bigmcgiv
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im thinking of using a boat trailer tire mount like this one on a roof basket http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93341 what do you think
philip_g said:man if you ever get rear ended I bet that tire goes flying lol
Beast XJ01 said:you mean mine? how do you figure? ever seen the Yakima tire carrier and the way it mounts? the whole rack is gonna have to fly off.
Beast
philip_g said:and that's exactly what will happen.
BruceB83 said:For that to happen, it would have to rip all the crossbars out of the rails and if that happens he would probably have been hit so hard that he will have more to worry about than the tire flying off. My tire is just straped to the rack so any forward force on the tire will not pull on the crossbars, only on the rack...not that I am worried about my tire flying off...
philip_g said:and that's exactly what will happen.
BruceB83 said:Are you just jealous because we got one before the price went up to $200???
philip_g said:why don't you scroll back about 4 pages, I got mine at $59 shipped. Thank god, because that's about what it's worth.
Beast XJ01 said:So, if I may ask...to what extent do you plan to use your rack for? Likely not for the tire unless you are gonna use aftermarked crossbars.
I do plan on getting extra clamps for the other two crossbars I added when I put in the extention, that will spread the weight load out to 8 points instead of 4.
But for now it holds the tire (intended purpose) and will be emergency storage space if needed.
Beast
is that a homebrew rack extention or the one made by THULE?Beast XJ01 said:I still need to get a couple more mounts or maybe a couple locking mounts to put on the second crossbar for added support. The yakima tire carrier is actually supported by the third cross bar.
I now have room to throw things up top besides the tire if I need to.
So, here are the pics!
I did have to turn the first crossmember around to get it further forward on the rails, to get it to line up without having to drill new stop holes.
I think it looks good, and I actually got a complement from a guy at work.
Beast