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    Looks pretty silly imho. Looks like the yakima megawarrior. I bet you could trade it to someone for a smaller loadwarrior.

    If you cut it, I would put solid rods inside at least the bottom two large bars and the two center smaller bars


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    Yep, its too big, but cutting it would be easy, 10 bucks for a angle grinder at Harbor freight, and you can use the conduit sleeves at lowes, or use smaller pipes inside. No way you are welding that together...that stuff is crazy thin (unless you are an awesome welder, or know someone who is)

    Actually, I would use broom stick/dowel rod for the inside and just screw the tubing to it...

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    Yeah... I thought it looked "not right".

    I'm not too keen on modding it.

    So, anyone have a larger SUV and want a basket?
    LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by SilverBullet75 View Post
    Yeah... I thought it looked "not right".

    I'm not too keen on modding it.

    So, anyone have a larger SUV and want a basket?
    LOL
    I've got a buddy with an older Jeep Cherokee that may want it, but is flat broke. I'll send info to his folks to see if they want to buy it for him for Christmas. First though, we would need to measure his roof line compared to mine to see if it's wider-enough to hold that big basket!

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    Yeah, looks like the MegaWarrior...it's 52"L x 48" W
    LoadWarrior is 44" L x 39" W

    I think it looks too wide. Proportions are off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by VX KAT View Post
    Yeah, looks like the MegaWarrior...it's 52"L x 48" W
    LoadWarrior is 44" L x 39" W

    I think it looks too wide. Proportions are off.
    The large Thule 696 is 62" x 39".

    VX KATs got right...it's just too wide.
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