Goat ? Rails

[randydupree2000]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Miller"
wrote:

the converted coach guys were calling our roof rails "goat rails"
or "sheep fences" 18 years ago,i was working at converted coach
rallys and quartzite in those days and i heard that term back then.
its a term of endearment to me! i like the rails,no matter what they
are called!
randy
>
> We've called them "luggage racks" since first coming in contact
with
> the Wanderlodges in the '70s, the goat-rail term came from this
forum
> from what I can tell.
>
> - Jeff Miller
> in Holland, MI
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry" wrote:
> >
> > This term "Goat Rails" surely is an Arab nomenclature. They
take
> their
> > goats with them everywhere, even on their ships. Will not be
> associated
> > with anything I own so another name is in order.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jerry
>