Hey all. I know that roof racks have been discussed before, but I'm trying to decide on one. I've never owned one, so I'm a bit clueless. Basically I am looking for the following:
1. Something for occasional camping trips for a family of four.
2. Something for occasional snowboarding/ski trips.
3. Something that can carry one of those one-man inflatable pontoon boats (I can optionally deflate it)
4. Something that will add no more than 9" of height. I have just under 10" clearance between the roof rails of my LR3 in normal mode and the entrance to my garage. Looking at pictures it seems like this shouldn't be too big of a problem, right? I *could* use access mode, but I'm not sure I trust myself (and my wife) to always remember to use access mode to enter the garage.
I have been considering the Yakima MegaWarrior or LoadWarrior mostly based on the price and the ability to easily add other Yakima attachments (like a ski/snowboard rack) without removing the roof rack. Another thing I liked about the Mega/LoadWarrior was that the bars across the bottom seem to be fairly close together, which seems like it would be good for small coolers and the like because they wouldn't be touching the actual truck; maybe this isn't an issue, like I said, I've never owned one and I am just going by pictures.
However, I haven't seen many people here talking about or suggesting the Yakima roof racks, so maybe they aren't what I want? I do like the looks of other racks better, though I haven't seen any decent pictures of the Yakima racks on an LR3.
1. Something for occasional camping trips for a family of four.
2. Something for occasional snowboarding/ski trips.
3. Something that can carry one of those one-man inflatable pontoon boats (I can optionally deflate it)
4. Something that will add no more than 9" of height. I have just under 10" clearance between the roof rails of my LR3 in normal mode and the entrance to my garage. Looking at pictures it seems like this shouldn't be too big of a problem, right? I *could* use access mode, but I'm not sure I trust myself (and my wife) to always remember to use access mode to enter the garage.
I have been considering the Yakima MegaWarrior or LoadWarrior mostly based on the price and the ability to easily add other Yakima attachments (like a ski/snowboard rack) without removing the roof rack. Another thing I liked about the Mega/LoadWarrior was that the bars across the bottom seem to be fairly close together, which seems like it would be good for small coolers and the like because they wouldn't be touching the actual truck; maybe this isn't an issue, like I said, I've never owned one and I am just going by pictures.
However, I haven't seen many people here talking about or suggesting the Yakima roof racks, so maybe they aren't what I want? I do like the looks of other racks better, though I haven't seen any decent pictures of the Yakima racks on an LR3.