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Santa is buying me a roof rack for Christmas, but Santa needs help knowing what kind to buy. I don't have a clue!

Any advice? I have a 95 or so Honda Accord.

I like the load stops you can attach to Tule's.

vaultmd wrote:I like the load stops you can attach to Tule's.

What are load stops and what are Tule's?

Becca - there are 2 main brands to choose from "Yackima and Thule" Both are very similar and both operate about the same way. Do a search and I'm sure that you will see what I mean. i have a Yackima bike rack that I haul road bikes on and It has performed flaulessly. hope this helps

Yakima has worked great for me and my friends in many different applications!

Notice the two Honda Accords in the picture below...

This is us transporting our club's line of poles to our local street vault:

man i must have counted 14 bags!! thats alot of poles i wish i had a selection like that to chose from i have about enough to fill one bag. anyways back to the topic where can you purchise these racks and do they have to be installed on the car through means of screws and what not or can they be attached without that?

Yes, it is a lot of poles. We have the entire Gill pole line up to 15-195.

Check out Yakima.com. They have a custom fit system where you specify your vehicle and it will tell you what system is availible for your car. For most cars with 4 doors the rack attaches through these tabs or clips as Yakima calls it. They slide between the roof and the weather seal inside your doors and tighten down. It is really simple and easy to put on and take off. I have the wagon above that came with metal roof rails from the factory and there is a Yakima attachment that clamps on to the factory rails.

I purchased mine from REI.com locally.

Yeah. Whatever brand you get, REI and truck supply shops have the best selection.

Load stops are the triangular things that were the racks of my old white wilsonmobile. You can adjust them in or out and they are great at keeping thinks from sliding while on the rack.

vaultmd wrote:Yeah. Whatever brand you get, REI and truck supply shops have the best selection.

Load stops are the triangular things that were the racks of my old white wilsonmobile. You can adjust them in or out and they are great at keeping thinks from sliding while on the rack.

If you buy from REI, join the co-op for $15. As a member you can return anything at anytime, no matter the condition for cash or store credit.

achtungpv wrote:If you buy from REI, join the co-op for $15. As a member you can return anything at anytime, no matter the condition for cash or store credit.

You also get a yearly dividend which is about 10% I think.

Nice to see that picture and realize that I'm not insane for loading up that many pole bags on one rig when we travel.

Every time that I haul poles on top of a car or a truck it amazes me that they ride as good as they do. I have NEVER (knock on wood) had any problems hauling poles. You would think that the wind at 70 mph would make the poles try to "fly" but they are normally very stable at highway speeds. The wildest rig I saw was a vaulter with a Lexus and a pole tube on its roof with a very light rope holding the tube in the center of the front bumper and a very light rope in the center of the back bumper with NO support to keep the pole from shifting sideways on the roof. I followed him going down I-70 running about 70 MPH in bumper to bumper traffic. He was NUTS as this tube was shifting from side to side probably 6 to 7 inches. A wreck waiting to happen not to mention what damage it was doing to the roof of the car.