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The outer diameter of Yakima round bars is 1.125. The 3/4 gas pipe will be about 1.050 will be a little too small but it may work. Considering that you can buy a set of Yakima round bars for about $60, I would not spend too much more money trying to save money. Re: Using steel pipe for Yakima cross bars
The sizes of the large bars are based on the square rebars formerly made. Size 9 has the same weight per foot and cross sectional area as a 1-inch square bar, size 10 as a 1 1/8-inch square bar, size 11 as a 1Â¼-inch square bar, size 14 as a 1Â½-inch square bar, and size 18 as a 2-inch square bar.