Apologies for the late reply. We did not camp on the beach. I am not sure if you are allowed to do that at Seaside. We camped above Seaside in the mountains. When we arrived in the evening it was so quiet and then we bed down for the night expecting a quiet restful sleep. Well about 3 in the morning on, logging truck after logging truck drove by where we were parked. lol.
The roof rack is a Sportrack made by Thule. It has the extension. The cross rack is for a tent trailer and is built by Sportrack/thule also. It has a very heavy build which adds weight I don't like but it certainly will last. It needed to be cut down as it was too long. In retrospect, I should have left the extra to hold a winch on the passenger side to lift objects. The rack system is okay, but when I hit a bump, there can be some rattling noises up there which is a little annoying but I have grown to accept it. With an improved suspension, I am sure that would be less of a problem. After I had put the rack on the first time, I tried to lift the cab to get at something and was surprised that I could not lift it. I forgot about the weight of the rack up there, thinking I was losing strength in my "older" age. But I usually lift the cab up in our driveway which has an upward slope. duh! So anyhow, I can lift the cab with the rack on it empty on the flat still but I have a fair amount of strength. Others ability to lift this system will vary and may require a helper. We had 520 pounds of cooking oil in it and that held well. I had reservations about putting that much weight up there but had no choice as I did not have any other spot for it except in the living quarters and my wife overruled that idea. The only thing, around curves on country roads, cornering felt odd with that weight and I did not feel comfortable driving and some of the back roads in Oregon have quite a slope from the center of the road to the sides which did not help. But as I refueled, with the oil, the handling improved of course.
So I would say on the most part, I like the rack. It looks cool up there giving the truck a better appearance and I can hold extra things. It will stay on there for sure. to access the rack, I use a telescoping ladder. The ladder leans against the cab above the doors when it is being used and it caused some streaks and dents/marks so I added some adhesive rubber step material on each side to prevent that. I will take a picture of that later and post it
looks like a nice trip, did you camp on the beach?
Where did you get your roof rack? Looks like its a stock item like thule?? How do you like it? Whats the mounting system like and what do you carry up there, veggie oil?
