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Extension ladders on car roof bars?

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  • 20-09-2016 11:51am
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    josip
    Registered Users Posts: 13,943 ✭✭✭✭


    I'd like to carry a set of extension ladders on our Octavia roof bars.
    The ladders are 3.5m in length unextended.
    I have proper clamps.
    There's about a metre between the roof bars so there'd be a 1.25m overhang front and back.
    Does this sound ok?
    Anyone regularly do this?
    Anything I should watch out for? Top speed, etc?
    Since they won't extend beyond the front or back of the car I don't need to attach a red flag to them?
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    JBokeh
    Registered Users Posts: 469 ✭✭JBokeh


    I installed satellites as a summer nixer and covered many miles with a double extension and roof ladder on my jeep, A trick to not getting it to overhang the back is to put the ladder up on the bars, then slide it forwards until it is at it's tipping point, and stick the rear clamp on, then the front clamp. Be really wary of opening the boot and hitting the glass off the ladder, an easy mistake to make

    No issues with top speed, or bumps, or corners, the noise can be awful on a long drive though. I once got my clamps nicked by some scrote, and used 4 dirty big cable ties to hold the ladder down, surprisingly it didn't budge an inch, though I wouldn't like to have crashed with them up there.


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