So here is my situation guys. During the winter months I have a Thule snowboard carrier that I attach to my factory load bars and it works just great. My problem however is come September my girlfriend and I go camping at Hermit Island in Maine for a week so we have to bring a lot of stuff with us. So I found a need for a Thule box added to my roof rack because we can only have one vehicle at the campsite and there is 4 of us so that means double everything crammed somehow into my TB plus 4 people! Trust me its difficult but some how we make it work.
Last year we put a lot of stuff in the Thule box which I borrowed from my buddy who usually has it on his 07 Tahoe. Loaded up the box has a max load weight of about 125LBS which isn't a problem but last year I noticed quite a bit of flex in the cross bars but I know the max weight was still under but I don't like the way the box bounces on the bars.
This year I am trying to avoid the flex and instead of spending $400 bucks on Thule bars which is something I only need once a year what do you guys think about making the load bars a little stiffer by either adding wood or pipe or something to the under side of crossbars?? I am thinking by doing this it will cut down on the flex in the bars making them more stable but at the same time I am worried it might cause extra pressure on some other point of the rack that isn't meant to take the pressure.
What do you guys think???? Any help is appreciated!!
Last year we put a lot of stuff in the Thule box which I borrowed from my buddy who usually has it on his 07 Tahoe. Loaded up the box has a max load weight of about 125LBS which isn't a problem but last year I noticed quite a bit of flex in the cross bars but I know the max weight was still under but I don't like the way the box bounces on the bars.
This year I am trying to avoid the flex and instead of spending $400 bucks on Thule bars which is something I only need once a year what do you guys think about making the load bars a little stiffer by either adding wood or pipe or something to the under side of crossbars?? I am thinking by doing this it will cut down on the flex in the bars making them more stable but at the same time I am worried it might cause extra pressure on some other point of the rack that isn't meant to take the pressure.
What do you guys think???? Any help is appreciated!!
