Tying Lumber To Roof Rack

Remember to place a distance of about 3 to 3 foot in between.

Tying lumber to roof rack.

Use a tie down that wraps around the item and the rails. With anything you plan on tying down you ll need three preferably four solid points of contact stability. Here i have the bicycle s handlebars firmly planted on the roof rack s cross bar in the. I use 4 hand clamps at the corners to hold the plywood to the 2 x 4 s.

If you have an suv and need to haul lumber often a trailer would be a better option than a roof rack. Adam davis dec 10 15 at 15 03. On a roof rack step 1. 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.

For infrequent use though truck rental is a better option. 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. Then i use the nylon web tie downs i ve got in the photos of below. Not only that but the cost of a roof rack is easily 5 10 times more expensive than a one day truck rental.

In case you have no idea how much weight your plywood sheet is a sheet of inch plywood is approximately 100. On each side of the roof you ll see a rack that runs the length of the roof of the vehicle. Oh and remember to.