How To Secure Boxes To A Roof Rack

Bring that strap end around to the other side of the cargo.

How to secure boxes to a roof rack.

Mounting a gun case to your roof rack as cargo box for recovery gear. Cover the entire load with a tarp or netting to prevent things from falling out. Ratchet straps are a cheap and easy way to ensure the highest level of safety when deciding how to secure items on a roof rack. After some time of putting heavy boxes up and down on the roof rack hassling with strapping them down i decided that it was more trouble than it.

When i got my lfd off road roof rack my intention was to carry most of my gear using plano sportsman s boxes to leave the cargo area of the 4runner accessible for sleeping. Take an end of the safety strap and loop it down under a roof bar that runs perpendicular to your vehicle and then back up to the top of the cargo. First loop the strap under the roof rack s crossbar and drape the loose ends over your oblong load i e. Two equally spaced straps running front to back and two side to side across the load will do the trick for most standard shaped items.

Just as before wrap that end of the safety strap under the other side of the same roof bar. Lighter goes lower place heavier items on top of lighter items.