before
> attaching the lift.
>
> Eric
>
> Eric and Peggy
> 84 Westfalia, Wolfsburg, GL
> Ithaca NY
>
> At 02:27 PM 5/14/98 +0000, you wrote:
> >Bike {lift} from Newsport the name of the rack. Ortlieb is the distributor
> out
> >of S.E. Renton Washington. Effortlessly lifts and lowers your bike for
> you. It
> >doubles for a work stand to tune up your bikes at waist level. No lifting, no
> >ladder needed, and it is on the roof out of the way. It has a spring
> mechanism
> >that is attached to a arm which lifts and lowers your bike for you. This
> >system will mount to Yakama or Thule or any other roof racks.
> >
> >We carry a Santana tandem bike lifts it no problem, mountain bikes and kayaks
> >with no trouble. When camping we just push up the pop top and it out of the
> >way and almost theft proof, its so high you would need a 6' ladder to try to
> >rip it off. Also you could lock it if necessary. We have traveled all over
> the
> >U.S and Canada and never had any trouble.
> >And we are not involved with the company. I spoke to a guy named Brian
> >and he was very helpful. Its is really a great system! Tell him you heard
> >about it from Bill Carden in Pa.
> >
> >Here are their numbers.
> >fax # 425-251-0226
> >phone # 425-251-3939
> >
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