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Re: Off Topic: New Outback Racks
By:Scott Baxter
Date: 4/30/2010, 1:56 pm
In Response To: Re: Off Topic: New Outback Racks (Stephen Troy)

Stephen,
Was the Thule expirement on the 2010 Outback? I am not woried about weight I have put three sea kayaks on my current outback on long road trips with nor problem. It is the short 21" front to back span of their new rack that worries me.

: I did some looking around on this since I was considering an
: Outback and the rack issue worried me. I found a post from a
: Thule rep where they put two 16'+ kayaks on a roof (150 lbs.
: rack + yaks) and drove around at 85 mph and found no ill
: effects. Their opinion was the Outback rack is fine. I emailed
: him and he said that any of the hull-down options should have no
: problems.

: Just something else to consider.

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Off Topic: New Outback Racks
Scott Baxter -- 4/27/2010, 10:56 pm
Re: Off Topic: New Outback Racks
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 4/29/2010, 10:13 am
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Doug S -- 4/28/2010, 2:48 pm
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Scott Baxter -- 4/28/2010, 4:50 pm
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Doug S -- 4/28/2010, 6:23 pm
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John VanBuren -- 4/29/2010, 7:42 am
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Phelps -- 5/1/2010, 10:57 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/29/2010, 12:30 am
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Mike Savage -- 4/29/2010, 7:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/29/2010, 1:55 pm
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Mike Savage -- 4/30/2010, 6:28 am
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Stephen Troy -- 4/28/2010, 1:04 am
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Scott Baxter -- 4/28/2010, 7:38 pm
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Johne -- 5/3/2010, 12:40 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/4/2010, 1:45 am
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Stephen Troy -- 4/30/2010, 11:47 am
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Scott Baxter -- 4/30/2010, 1:56 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 4/30/2010, 2:49 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 6/13/2010, 4:37 pm
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george jung -- 4/28/2010, 1:37 pm
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Scott Baxter -- 4/28/2010, 7:43 pm
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george jung -- 4/28/2010, 10:44 pm
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Scott Baxter -- 4/28/2010, 11:22 pm
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john faas -- 4/29/2010, 9:38 am