Roof Rack Ideas
06-10-2013, 01:14 PM
#13
You might find some ideas in this older thread...
I was looking to mount bikes, not kayaks, but tried quite a few different solutions before I settled on what I liked...
I tried yakima/thule racks over the cab... Found them too difficult to load and *extremely* noisy.
I tried bars spanning the bed... Found them to limiting for other cargo and they blocked the roll-up cover unless they were quite elevated.
Ended up going with a custom solution mounted directly to the bed rails.
If I did go with a roof rack, I think I'd choose a BajaRack on permanently mounted Yakima tracks. I think much of the roof rack noise was from the clips on the doors rather than the rack itself, so permanently mounted tracks might make the setup much quieter.
I was looking to mount bikes, not kayaks, but tried quite a few different solutions before I settled on what I liked...
I tried yakima/thule racks over the cab... Found them too difficult to load and *extremely* noisy.
I tried bars spanning the bed... Found them to limiting for other cargo and they blocked the roll-up cover unless they were quite elevated.
Ended up going with a custom solution mounted directly to the bed rails.
If I did go with a roof rack, I think I'd choose a BajaRack on permanently mounted Yakima tracks. I think much of the roof rack noise was from the clips on the doors rather than the rack itself, so permanently mounted tracks might make the setup much quieter.
Last edited by pfbz; 06-10-2013 at 01:20 PM.
06-10-2013, 01:28 PM
#14
Southern Pride
Thread Starter
You might find some ideas in this older thread...
I was looking to mount bikes, not kayaks, but tried quite a few different solutions before I settled on what I liked...
I tried yakima/thule racks over the cab... Found them too difficult to load and *extremely* noisy.
I tried bars spanning the bed... Found them to limiting for other cargo and they blocked the roll-up cover unless they were quite elevated.
Ended up going with a custom solution mounted directly to the bed rails.
If I did go with a roof rack, I think I'd choose a BajaRack on permanently mounted Yakima tracks. I think much of the roof rack noise was from the clips on the doors rather than the rack itself, so permanently mounted tracks might make the setup much quieter.
I was looking to mount bikes, not kayaks, but tried quite a few different solutions before I settled on what I liked...
I tried yakima/thule racks over the cab... Found them too difficult to load and *extremely* noisy.
I tried bars spanning the bed... Found them to limiting for other cargo and they blocked the roll-up cover unless they were quite elevated.
Ended up going with a custom solution mounted directly to the bed rails.
If I did go with a roof rack, I think I'd choose a BajaRack on permanently mounted Yakima tracks. I think much of the roof rack noise was from the clips on the doors rather than the rack itself, so permanently mounted tracks might make the setup much quieter.