Roof Racks: 3-board Stack?

[(PeteCresswell)]

Anybody got photos of three boards stacked on a roof rack?

I spent a couple hours today with pool noodles and bungee and
it's just not working for me.

First two: bottom-to-bottom, no problem.

But between rocker lines, scoops, and foot straps the third one
has me beat. Of course I can get it up there, but it's beau
coups ugly.

Anybody got a technique? Photos?

Or am I fighting Mother Nature on this one?
--
PeteCresswell

[marc rosen]

Hello Pete,
No photos but a few tales; I've done this several times yet I've had
all boards in bags and I'd strap each board down as if it were the
only one (That is, I did not use one set of straps to hold the entire
mess on the roof.) If you strap board 1 down then it will become a
stable platform for board 2 and so on. Bags- if available- help to
"smooth it on out a little bit" * .
Hope this was a little helpful,
Marc (*got another FZ
reference in there)

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per marc rosen:

>No photos but a few tales; I've done this several times yet I've had
>all boards in bags and I'd strap each board down as if it were the
>only one (That is, I did not use one set of straps to hold the entire
>mess on the roof.) If you strap board 1 down then it will become a
>stable platform for board 2 and so on. Bags- if available- help to
>"smooth it on out a little bit" * .
>Hope this was a little helpful,

Thanks.

Never shoulda sold my old Gorge Rax....-)
--
PeteCresswell

[Mamba]

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Before I got my gorge racks I had a steel welder create a two-tier stacker
for boards that would attach to my roof rack with pipe clamps.

If I were to do it again, I'd make the upper bars about 18" high. That way
you could put two boards in the open section very securely, and a third
board could stack above those upper bars when needed.

Three boards stacked on each other at highway speeds is just never gonna be
very stable. If I see somebody with a stack like that on the hwy, I try to
give them a wide berth...

[Michael]

I've done this dozens of times, but all boards nose first and upside
down. Bags are nice but not mandatory. You end up driving with a
bit of a wedge, but it's just fine.

[Glenn Woodell]

No photos here either but I've done it many times. I've always either
strapped them all together as one or 2 plus 1. In between I've used
rack pads in the front, right where the front strap goes so I don't
break my boards, and either another rack pad between the foot straps
or tennis balls under the foot straps.

Unless your boards have funky rockers, this should work if you orient
them all the same way.

If not then have you tried to have them all upright but the middle one
turned backwards? Let a 7 year old give it a try if you have one
nearby. :)

Glenn

On Mon, 14 May 2007 13:57:03 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)" <x...@y.Invalid>
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[Matt]

Recently did this with 2 Starts and a Techno on racks that are on my truck
bed cover and experienced no problems at freeway speeds. Tennis balls in
the footstraps of the lower two and a pool noodle folded over for the front.
I had to chain the rack straps in order to go completely over the stack.
I'd buy and cut a pool noodle in half if I was going to do this on a regular
basis; couldn't do it with the kids only one though.

Sorry no photos.
Best,
Matt

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[Bob A.]

Pete, I don't do a 3 stack often but have done it this way. All boards are
in bags which keeps the stack together better IMO. The first two boards are
tail forward and facing up, with pool noodles between. Also I insert very
short pool noodles into the rear straps of the second board and into the
rear straps of the board that will go on top of the stack. The top board
goes on nose forward and upside down. Position this board for/aft so its
rocker sits nicely--the nose of the top board will end up forward of the
tail of the board below. The pool noodles in the straps provide the required
spacing to allow inverting the top board, as well as prevent strap crushing.
Depending on the rocker of the top board I may stick a pool noodle under it
(just forward of its rear straps) to keep the board from wanting to rock
side to side, this pool noodle being thickened up by a layer of thick pipe
insulation pressed onto it. I find this stack to be the best combination of
stability and aerodynamicness. Probably would not work too well with a
heavily rockered wave board on top though.
--Bob

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