How To Tie Lumber To Roof Rack

Place 2 pieces of wood about 8 foot long on the roof rack on the lengthwise.

How to tie lumber to roof rack. My car with 4 x8 mdf board on the roof rack. Assess your rack situation. My car with roof rack with cross bars installed. Next secure the load to the rack using ratchet straps photo 2.

Then i use the nylon web tie downs i ve got in the photos of below. Oh and remember to prepare two other pieces of wood for later use. I use 4 hand clamps at the corners to hold the plywood to the 2 x 4 s. Second trip 16 2 x4 x6 boards on my roof rack.

Start by loading dimensional lumber onto the rack with the narrow edges resting on the crossbars. Ask for help from friends if the sheet is too. Ideally you ll have some kind of roof racks to tie things onto. That s in addition to then attaching the bundle securely to the rack.

Don t know if i d carry much lumber on that short front to back rack but i would definitely use at least two good ratchet straps ratcheted very tight around the lumber bundle so nothing could slip out. A pair of 20 web ratchets used as a fail safe in case the board slides to the rear of the vehicle. That prevents the bundle from sliding forward backward or side to side. Nylon rope also works but be prepared to tie some trucker s knots.

With the third option crossbars with side rails you can secure an item to the side rails and run tie downs from front to back securing them to the crossbars. Secure it to the roof rack. On each side of the roof you ll see a rack that runs the length of the roof of the vehicle. Wood also advises against bungie cords as they re too prone to flex when driving at speed and causing loads to shift and possibly escape.

There are really three kinds of scenarios for your roof wood said. 4 web ratchet straps in a pair of x formations to hold down the board to the cross bars. 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. These are great for a lot of reasons but mostly because they give you something solid to anchor to so that your roof mounted load.

Plus the tiedown to the trailer hitch. Load your sheet of plywood on the roof rack. The second option is the side racks.