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Grease Cruiser · 09-29-07, 01:01 PM

Also, try and distribute the weight of the rack/load evenly across the rain gutter. I had a Con-Fer rack on one of my 40's once and it busted the fiberglass all along the rain gutter. The rack was mounted with the Quick-N-Easy style clamps and everywhere the clamps came into contact with the rain gutter, the fiberglass busted and the roof leaked.

I have seen Aussie roof racks that had steel all along the rain gutter with 3 clamps per side on a 40. It looked like a much better design and distributed the weight all along the rain gutter and not just in a few spots. HTH's.

09-29-07, 01:01 PM	#3
Grease Cruiser IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 TLCA# 8779 Posts: 559	Also, try and distribute the weight of the rack/load evenly across the rain gutter. I had a Con-Fer rack on one of my 40's once and it busted the fiberglass all along the rain gutter. The rack was mounted with the Quick-N-Easy style clamps and everywhere the clamps came into contact with the rain gutter, the fiberglass busted and the roof leaked. I have seen Aussie roof racks that had steel all along the rain gutter with 3 clamps per side on a 40. It looked like a much better design and distributed the weight all along the rain gutter and not just in a few spots. HTH's. __________________ Even REDNECKS Can Be GREEN!