[Closed] Conundrum

Gaffa tape. A couple of rolls will be cheaper than delivery. It won't budge.

I had similar problem, bought a long section of worktop - possibly two - from local B&Q. certainly 2m, possibly 3m.

How to get that home in a Peugeot 205?

Fold rear seats down, worktops in through hatchback, flatmate sits on worktops to stop them sliding back out. Result!

How long does it need to be? Cut it at the store and put in the car now it's shorter?

@ joat

Im genuinely tempted by that. Except the emergency stop scenario! 😆

It has to be 8ft so its not fitting in my motor, its a 3 dr Clio.

My nearest Wickes is 14 miles away, its cheapest by far. Dont know what to do, no way Im paying £37 for delivery tho'

Have you heard of rope?

Just needs a couple of ratchet straps. Under a fiver from ebay of £15 or so from halfords. Put some cardboard under the straps to stop the surface getting marked if you care about it (probably not if it is for he workshop).

Have you heard of rope?

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Every days a school day. 😉 In all my years Ive never had to secure a load to a car roof, save for my bikes.

What nick said. Man its not exactly the Krypton Factor

+1 for ratchet straps. Just be careful of transporting such a long item on a hatch..a passing copper might be having an off day and pull you. Are there any legal limits for this stuff??

Ratchets ideally, but decent rope will be fine too. For safety, use as much as you think you could possibly need, then add more. Oh and attaching something highly visible to the back end will discourage people from driving into it.

You are permitted a 1.5 metre overhang to rear of vehicle, not sure about front, presumably on longer than bonnet. Don't forget aerodynamics will try lift the front of the load, so make sure it is held down at the front (how many jokers have you seen with a matress folded in half on their roofrack?)

Stick it to a skateboard and tow it.

I did a double mattress a cavalier roof, rope harness on mattress, used the front and rear towing eyes, and tied it through the doors.

Lol @ gusamc you're a true hero

I'll happily put a 16 foot canoe on a hatchback and secure it with a couple of cam straps- cheaper and easier than ratchet straps, and you can get enough force on a ratchet strap to damage stuff.
With something smooth and flat like that id have two straps crosswise, and one to stop it sliding forward if stopping sharply.
Ive had a sofa on the roof before 🙂

EDIT- As noted above there is a lot of upforce on that kind of load, keep your speed reasonable or it may snap

I've had a lot of 4.8m long decking on the roof of a 306 on Thule aerobars. Was a bit ropey when we went over a dip in the road and the ends bounced up and down a lot. By far the worst was a sheet of ply and a single sheet of square corrugated roofing from the agricultural suppliers. Forgot to take the ratchet straps and was on the new estate so no roof rack - only the roof bars. Only had some crappy blue plastic rope and some baler band but had plenty of it so could strap it every 2 ft. Got to 30mph and it was resonated as air was getting in between the ply and the thin metal which had really low stiffness and mass being a single sheet so then had to pull in and spend a while wondering how we could stop it resonating (bubblewrap to block air going between the two sheets) and then came home via the A-roads instead of the motorway.

Can't remember how I got my worktops home when I did the flat. Suspect Dad had an estate at the time.

Roofrack will be fine for 3m long as long as you know how to secure it - make sure it can't twist as well as the usual fore/aft movement. Or if your lights are on your tailgate and you can flatten the rear seats you could always flatten the front seat too and run them through the car (tie them to the passenger door) and then lash the boot lid down. Just make sure they can't slide out the back or onto you and don't leave anything in the boot.

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Rope. Ideally have the load up against something on the roof bars, an end stop if you have them, or a knot. Then tie side to side and fore and aft to stop it sliding. And if it's flexy tie down to the towing eyes as well.

I used to carry silly stuff on my old mini - the police were very amused by the Canadian canoe - "well done, sonny - keep it off the motorways aye?" 😉