08-30-2013, 07:19 PM
RecipeForDisaster wrote:
Thanks so much. I am definitely not set on Thule-anything used that's in good shape is under consideration.
Thank you for explaining *why* it won't work and what parts I'd need to add. I may see about doing that, since it might still be a good deal.
Those gutter feet in the REI link... those still don't require the front to back bars, right? So there'd just be the crossbars, I'm hoping. I haven't seen a lot of racks without the side bars, so want to make sure that that's an option and I don't have to buy another part.
Not sure what you mean by front-to back bars.
Gutter-style feet rest in the channels formed by the drip rails that run along the top of the doors/side windows on older vehicles, and support cross bars only.
The only time I've seen fore/aft bars are in applications where some cars with very short rooflines and/or no place for the clips on the rear towers to grip. Yakima had a setup where bars extending from the front feet helped locate the rear feet as well as compensate for reduced leverage.
For a truck, I'd try to make one of the bed solutions work before resorting to a cab-mounted roof rack.