[tcb] Re: roof rack
- From: "Alma Jo Barrera" <patchmongrel1@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:38:42 -0600
Just got some ratchet straps on it to do that.....Great minds think alike.
----- Original Message -----
From: kelly dosch
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 9:24 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: roof rack
Try this if you can- tie a rope or clothesline from one leg to the
other across the bus, so that you have 3 ropes, each going across from one leg
of the rack to the other.
Then, using some sort of rods or dowels, slowly twist each rope like
a tourniquet, pulling the legs closer together little by little, until it bows
up in the middle and fits in the drip rails.
Try to go evenly, just a few turns on each rope, and watch/listen
closely for any signs heavy stress.
--- On Tue, 3/1/11, Alma Jo Barrera <patchmongrel1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Alma Jo Barrera <patchmongrel1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: roof rack
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 12:01 AM
I had seen that, but the way I read it is that it should fit a bay if
it is made for a bay or a split.
The rack that I have is on one side in the drip rail and the other
side is out about an inch. It also seems to hit the roof. It is a 1/2 rack, has
3 legs on each side.
I am wondering if maybe it had heavy stuff on it and it stretched.
It is in amazing condition. The clamps still has the rubber coating,
the metal is still bright, it has the plugs at the ends of the open pipes, It
has the blue decal with the part number.
So it was not used much. It came out of the rafters in a barn in Waco.
Alma Jo
From: Shakey Spudman
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 8:31 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: roof rack
mabey you should check this site first. try this thread.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=278482&highlight=roof+rack+bay+split
shakey
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Mark Jenkins <marktts88@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Yes foot to foot
On Feb 28, 2011, at 7:45 PM, "Alma Jo Barrera"
<patchmongrel1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is that drip rail to drip rail/ foot to foot?
Alma
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Jenkins
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 5:13 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: roof rack
I put a tape on my split rack it's 55 inch wide
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From: Alma Jo Barrera <patchmongrel1@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: TCB <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, February 28, 2011 3:24:26 PM
Subject: [tcb] roof rack
OK. went and picked up an all metal bus roof rack today.
Thought I would use it on my Bay.....well it is too wide.
Are splities wider than bays on the roof?
Alma Jo (AJ)
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