I dared and was satisfied. I bought for an 800 mile trip and used a rack and ratchet straps. I haven't used the bag yet, but it seems solid. It was raining on the beach and I had no rust. All luggage racks in this price range complain of rust, you have to take care of that yourself. What I accidentally did was start spray paint on rust, especially welds; It's not good for the bars themselves so I went back and bought a Rustoleum style brush and applied 2 coats to it. However, I would recommend spray paint for hard-to-reach areas. I also spray painted all the holes. For all the connections between the two rods I bought some plastic tubing and cut it into about 2 inch lengths and then connected the two rods in the plastic sleeve. So far this has worked fine for me.
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