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Timwhy Samba Member
Joined: January 01, 2009 Posts: 4002 Location: Maine
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Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 4:19 am Post subject: Luggage Rack Cargo Net |
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Found this cargo net at Lowe's yesterday, discontinued item (yellow price tag) marked down to $8.76.
Seems to be a pretty good fit at 15" X 30", plenty stretchy enough to span the 20" X 40" luggage rack to hold various items securely.
There is a weight limit on the net of NOT MORE than 25#'s, should be ok to to hold down all my camp chairs.
The item is Secure-Tite Cargo Net, UPC 5164361444
The net has 10 hooks that I had to reposition to line up with the luggage cleats, easily done with pliers.
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'87 VW Westy
'91 Tin Top
'90 Cabby
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purplepeopleeater Samba Member
Joined: July 23, 2005 Posts: 3117 Location: E. Washington
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Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 5:36 am Post subject: |
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Cool, I will check them out today!
I need to re-rivet all my tie downs first though. |
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campism Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2007 Posts: 4492 Location: Richmond VA
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Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 8:24 am Post subject: |
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Nice find. What are the metal brackets on the inner rear wall of the luggage rack? |
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PDXWesty Samba Member
Joined: April 11, 2006 Posts: 6247 Location: Portland OR
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j8 Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2003 Posts: 575 Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Nice. We used to use the cargo net for a cycle up there, very similar. This is spiffy! Thanks. _________________ Julia
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DAIZEE Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2010 Posts: 7552 Location: Greater Toronto Area Ontario West Side
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Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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geez I paid a lot more for mine at Cdn Tire but they are great. I think I will change the anchors on Scooby as they are plastic or nylon and most likely brittle.
I also have a roof top bag I may consider using. Hey its blue!!! _________________ '09 2.5L Jetta 5 cylinder, 5 spd, super turbo, see thread in H2O Cooled Jetta, etc...
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Timwhy Samba Member
Joined: January 01, 2009 Posts: 4002 Location: Maine
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Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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campism wrote: |
Nice find. What are the metal brackets on the inner rear wall of the luggage rack? |
The one on the drivers side is for a digital tv antena and the one on the passenger side is my truckers' XM antena, that I put under the luggage rack. was thinking that it didn't matter if the antena was under the luggage rack or not and I was right works great under there!!
Picture shows the antena before the move
_________________ '15 Audi A3 Quattro
'09 VW Tiguan (dead)
'87 VW Westy
'91 Tin Top
'90 Cabby
What the Westy wants the Westy GETS
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otiswesty Samba Member
Joined: November 21, 2006 Posts: 1731 Location: Portland
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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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I use the Earthstrap cargo net. It is designed for the Westfalia Vanagon and Bus roof rack and is woven out of recycled tire inner tubes in Peru. A friend of mine in Shell Beach CA has them made and GoWesty is one of his vendors. It is great for holding down a load of firewood, campchairs and even a couple of skulls if needed.
_________________ 1978 Sage Green P22 Westfalia
1989 T3 Syncro Single cab
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r39o Samba Polizei
Joined: May 18, 2005 Posts: 9800 Location: San Diego
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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:12 pm Post subject: Re: Luggage Rack Cargo Net |
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Timwhy wrote: |
Found this cargo net at Lowe's yesterday, discontinued item (yellow price tag) marked down to $8.76.
Seems to be a pretty good fit at 15" X 30", plenty stretchy enough to span the 20" X 40" luggage rack to hold various items securely.
There is a weight limit on the net of NOT MORE than 25#'s, should be ok to to hold down all my camp chairs.
The item is Secure-Tite Cargo Net, UPC 5164361444
The net has 10 hooks that I had to reposition to line up with the luggage cleats, easily done with pliers.
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The OP net is shown at the Lowe's website as:
Secure Tite Mini Cargo Net 15" x 30"
* Item #: 317632
* Model #: 61444
$9.63
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CQ Samba Member
Joined: April 11, 2009 Posts: 546 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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I got the same one a little bit ago. I put 3 rubbermaid bins up there with my camping stuff and my astrotuff on top of the bins and the nets holds it just fine. Just careful when you are stretching the hooks in there mounts, I missed one and almost took out my eye, hook hit the white part and not my cornea. I will be paying much more attention from now on. Lucky for me that don,t call me one-eye after that. _________________ 82 Westy 'Betsy'
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b00t Samba Member
Joined: February 08, 2011 Posts: 157 Location: Asheville, NC
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:09 am Post subject: |
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Everybody, please be careful with these bungees, as from the last post you can see they are very dangerous. I ride dual sport motorcycle and only took one time witha cube almost taking my eye out and leavinga welt the size of a baseball to move to something different. be careful worth bungees! |
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Timwhy Samba Member
Joined: January 01, 2009 Posts: 4002 Location: Maine
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climberjohn Samba Member
Joined: January 11, 2005 Posts: 1840 Location: Portland Orygun
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:55 am Post subject: |
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This is a great thread. I love when folks post specific part numbers and ordering info.
A cost comparison:
Earthstrap: $45 (shipping included)
Lowes strap: $9.63
Cost to support a nice product and righteous rubber recycling hand made by impoverished Peruvians . . . You decide.
My head and my heart pull me in two different directions on this one!
-CJ _________________ '86 Westy, 2.5 Subaru power
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r39o Samba Polizei
Joined: May 18, 2005 Posts: 9800 Location: San Diego
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:08 am Post subject: |
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climberjohn wrote: |
This is a great thread. I love when folks post specific part numbers and ordering info.
A cost comparison:
Earthstrap: $45 (shipping included)
Lowes strap: $9.63
Cost to support a nice product and righteous rubber recycling hand made by impoverished Peruvians . . . You decide.
My head and my heart pull me in two different directions on this one!
-CJ |
Buy the inexpensive one. Donate the difference to your favorite charity or other community organization. (TheSamba is an organization that supports the Vanagon community.) _________________ "Use the SEARCH, Luke" But first visit the Vanagon FAQ!
1990 Multivan EJ 22, Rancho trans 0.82 4th, Small Car front AC, CLKs w/ 215/65-16, homemade big brakes 303mm, Konis, Recaros, etc....
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Witless Joe Samba Member
Joined: May 06, 2005 Posts: 460
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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There is another alternative, for people who really hate bungee cords (like me).
I don't just hate the danger of their crap metal hooks either seperating from the elastic or springing back and catching me in the eye, but I also hate the crap weak elastic cord itself, which is nowhere near to being as secure to hold a load under duress (wind, heavy braking, swerving, etc.) as rope.
My vote is to leave the bungees at home or in the garbage can, and learn to tie a trucker's hitch.
It's a knot that lets you create mechanical advantage to tighten a rope, every bit as tight (or tighter) as a bungee. It's like creating a block & tackle with just the rope itself.
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DAIZEE Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2010 Posts: 7552 Location: Greater Toronto Area Ontario West Side
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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Just an idea, can you not bend those hooks so the net end is tight, (bend to close the opening). That's what I did. The cargo net is probably going inside anyway, think I'll go to truckers rachets on my rain edge and at least one fore/aft from inside the top of the front top grill to inside the pop top. I also do a marine knot on the left over rachet tail. I'm also going to use them for my electric bike's rack. _________________ '09 2.5L Jetta 5 cylinder, 5 spd, super turbo, see thread in H2O Cooled Jetta, etc...
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otiswesty Samba Member
Joined: November 21, 2006 Posts: 1731 Location: Portland
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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I was lucky enough to get the Earthstraps from my neighbor for $20 ea. I bought 2 so I could have one in the bus also. For me, it was nice to buy from a buddy starting a business using small scale Peruvian workers and recycled car innertubes intead of a big box retailer selling something cheaper from China.
So the real cost is $20 plus my $0.02
climberjohn wrote: |
This is a great thread. I love when folks post specific part numbers and ordering info.
A cost comparison:
Earthstrap: $45 (shipping included)
Lowes strap: $9.63
Cost to support a nice product and righteous rubber recycling hand made by impoverished Peruvians . . . You decide.
My head and my heart pull me in two different directions on this one!
-CJ |
_________________ 1978 Sage Green P22 Westfalia
1989 T3 Syncro Single cab
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vanagonjr Samba Member
Joined: October 07, 2010 Posts: 3431 Location: Dartmouth, Mass.
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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Witless Joe wrote: |
My vote is to leave the bungees at home or in the garbage can, and learn to tie a trucker's hitch.
It's a knot that lets you create mechanical advantage to tighten a rope, every bit as tight (or tighter) as a bungee. It's like creating a block & tackle with just the rope itself.
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Yes the Trucker's Hitch rules! I use it for tying on boats & setting up close lines in camp. But one does have to be careful - the mechanical advantage is more than you would think!
John |
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DAIZEE Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2010 Posts: 7552 Location: Greater Toronto Area Ontario West Side
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Is that a 1/2 hitch or a full hitch? I'm thinking nautical knots, anchor end is always a bowline for me and then end is a hitch. _________________ '09 2.5L Jetta 5 cylinder, 5 spd, super turbo, see thread in H2O Cooled Jetta, etc...
83.5 Vanagon L Riviera Model with 98 1.9L TD AAZ 4 speed Daily Driver 3 out of 4 seasons (sold)
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Team WorldTour Samba Member
Joined: September 02, 2010 Posts: 2426 Location: Der Vaterland
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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climberjohn wrote: |
This is a great thread. I love when folks post specific part numbers and ordering info.
A cost comparison:
Earthstrap: $45 (shipping included)
Lowes strap: $9.63
Cost to support a nice product and righteous rubber recycling hand made by impoverished Peruvians . . . You decide.
My head and my heart pull me in two different directions on this one!
-CJ |
I opted for the cool recycled tube net. I'll pay $45 for something I need, made by hand, with recycled whatever.Plus, it helps this guy in Peru feed his family, NOT help a CEO make a down payment on his 3rd house. _________________ 1990 Feldjäger Syncro AAZ
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