How To Transfer Roof Rack

Quickly and easily strap cargo to roof rack or trailer using ratchet straps.

How to transfer roof rack.

Position your sup so it is running parallel with the car and with the widest point of the board between the crossbars of your rack. It should be close to one of the crossbars. Typically your vehicle roof will be the limiting factor. Ensure that the roof rack is in position and properly adjusted leaving good space at the centre.

Take a cam strap and position the buckle so it is resting on top of the board but near the edge. Avoid drilling too deep into the roof of the car. In this post i m going to talk about how to transport your kayak without a roof rack system. If you have factory roof racks that run from front to back you can build your own steel crossmembers using one inch square tubing cut to size and secured to the factory racks using carriage bolts.

The exception would be if you are switching between different wheelbase or rear door types of the same generation of van i e. This can be very dangerous hence should be controlled. The sections of a modular rack have crossbars which are welded in position to fit a specific model of van this makes them easy to fit but makes it impossible to transfer between vans in most cases. Using a flat head screw driver assemble the roof rails to the top of the car by sxrewing the side rails and the cross bars together.

Transporting a kayak without a roof rack isn t the easiest of tasks never mind two. Back in 2011 my old car was a nissan rogue standard model which don t have the cross bars or roof rack system. Between a swb low. So it is a big problem for me when it comes to transport my kayak.

I will show you some solutions with the step by step process. Toss the other end of the strap over your sup.