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Greg P
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2002 - 11:51 pm: | 
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Does someone know if there is anybody in the whole freakin western hemispere that has a ARB Roof Rack in stock?
I really want to buy one but I don't have 2 months to wait for ARB to paddle one over on their delivery Kayak.
Or can someone suggest another good rack with a mesh floor? I really want the mesh floor.
Thanks,
Greg |
Rich Lee
| | Posted on Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 02:08 am: |
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Greg
Check out my other posting to Andy on roof racks, then contact Acme Outfitters and look at the Kaymar Rack.
www.acme-outfitters.com
Good Luck
Rich |
Alen
| | Posted on Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 02:29 am: |
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Try Steve from Torasport.com |
Jim Macklow
| | Posted on Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 11:12 am: |
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If you're in California, try Man-a-fre (www.man-a-fre.com)
They sell the "Tradesman" rack, which is the company that makes (some) racks for Kaymar; I may be mistaken but I think ARB rebadges the Kaymar racks.
I bought the one without the mesh floor for $425, much cheaper than the other rack options I saw, and it's mighty strong but pretty ugly. It also sits an inch or two lower than all the other racks I looked at (Hannibal, LR Adventure, others whose names I can't remember).
It's a one-piece job so shipping might be a bit pricey. I live about 2 miles from Man-a-fre which may have influenced my purchase decision. |
Nathan Hindman
| | Posted on Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 04:36 pm: |
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Greg,
I'm actually working on adding the ARB racks to my companies product line. Contact me offline and I can give you some pricing, etc. BTW- are you looking at a half rack or a full length ARB rack?
My e-mail address is: [email protected]
Thanks,
Nathan Hindman
http://www.PangaeaExpeditions.com |
charles
| | Posted on Sunday, May 05, 2002 - 10:51 am: |
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I assume no one carries the ARB roof rack in stock. It seems everyone wants to drop ship 8 weeks.Greg did you have any luck I am still looking.
Charles |
jerry quintana, co springs
| | Posted on Sunday, May 05, 2002 - 01:06 pm: |
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try this one in england www.bettaweld.co.uk i checked them out when i lived there top quality work and about the same price also they attach like the defender exterior cage does th the body supper tuff. |
Greg P
| | Posted on Sunday, May 05, 2002 - 10:34 pm: |
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Charles,
No, I haven't found one. Atlantic British stocks the Half-size one but they are asking the rip-off price of $800. For comparison Nathan and Dee charge $495 for the full size one, but ARB takes 8 weeks to deliver it.
I have decided to rig up a cheapie one for my upcoming trip in June, and wait for Dee and Nathan to get their rack to market: Picture an ARB rack with the roof drop of the LR rack.
Oh Yeah!
Greg |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Sunday, May 05, 2002 - 10:46 pm: |
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Greg, where exactly can you get a full length ARB for $495?
Thanks,
Carter |
Will Roeder (Will_Roeder)
| | Posted on Sunday, May 05, 2002 - 11:10 pm: |
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I think that bettaweld may be out of business, their site has been down for a while. I heard that the owner was in a motorcycle accident or something like that, so they are no longer open. |
Greg P
| | Posted on Sunday, May 05, 2002 - 11:14 pm: |
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www.discountrovers.com
You can get their phone numbers from the website. As I understand it, Nathan handles the east and Dee handles the west. These guys have the best prices and a good reputation on Disco-Web.
Greg |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Sunday, May 05, 2002 - 11:48 pm: |
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Thanks Greg |
niall forbes (Forbesn)
| | Posted on Monday, May 06, 2002 - 12:21 am: |
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Dee and Nathan would do well to realise that their website does not work with Netscape, only IE. They may well lose business because of it. |
Greg P
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2002 - 12:28 am: |
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Niall,
I don't know about Dee and Nathan, But Bill Gates Seems to be getting along pretty well with only IE J
Greg |
Greg P
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2002 - 12:41 am: |
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Here Niall, That smilie was supposed to be yellow.
Jerry, Will must be right about Bettaweld, I get nothing but a blank screen at their website.
Thanks for the input guys.
Greg |
niall forbes (Forbesn)
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2002 - 09:19 am: |
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I don't know. Bill's a pretty smart guy you know, so I suspect he uses Netscape ;-)
On a totally unrelated note, are you getting blackening around where your tailpipe sticks through the rear quarter panel? |
Greg P
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2002 - 02:00 pm: |
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The tailpipe is turned out the side under the quarter panel between the tire and the bumper. I get a tiny bit of blackening on the lower lip of the quarter panel but none on the outside. You have to get down and look under to see it. |
niall forbes (Forbesn)
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2002 - 03:52 pm: |
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Oh sorry, I must have confused you with another Greg. I thought you had a DII with a hole cut in the rear quarter panel. |
Marc
| | Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2002 - 08:23 am: |
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Niall, you are thinking of Greg Davis |
niall forbes (Forbesn)
| | Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2002 - 09:30 am: |
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Oh, well that explains it. Sorry all. |
Greg Davis
| | Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2002 - 10:31 am: |
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Niall, yes it gets black. But it does wash off. I've just been too lazy to wash it lately. |
niall forbes (Forbesn)
| | Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2002 - 11:06 am: |
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Well, nothing wrong with that, as long as the carbon doesn't bake on. I think it looks pretty sweet the way you've done it. I've seen it before but it can look like a hack job. Yours just looks like a really clean install. |
Greg Davis
| | Posted on Friday, May 10, 2002 - 10:16 am: |
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Thanks. I made an oval template and marked the body with a permanent marker. Then I cut the hole out with a jig saw, smoothed the edges with a file, and recently installed trim around the opening so it looks a little more "finished" now. Even after you wash it, one trip down the road and it's black again. |
Kennith
| | Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 12:08 am: |
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I am currently designing a roof rack. I suggest you visit my thread under general non tech titled "what would you want in a roof rack?".
I have designed it with us in mind, off roaders. All the durability of the ARB (probably more), the flowing lines of the adventure rack, and the practicality of compatibility with all your old thule and yakima equipment, together with a design that wont bend your gutters, no matter how much weight you put on it... you know you want to visit my thread...you know you do...
Any ideas you have for what you would want on your dream rack are being considered, I am designing this for production, so please help me please you with the perfect product.
Cheers,
Kennith |
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