john cotterman
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I am still outfitting my new Fleet shell in advance of a trip out West (Dakotas, Wyoming, Colorado) in a couple of weeks. At first I wasn't going to use the Yakima tracks that came preinstalled, but predictably I'm finding that I want to take more stuff than I have room for. I have the idea to put just a few items -- foldup chairs, foldup aluminum table, small under-the-awning plastic carpet -- into a small cargo bag and attach it (somehow) to the tracks. The somehow solution I came up with is to take the Tacoma bed cleats and slide them into the tracks, giving me four points to attach the bag to.
I have a slight concern because the flat bottom bolt of the cleat slides nicely into the Yakima track, but maybe too nicely in that it seems like the width of the bolt doesn't fully fill the width of the track slot -- thus maybe allowing them to work loose with miles of high speed driving and off road bumping.
So here's the question. The flat bolt bottom measures 9/16th inch width. Can anyone with standard Yakima towers please look at their slide in bolt head and measure it for me? Maybe it really is the same 9/16th and I'm worrying for no reason. More likely it is 5/8 or great. Dunno.
I'm just trying to avoid spending $200 to get the official Yakima towers. I'm not even planning to get cross bars, just want something to attach securely to the tracks at 4 points allowing me to tie the cargo bag on.
I have a slight concern because the flat bottom bolt of the cleat slides nicely into the Yakima track, but maybe too nicely in that it seems like the width of the bolt doesn't fully fill the width of the track slot -- thus maybe allowing them to work loose with miles of high speed driving and off road bumping.
So here's the question. The flat bolt bottom measures 9/16th inch width. Can anyone with standard Yakima towers please look at their slide in bolt head and measure it for me? Maybe it really is the same 9/16th and I'm worrying for no reason. More likely it is 5/8 or great. Dunno.
I'm just trying to avoid spending $200 to get the official Yakima towers. I'm not even planning to get cross bars, just want something to attach securely to the tracks at 4 points allowing me to tie the cargo bag on.