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   Stephen_Hazlett | Apr 30, 2000 02:37am | #1

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   hollow D-Rung ladders on my rack hum like a kid blowing on a pop bottle,but the rack itself does not howl. Of course the removeable rear bar will rattle a bit if the rack is empty,but since it has only been empty once(while driving home from having it installed)it is not a problem.

   Stephen

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   jim_"crazy_legs"_blodg | Apr 30, 2000 05:09am | #2

   *probably just your u - joints.

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   blue_eyed_devil_ | Apr 30, 2000 05:56am | #3

   *I had a rack that howled. it had a flat plate that was attached to the front. I don't know what it's purpose was, but it buzzed.I've had ladders that hummed. Hell I have a whole concert going on up there.I once had a piss poor ladder rack. I looked out the rear view mirror to see my ladders flying through the air with the rack still attached!blue

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   James_DuHamel | Apr 30, 2000 08:40am | #4

   *So that was you that tossed that ladder rack right in front of me (while doing 85 down the highway!)Nice ladders. I use them all the time now. Had to leave the ladder rack on the side of the road though. It was a piss poor ladder rack indeed. Did I mention that they were nice ladders?James DuHamel

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   Harley_J._Clark | Apr 30, 2000 04:14pm | #5

   *Read somewhere if you inject low expanding foam in the rungs of ladders it will help with the whistle.

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   Larry_"The_Home_Hack" | Apr 30, 2000 11:57pm | #6

   *Have you tried turning up the radio?

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   Luka_ | May 01, 2000 09:35pm | #7

   *Personaly, I've been known to howl at a 'rack' or two. But I've never had any howl back at me.

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   Mike_Smith | May 03, 2000 03:05am | #8

   *mine howls on saturday nite...it's a ((TOPPER)) hot dipped galvanized.. with a cantilever extension over the cab to make it a 12 foot rack..bot it new for my '85 F150....and moved it to my '91...

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   jim_"crazy_legs"_blodg | May 03, 2000 06:09am | #9

   *probably wheel bearings.

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   Mark_"if_I_were_a_carpenter | May 03, 2000 06:20am | #10

   *I worked for someone who had a new rack installed which howled something fierce. he determined that it was caused by the gap between the top of the truck cab and the cross member of the rack creating a "whistle effect". had a welder add approximately 4" to the height of the rack and presto! problem solved!

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   Mark_"if_I_were_a_carpenter | May 03, 2000 06:22am | #11

   *Wow! I sure wish I had the sense to check grammer and punctuation before posting!

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   Jim_Lovatt | May 03, 2000 04:32pm | #12

   *Mark, you can edit your posts for 30 minutes after posting....there will be an "edit" button by it. Thank God, cause Ive posted some real unintelklibgiblle dooozz;lkjies.i If I was a carpenter, and you were a ladyi would you marry me anyway?, would you have my baby?That song reminds me of my first job, picking (throwing?) strawberries when I was 12 - listening to AM radio in the fields. Worked all summer and made about 50 bucks.jl

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   jim_at_great_white | May 04, 2000 05:09am | #13

   *jim; enough about the fordlarry; I,m to0 old for the loud music (even though you,ll always be older than me,chronologically anyways)luka; got in trouble for doin the same many times myselfjim

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    Mark_"if_I_were_a_carpenter | May 04, 2000 05:30am | #14

    *Jim, Thanks for the advice! I'm getting better at this computer thingy every day! Still haven't figured out a way to smash my thumb with it, but if it's possible I'm sure I'll be the one to discover how!

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    jim_"crazy_legs"_blodg | May 05, 2000 04:38am | #15

    *could be the differential.

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    Luka_ | May 07, 2000 03:15am | #16

    *Probably the muffler bearings.I'll bet he got those new chromed neoprene things. Shoulda stuck with the old stainless.....

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    larry_the_home_hack | May 10, 2000 03:35pm | #17

    *Jim , Old is a state of mind. Especially when a Ted Nugent tune comes on the radio. It might be a tumor.... "It's not a tumor!":o)

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    Paul_Hanson | May 15, 2000 04:10am | #18

    *When I moved my rack from a Chev van to a Ford van it developed a howl that it never had before. I tried moving the rack fore and aft to no avail. After listening to me complain about it for a couple of months, my sixteen year old son taped some foam pipe insulation over the square cross bars. Problem fixed.

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   jim_at_great_white | May 17, 2000 06:02am | #19

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   Just put a material rack on the new truck along with a cab high utility topper I'm wondering if you others with the same set up have that irritating buzzing that starts about 30 35 mph?

   jim