- Jan 22, 2012
- 63
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!!![Smile :smile: :smile:](/forums/smilies/smile.gif)
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!!
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