saw the answers to the question on roofline load support, but looking at the picture, can't quite figure out how unit can be 'flipped' up so crossbar is approximately 6' off ground - have 05 Taco. saw the answers to the question on roofline load support, but looking at the picture, can't quite figure out how unit can be 'flipped' up so crossbar is approximately 6' off ground... » Read More saw the answers to the question on roofline load support, but looking at the picture, can't quite figure out how unit can be 'flipped' up so crossbar is approximately 6' off ground - have 05 Taco. « Show Less
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Unit is 3 pieces, elbow goes into receiver, then extension, then the crossbar at top.
860441
It can be flipped up by inserting the secondary support in the receiver and the cross bar into that.It shows that in the instructions, but not in the advertisement. I don't know why it's not advertised as a duel use rack.
860442
It adjust at the neck, where it attaches at the neck and it can be inserted in the hitch hole
60152
Hi George, this product is designed for vehicles with a naked roof only. To find a crossbar solution for your vehicle, please visit the Thule buyers guide to see all the options we have available. Thanks!
1187767
Theoretically it could make a 180 u-turn as the poles are very bendable. I think the issue is going to be do you have enough power in the poles to negotiate beyond that. If it's a clean 90 I'm sure you're fine. What I ended up doing as I have more like an s turn then a 90 is to clean the pipe from both ends. Basically I got as far as I felt comfortable going each direction, knowing that I overlapped somewhere in there.
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Depends on height of jeep, I have no lift with 31.5 tires and I don't have to reach. I'm 6'2". Honestly lifting it up and over the rear roll bars is tough on me. I'm a big guy. Honestly the diversitility of the soft top is over all better than being bel to lift it. The pain will be well rewarded
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there are 3 swappable extender sections. One is 4 bars wide. One is 2. One is 1. They can be swapped from either side. Our worked well with 4 on one side and 2 on the other. Its much stronger now. We tried with 4 on one side and just 1 on the other and it was wobbly
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Those are inches. Even more, the roof basket will arrive disassembled and in my particular case it only had the screws and nuts for the assembling but not those neededfor the attachment to the cross bars which also required custom drilling since it is convenient to make a centered-balanced installation. Not big deal, just be informed. Great very useful accessory. *****!
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What Robert D. said. Back in January I went on a wheelin' trip with about 20 other trucks. Many of them had 2' Firestiks mounted on the bedrail with a similar situation as you describe, just a few inches above the roofline. It was found that very few at the back half of the line could receive the lead truck. With my roof mounted 2' FS, I could receive fine from one end to the other. Of course, I was hitting more low hanging branches and such but if you can't hear the person transmitting, then having a CB is pretty pointless anyway, yeah?
653092
If you have a rack with cross bars you should be fine. You need cross bars ( ones going across roof, not just along roof line front to back ) they clasp onto the bars across the roof.
294536
I have a ranger 800 crew and the top of the fold down window does barely touch the roof with no harm. This is all I could help you with this subject.
1535881
The crossbars simply clamp down where you put them- there is no designated spot to place them, which is important for me because I have a rooftop cargo box that requires the bars to be slid to where its brackets are. I believe the safety rules are to put the bars as far towards the back as they can go to do the job. The bars are only put in place when you need to carry something up top. Otherwise, you take them off and store them. They have screw-down clamps on each end of the bar, and a "Key" which you use to lock the screw-down handle in place, but the key itself does not release the bar to re-position it.
151565
You will probably need to drill threw the roof. I would recommend the Big Sky Racks Sky Bar SBR-2G.
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It depends how high your vehicle sits. Mine sits about a foot and a half high from the ground (side by side utility vehicle) and will raise up to the top of the hood. About 3 feet or so.
1480511
The rail is adjustable in height. I currently have it set so it is 21" higher than the cross bar, but it can go up in height another 4". Distance between floor and where the cross bar is 13". User is 6 feet tall.
449137
not long at all. just put the cross bar on first and the raise up each side...
753153
depends on how height your roof is. It didnt work for the entire roof for us. with a 16 inch for some parts we needed a ladder. 21 foot solved our issue. You can always by a 5 foot extension later if this didnt work for you.
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Don't really know exactly where to measure with your question--we have it on the 8the hole from the top of bar for raising int and it measures 53" from the ground. My daughter and her friends have really enjoyed it--very heavy duty and safe for not flipping over for what they do.
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The support bar is about 11/2ft above ground. The downward side of bar needs to be sunk into ground to level it. This also provides better stability.