roof rack tie downs
Submitted: Friday, Jul 09, 2004 at 09:07
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cazshaz
Morning
can anyone advise of ways to tie down plastic water bottles to roof rack please??
Have thought of occy straps, ratchet straps or I think they are called just straps?
They are only15 litre square water containers, so don't stand very tall in roof rack.
Thanks everyone.....
Very chilly in Murwillumbah this morning
Shaz
Reply By: Member - Jack - Friday, Jul 09, 2004 at 09:16
Friday, Jul 09, 2004 at 09:16
Hi Shaz:
I am aware that you can buy brackets for "jerry can" style containers, but am not sure about the square ones. I carry jerry can types on my roof rack and just loop ratchet tie downs over them and they stay put. I do have other stuff packed around them, however to help secure them.
With square ones I would imagaine it is possible to run the tie downs through the carry handle part to secure them pretty
well. I think occy straps have a bit too much "give" in them, given the weight of each container. Plus, if an occy strap "lets go" and you are close by, the results can be pretty nasty.
In all these cases I guess all you can hope to do is secure them for a normal set of driving conditioins, but in the unhappy event of a roll-over or something as serious, your water containers will fly about.
Others may be able to offer wiser suggestions.
Jack
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Reply By: Member - JohnR (Vic) - Friday, Jul 09, 2004 at 10:42
Friday, Jul 09, 2004 at 10:42
Shaz,
I am with Rolande and would always ty to carry heavy things like water and
tools low in the vehicle. Best for light weight things you can't get low as the rest. The "reserve" things.......
Just ask yourself is there a reason why you would especially like your vehicle to flip over? You would be making it easier for it to happen with the weight up there.
I have seen them and they don't look perty after, especially if it happens where you are more at risk.
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Reply By: Magnus - Friday, Jul 09, 2004 at 17:23
Friday, Jul 09, 2004 at 17:23
Shaz,
At 33 lbs for 15 litres are you sure you want that up top. Apart from the physical effort of getting them up and down, having them up there is going to wreak havoc with your center of gravity of the vehicle.
If your vehicle is new or newish you should
check out the permissable load up top to be sure you do not void warranty.
My Tribute has a max load of 45 kg up top. Most after market roof racks that are at all decent weigh half or more than that.. So the roof rails that came with the car are mainly for show or a pair of skis or surfboard.
Cheers
Magnus
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Follow Up By: Brian - Friday, Jul 09, 2004 at 19:48
Friday, Jul 09, 2004 at 19:48
"33 lbs for 15 litr" or much simpler 1litre water = 1kg
Brian
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Follow Up By: Mick - Friday, Jul 09, 2004 at 20:44
Friday, Jul 09, 2004 at 20:44
But in fairness to your vehicle the Tribute isn't the sort of vehicle to be going to
places requiring a lot of gear to be carried .... as you say skis or a board so it's for the snow or the beach not off road four wheel driving.
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Follow Up By: Magnus - Saturday, Jul 10, 2004 at 08:14
Saturday, Jul 10, 2004 at 08:14
Brian,
never did manage to make the conversion to metric. When someone is described as xxx cm tall it means absolutely zero to me.
Definitely an imperial man
Cheers
Magnus
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Follow Up By: Magnus - Saturday, Jul 10, 2004 at 08:22
Saturday, Jul 10, 2004 at 08:22
Mick,
Absolutely right bout the Tribute, but the principle of loading beyond the warranty limit still applies. Just need to
check is all.
Nice car the Tribute, but a tad thirsty. If the seats wern't at just the right bum height and the price so attractive, it would be a candidate for exchange for something a bit more economical. Still it does what we want it to do, and that is not serious off road work, as it is not the car for that.
All of which explains its position on the sales table. Down near the bottom!!
Still, we have fun with it and that's the main thing I suppose.
Cheers
Magnus
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Follow Up By: Mick - Saturday, Jul 10, 2004 at 23:07
Saturday, Jul 10, 2004 at 23:07
Absolutely right Magnus. But I'm surprised that they're low on sales - I would have thought they were a popular vehicle in their category. I guess they're up against the Subarus which probably have a bit of a stranglehold. If you consider changing vehicles in the future have a look at the Turbo Diesel Prado - very economical, very much car like and a bit better off road.
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