Thule Snowcat 5401 Review

[MysticBlueX3]

Price: $160
Very happy with the product. Took me 15 minutes to set it up. 15 minutes to take it down. Holds up to 4 snowboards or 6 skies. Each clamp has a lock so you can leave your boards/skies on the car over night. Wind noise wasn't that bad either. Can't even hear a difference if the inside roof is close. With the inside sun roof open, it gets a little bit more noisey. There was also a lost of MPG. With the rack and boards, I was getting 19 mpg. That was with 3 snowboards on the rack and 4 people + luggage in the car. Normally I get 23 mpg on my daily commute. The snowcat also didn't scratch the black rails which I am very happy with. I highly recommend this product if you don't mind losing some gas mileage.

I also want to add Thule North America was great. It came missing some parts and they overnight the missing parts to me free of charge. Here are some pics.

[rickp]

Nice rack. (isn't that something you say to describe a woman's er, feature?) Where did you buy the racks from? Thx.

[AutoXer]

I got the same rack, very happy with it also. Got mine from Amazon.

[Krunk Man]

got 2 of those babies, they work great. I got mine %20 off at a local retailer who was having a sale. You can even cram 3 pairs of double tipped skis on each side too.

[MysticBlueX3]

Originally Posted by rickp

Nice rack. (isn't that something you say to describe a woman's er, feature?) Where did you buy the racks from? Thx.

I got them from www.prolineracks.com $160 no tax and free ship.

[skillet redux]

I would like to do something similar, but to carry less than 100lb of lumber for very short distances. Can anyone comment on this product for this use (and a fair amount of rope / bungee)?

Proline CB5800 Roof Rack Railing Cross Bar Attachments. Car Roof Top Rack Cross rails and load bars.


Trying to see if we can get rid of our truck between the roof mount for occasional 8' - 10' stock and or a couple pieces of plywood and a trailer for the big trips. In either case I am never going to have to travel more than 2 miles or over 40 mph. Thanks in advance.

[JCL]

Originally Posted by skillet redux

I would like to do something similar, but to carry less than 100lb of lumber for very short distances. Can anyone comment on this product for this use (and a fair amount of rope / bungee)?

Proline CB5800 Roof Rack Railing Cross Bar Attachments. Car Roof Top Rack Cross rails and load bars.


Trying to see if we can get rid of our truck between the roof mount for occasional 8' - 10' stock and or a couple pieces of plywood and a trailer for the big trips. In either case I am never going to have to travel more than 2 miles or over 40 mph. Thanks in advance.

Recommend you look at the Thule load bars and Thule Crossroad 450 attachment feet. Fit perfectly on OEM roof rails. I have used a set on three vehicles now (including an X5 and the current X3).

[skillet redux]

Will do. Thanks!