GBW
Advanced Member
slightly off topic - When I was camping just outside Salt Lake City last fall, it snowed about 2" overnight. We were packing up for the day, loading up the truck, kid, supplies etc. I had the doors of the truck open and hopped into the camper to drop the top just before leaving. I ended up putting a significant amount of snow inside my truck as it slid off the roof!! Lesson learned, shut doors before lowering roof with snow on it.wetcoast said:Having ignored 4wc suggestion to remove snow before lowering the roof once, I would recommend anyone with loaded racks get gas struts!
I have been tossing up the idea of shocks as well. With the kid, we seem to carry more and more crap. I was looking into a car/ski roof pod. I was thinking of putting them inside. I have seen a few neat removable pins which would allow the shock to slide out in just seconds. Will have to ponder the idea more.