Mitch Catrett wrote:
> Seahag wrote:
>
>> I need a roof rack so I can take our canoe camping this year. We
>> haven't canoed since I got the TJ because I refuse to camp out of the
>> Astro...it just doesn't look as kewl in the woods! Anyway, I'm
>> leaning towards getting the Congo Cage. Anyone have experience with
>> that or other solutions? Our canoe is 14' X 44" near as I can recall
>> so I don't know if I'd need the utility crossbars as well...
>>
>> Seahag
>>
>>
> I have put one the Olympic Generation II rack on my TJ with Yakima load
> bars with the little canoe brackets. I can put the bars on with or
> without the basket. I take the two far outside stringer lose and bolt
> the bars down without the basket and flip over the 4 side eye bolts and
> bolt the bars down with the basket. As far as noise goes it is not
> really any more noisy with the canoe that it is with the rack and basket
> (that means you can't hear anyway). I am working on a faring for the
> whole thing to see if I can reduce the volume some. The spread is
> enough to easily support the canoe and unless it rips of the rack which
> is bolted to the windshield and the frame it is not going anywhere. My
> canoe is long (16 foot Kevlar). I have transported it a couple hundred
> miles one way on trips before with no mishaps or loosening of anything.
> I love the Olympic rack design but don't must like the quality of the
> materials. It started rusting almost immediatelly in some places. Wire
> brush and rustoleum seems to have fixed the problem though.
Oh yeah, you just though you got bad gas mileage before. The canoe
really makes it bad.