sjm69 wrote:hope you have a red flag on the back of that beast with a sign that says 'long load' , mate that 'boat' is frigging long!!!!
LOL yeah i noticed that too... its longer than a few run abouts people tow behind their cars.
Ive been loading it a bit more forward lately so it only over hangs the rear bumper by about 700-800mm so i dont think i need to flag it. It looks deceptive cos of the roof line is shorter than the bumper, but yeah in the original shots its probably overhanging about 1200mm from bumper which im not sure, might have been illegal
Cops over here only seem to be worried about if im 5km over the limit rather than my load... if it looks strapped down well enough they leave it alone.
Mind you, did you hear last year when a young fella on a motorbike was following a falcon down mitchell freeway with a dining table on top, the whole roof rack broke off, it fell out to the side and car in other lane swerves to avoid it and knocks poor kid off his bike, almost killed him. He just posted on a local bike forum couple months ago, about 7 or 8 months after the accident that he stood for the first time with out crutches, still a wee way off walking.
My Kayak weighs 34kg, and load limit of rack is 60kg, so im not doing something as stupid here. Ill get a flag when i find one, probably have to go to one of those work/safety stores, repco etc dont sell em strangely.
