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The luggage rack...

Does anyone use it regularly?  Use it at all?  I did see a reference to protection for solar panels.

Not an immediate project, but I plan to fill holes on the roof.  Satellite antenna we don't use, TV antenna we don't use.  Screws for wire hold-downs, screws for no-longer there vent covers, CB antenna, and the roof rack...  I counted 111 holes that I could permanently fill and paint, and eliminate potential water leaks.

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In MY opinion (everbody got one), it is of no use.  I will remove ours if we ever have our roof coated at FOT or MOT (a ways down on our To-Do list).  Until then, it remains in place and is ignored.

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Quote from: Chuck & Jeannie –
In MY opinion, it is of no use.  I will remove ours if we ever have our roof coated at FOT or MOT (its on our To-Do list).  Until then, it stays in place and is ignored.
Thanks!  I have seen stuff tied up there, but not on FTs.  It is usually those ancient gassers with corrugated metal scraps over a window, and a look of being broken in the middle.  I feel daring climbing the ladder with a caulk gun.  I can't imagine climbing up with a steamer trunk!

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I have heard of members securing a mounted spare tire up there on the Motorcade Club Alaska trip.

I always have visions of them rolling the tire/wheel off the roof, and watching it bounce down the road for half a mile before it stops in the bar ditch.

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Quote from: Chuck & Jeannie –
I have heard of members securing a mounted spare tire up there on the Motorcade Club Alaska trip.

I always have visions of them rolling the tire/wheel off the roof, and watching it bounce down the road for half a mile before it stops in the bar ditch.
Spouse 1 rolls the mounted tire off the roof to spouse 2 and yells "catch!"

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Ya, you have to hire Craneman to come and get the spare tire up in the roof.  I helped friends put solar panels on their roof. They had the luggage rack. It seemed to all of us a significant trip hazard getting on and off the roof.

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Absolute waste of aluminum IMO.

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Redundancy yet again.    Foretravel's have more storage inside than most others AND a roof rack.

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Absolute waste of aluminum IMO.

Me? I like the look. Also, when the wind is blowing hard enough and in just the right direction, we get that lovely bassoon sound!
jor

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Being a little more adventurous you may find a use for it. Traveling down the Baja for the winter I never could have enough storage space.

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We left ours at Xtreme last month.
Glad to be rid of the tripping hazard.

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When driving deep into Mexico, we always kept an unmounted spare tire up there-- with a Sunbrella cover over it.

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So last year we went to Buffalo Bill state park in Wyoming. I had a 12' wind surf board on top, along with the mast and sails. The problem is trying to tie something down when the tie down points are almost 8 feet apart. I would like to utilize that space more, I have no clue why other than "because it's there". I plan on removing the aluminum rail and replace with steel and adding one (or maybe two) more rail down the center so I can tie smaller/narrower things down. I also would like to put a small swing up/out arm or davit for hoisting large and not so heavy items on board. Call me crazy, call me foolish just don't call me late for dinner.

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Everyone is different..The 280 I had, had a storage bin on top that I suppose the po used.. I haul enough "stuff" that I could use more outside storage but I'm not sure enough of my one arm ladder climbing to carry anything to the top that weighs much or is very large..

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I polish mine every time I do the wheels. With the chrome basement latches, polished wheels and mirrors, chrome Hadleys, chrome spotlight and polished roof rack gives the coach just a touch of bling and sparkle. IMHO a lot of he coaches nowdays while they have beautiful paint jobs are a little drab. Hate to think how much I spent in the old days at the chrome shop.