Transport Sheetrock On Roof Rack

Pad up the rack.

Transport sheetrock on roof rack.

Always place the biggest board at the bottom and work your way up to the smallest. Quick guide to transport your sup to the roof rack step 1. If your car doesn t have a roof rack you can add one without drilling any holes in your roof. Tie these 2 by 4s down by looping twine through the inside of your car while the doors are open.

Place one 2 by 4 on each side of the roof of your car. Drywall and plywood cartop carrier roof rack. You might feel up the creek without a paddle if you need to transport a full sheet of drywall but you only have a small car. We also recommend you transport with that weight if the sheet is a lot heavier then do not make any effort to transport on your own as it may cause an accident on the way.

Install a rack on a bare roof. Makes it a lot harder for the winds to lift it up. Place your board down on the roof rack centred between the crossbar deck the tail first. Attach the straps to the model of your roof rack.

Out of the choices of cheep quick and good you usually only get to pick two. I usually have a length of strap go over the front from side to side then hook through the rack go over the stack of drywall to the middle of the front edge travel down the front then under the. This project satisfies all three goals of most of my projects. I show how to tie drywall down to the top of a car.

Place 2 pieces of wood about 8 foot long on the roof rack on the lengthwise. Most hardware stores will have string that you can use for securing drywall to the top of your car. I needed to lug home some 1 2 sheets of fragile yet flexible 4 by 8 drywall with only my honda civic. Strapping the drywall to the top of you car isn t a great option.

I transport 4x8 plywood on my roof racks i usually run a couple of 2x4s under the roof racks the full length of the ply and strap to those at the front and back as well as strapping to the actual roof racks. Remember to place a distance of about 3 to 3 foot in between. I have designed and built simple wo. Secure it to the.

Set the sheets of drywall on top of the.