How To Strap Plywood Sheet Into Suv

I ve even loaded our odyssey with a 4x8 with the second row in place with child car seats the sheet was bent but the trunk door closed.

How to strap plywood sheet into suv.

If the distance was short and i could keep it under 35 mph or so. The sheets of plywood requires the gate be left down. Use ropes to make sure it does not move around while you drive. I limit the the load to two sheets of 3 4 mdf or three sheets or 3 4 plywood.

These is a job for full size minivans which almost all of them can fit a full sheet with the second and third rows removed. My proper lumberyard will deliver sheets of proper plywood free as long as you are in so many miles. You can run those straps through the interior too. On a 2000 outback i would if it was just a sheet or two of 3 4 3 or 4 sheets of 1 2.

Place the two pieces of wood you have left side from step 2 on top of the plywood sheet. I am concerned with all the weight on the sides of the bed causing the walls to bend inwards. Conversely wait till you get a few bucks to buy 10 sheets of whatever you need for the for foreseeable future and bite the bullet for the 20 pick up truck rental at the depot. Just as a note even the largest suvs typically can t fit a full sheet.

The purpose of these supports are for 4 x 8 sheets of plywood or drywall. We are going to break down a lot of different suv s that can carry sheets of plywood so that you can get the perfect suv that will help you with all of those tough and fulfilling projects that you have on deck. After laughing and wishing i had my camera i went in picked up what i needed and headed out. Ask for help from friends if the sheet is too heavy.

I have carried many many sheets of mdf and plywood home on a thule cartop carrier on both a honda accord and a subaru forrester. Sent from my iphone using tapatalk. Shows a method of car top loading of large heavy awkward sheets of plywood or other sheet goods. About 40 2x4x8 12 sheets of plywood 6 sheets of drywall and this is the funny one 4 bundles of insulation.

I use independent double web tie downs in front and one in back and keep speed under 60mph. Probably cut a couple 48 lengths of 2x4 to use as extra crossbars and strap it down good. I did some computations a while back and the number of sheets adding up to 1200 lbs will be above the level of the bed.