Has anyone hauled anything other that skis and snowboards on your Rogue with these crossbars? I want to haul a christmas tree in a canvas bag
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I have taken long road trips at highway speeds with a cargo carrier full of luggage on these. It was easily >150 pounds up there, so they should have no problem with a Christmas tree. (http://www.sears.com/x-cargo-xl-15-cu-ft-cargo-carrier/p-02872186000P)
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No you just get the bars, they clip right onto the car, If you want to attach stuff, you can either use rope bungees, or the special accessories they sell. My snowboard in its bag works fine with bungees strapped to the bars
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I only have front to back rails. The bag sits in the middle on a non skid pad. The straps thread through places on the bag kind of criss cross. Then they wrap around the rails and hook together. I also bought extra straps since I didn't have cross bars. No problems at all.
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As long as you have crossrails it works well, fits 2 snowboards easy, works well with whispbar flush bar if you do not have cross rails
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Depending on how well the mounts fit your crossbars, it could take a lot of adjusting/finagling to take them on and off. I plan to leave mine on all summer/fall and just take them off in winter. They fold so flat, though, that clearance is not likely to be a problem. If your car is that tight in your garage, I would be impressed.
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hey Barbara, though I hadnt tried a "box" on my roof I would imagine you should have little issue..Guessing the part number ref above is for the factory Mini crossbars, then you can install many differentoptions, ski attachments shown at left..you could CALL your local mini dealer and ask ifyour particular roof box may fit a Mini bar...sorry not more help...im in phx if you wondered 2012 countryman
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I have a Limited AWD with the glass roof. I purchased cross bars that would fit the Santa Fe, they work great. Is there any way you can drill new holes in the Sears cargo container that would line up with the new rails.
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those are just the cross bars you need to buy model specific footpacks and use the 2 together. Check the Thule website for application information.
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See what the max load weight is for the rest of your rack. As far as the actual lb50 thule crossbars, id trust it. Just usr good judgement.
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They are fairly tough. I have 4 in an overnight comfort/survival sling pack that is strapped to each of out ATV's Last year I wrecked on an ATV and cracked some ribs. It was very hot that day here in Okla. My two sons got the machine off of me. The pack was under the machine. Bags did not bust open. I think you will be fine with packing them in home made MRE.. Good idea by the way. Wouldn't hurt to make one up then throw it around some and see how they hold up.
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I have a Forester with elliptical cross bars and do not have any wind noise. Not the same, but probably similar. As you load it up with multiple boards or skis there is moderate noise, not bad.
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To be honest I would say save your money. My daughter acutely owns an amigo and we pull a enclosed snowmobile trailer with 3 sleds with no problem.
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like others says, it comes with everything you need with a toolFront bar fit well but I had a hard time putting the real bar. you need extra effort to put rear one(it was too tight).Once you screw through the bars, it looks good.I put the Thule cargo box and carry 4 sets of skis every sunday.No problem at all
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I use the Thule cargo box and it works great. I believe the Yakima cargo box requires a different cross bar. I hope this helps.
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I loved my cross bars, I used it for my kayak. It comes with all the hardware that you need. Hardest part I had was figuring out how to take the strips off my roof. Only had 1 kayak possibly 50lbs and it worked wonderfully with j racks.
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These cross bars have a combined load rating of 100 lbs. Any rigid cargo box from Yakima, Thule and such would work if not overloaded.
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hey Barbara, though I hadnt tried a "box" on my roof I would imagine you should have little issue.. Guessing the part number ref above is for the factory Mini crossbars, then you can install many different options, ski attachments shown at left..you could CALL your local mini dealer and ask if your particular roof box may fit a Mini bar...sorry not more help...im in phx if you wondered 2012 countryman