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Originally Posted by maxx
Thanks! For all your info, will definitely either build or buy the bed, trying to avoid the long drive to the Fresno branch, there are more exciting places we want to go first. ;-)
Yea I'm definitely going to add 4 stabilizer bars too, once I increase the top load. I think the squeaking i mentioned at 120lbs are just the springs since they barley hold it up, so u should be fine with the stabilizers.
That sounds very scary, thanks for the heads up, didn't know that even 20lbs could do that... will try to find more info on that.
Here is great step by step video: https://vimeo.com/61317178
I'll let you know if I get around trying this.
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Thanks for this Vid. A couple months have passed and I'm about to head out for a trip down California Coast. We are going to be pretty loaded up with toys and stuff so I need to get some more stuff up there.
Got up the stones move a few links today. Here's what I found.
1) It was pretty easy once you were braced. Maybe took 15 minutes total.
2) I was a bit on edge through the whole process just thinking something would snap or drop or whatever. All was fine, though.
3) I removed 2 links on each side (question below)
4) Oddly, and I don't know why, there were 13 links on one side (total) and 11 links on the other. Two additional S hooks were cobbled together to make the 13. I'm not sure why other than spring tension? That's my hope as the top always seemed to raise and lower evenly.
So here's my dilemna:
90% of the time the only extra weight on the van is the two yakima crossbars. Maybe 30 lbs extra? The previous spring adjustment handled this fine.
The other time (when camping) we'll have toys and stuff on the roof in a roof cage and a Yakima Skybox 21. This adds another 100lbs. We won't open the PH unless everything up top emptied. We definitely won't sleep there unless empty.
As mentioned, I took out two links. I know a lot of people mention 3, but they seem to carry more load than that.
What are thoughts on 2 links? My thought is this isn't too much for the normal crossbar configuration and then adds enough extra spring for the 100 extra pounds when traveling/camping.
Thoughts?