Tying Lumber To Roof Rack

If you have an suv and need to haul lumber often a trailer would be a better option than a roof rack.

Tying lumber to roof rack.

It s best to use a thinner piece of rope and go through an open door and then shut the doors on top of it. Ask for help from friends if. For plywood i put two 2 x 4 s on the roof rack and place the plywood on top of those to stiffen the plywood otherwise it flops up and down at highway speeds. Remember to place a distance of about 3 to 3 foot in between.

Adam davis dec 10 15 at 15 03. With anything you plan on tying down you ll need three preferably four solid points of contact stability. The second option is the side racks. Not only that but the cost of a roof rack is easily 5 10 times more expensive than a one day truck rental.

Secure it to the roof rack. On a roof rack step 1. Oh and remember to. On each side of the roof you ll see a rack that runs the length of the roof of the vehicle.

I use 4 hand clamps at the corners to hold the plywood to the 2 x 4 s. Here i have the bicycle s handlebars firmly planted on the roof rack s cross bar in the. Then i use the nylon web tie downs i ve got in the photos of below.