[tcb] Re: roof rack

  • From: "Alma Jo Barrera" <patchmongrel1@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 13:41:54 -0600

It worked...I guess.... It does not sit at the same height as the other one. 
Guess I need to get the saw zaw out and do some modifying to it. 

I want it to sit at the same height as the front rack. I am going to be 
attaching a awning to them.

I just hate to cut an original rack. Does anyone one have one that is not in 
the greatest shape. Broken legs are OK.

Alma Jo

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alma Jo Barrera 
  To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 10:30 AM
  Subject: Re: [tcb] Re: roof rack


  straps are on, but had to stop. Had a play date with the grandson. took him 
to the zoo. 

  Getting ready to go outside for round 2 with the rack.

  Alma Jo
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: kelly dosch 
    To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 4:06 PM
    Subject: [tcb] Re: roof rack


            Oh c'mon. Did it work or what? I am really curious. 

          --- 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, 10:38 AM


            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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