Transporting Downhill Skis, 5' Bed

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which length cross bar did you go with? In the Yakima site it says there are 3 sizes to choose from.
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You want 60, or it will look too odd with a lot of extra bar hanging off the end. I have 60s with my Overhaul HD. I still think a little too much bar sticks out, but the 55 length would just quite not fit.
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which length cross bar did you go with? In the Yakima site it says there are 3 sizes to choose from.
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My Bars are the Large (68") bars. Most stick a bit smaller, and if you plan on doing any tight trails and harder off-roading, I would recommend a smaller size, as these do stick out a bit, and in off camber situations, you could hook something. But for those types of trails, I have a Jeep! In any other situation, I love them! I chose this length so I could have the maximum potential of attachment locations on the bars. At times I carry 3 or even 4 kayaks, as well as winter attachments as well, and the 68" bars give me plenty of space to situate everything on the rack with a nice distribution. This is as wide as I would go though. In many states, you have to make sure that everything is less in width than the outside mirrors of the vehicle to be legal, so I measured I believe 72" from the outside of each outside mirror and selected the 68" bars to just fit inside that! I also like the bars for loading kayaks from the ground on the side as you can hook one end of the kayak on a bar and use it to rotate up being that the bars stick out a bit more!

Personally, I prefer the look with the bigger bars as well and it doesn't look out of place. I think the shorter bars look almost too small, or like there is something missing from the rack, but that is all personal preference and desired applications. As I mentioned, the main reason I select these was the extra use of those 8" more on the bars for everything I might put up there!

Here's the installation of the bars on my build page as well as some more pictures: https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/wxnerd2015s-hot-pepper-red-fx4.2217/post-44220
 
 



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