A lot of times I see surfboards being transported in the horizontal on roof bars. What difference in stress would be exerted on a surfboard if transported in the vertical plane?
I’ve seen a roof rack mounted surfboard carrier that carries in the vertical. I’ve also see basic canoe brackets for roof racks that look exactly the same. Price difference appears to differ between the two by about £200.
Would the stress exerted be that different in the two planes?
My main reason for asking is that I have a roof top box and so can’t mount horizontally. Is there anything I could do to reduces the stresses? Would the different types of foam behave differently? Be under more stress?
I have some kayak racks for vertical transport.
More pressure would be focused onto a smaller surface area of the rail.
However, some good density foam padding on the rails should protect the rails from pressure contact damage with the racks.
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I was wondering if a length of similar sized marine ply would help on the outside edge.
Or be more of a hindrance…
I wouldn’t add plywood.
You want foam padding wherever the SB makes contact with rack metal — like that seen in the SB vertical specific racks.
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Yeah, after I thought about it longer I could appreciate why that would be a bad idea. I’m wondering if the canoe ones may not have enough torsional strength to cope if they were on their own on the roof. But my plan was to attach board to upright, and to secure it against the roof box.
