So I took the new roof basket offroading at Padre Island National Seashore this past weekend and there were a few issues. In short, the basket slid side to side a bit so I'm going to have to make a few fixes on the mechanism to clamp to the roof rack before further recommendation of this roof basket.

The basket dimensions are 44 inches x 35 inches x 4.25 inches.

I like the pulley system, but unfortunately that won't work with my carport setup so I'll be sticking with a ladder for the time being.

On an unrelated note, I saw what looked to be a broken down Vx being loaded on to a flatbed tow truck outside of San Antonio on the way to Corpus last Friday.