Swampman597 wrote:
Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the suggestions. I'm not sure if my question has been answered though.
So, has anyone used one of these rattle reducers only for a front mounted crossbar for supporting kayaks or did you still need to use the cross-straps?
Mike
Well I might be able to give you some first hand knowledge on this particular aspect in about a week if you want to wait that long. Due to an injured knee I just had a front receiver put on my Van two days ago and will be getting a mobility scooter and carrier by this weekend. The carrier and scooter will weigh about 200lbs and my plan is to use my front receiver with them. While the carrier comes with it's own anti rattle device if you want I can see if my HITCH VICE will fit the carrier and receiver and see how that works.
If you're interested please PM me and we can work out the details on what I might do to let you know how this combo works for my particular set up.
One sort of hick up here is that the collar on the front receiver I just had installed is a Hidden Hitch and upon inspection I noticed that it is sort of rounded whereas the collar on my rear receiver is flat on the outside and the HITCH VICE clamps against that collar surface and against the draw bar. This collar is the short band around the end of the receiver tube where the draw bar goes in. This collar might only be there on the higher class rated receivers because of their higher TW ratings, but I'm not sure what the real reason for the collar is. To get proper clampint the rounded collar on the Hidden Hitch receiver might need to be ground down some to make it flatter for the HITCH VICE to function properly and I will not be able to make that mod for a couple of months since I'm currently on a 60 day roadtrip and don't really have the facilities or desire to work in colder weather to drop the receiver and make that sort of modification.
Larry
Larry
