Transporting Long Lumber on a Festiva...

[ajbremer]

I've built a house using my Festiva before, didn't own a pickup truck. Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone here has
ever built or seen something built on top of a Festiva roof that'll fit 12' or more boards...without using a trailer. What
I mean is using or building something like a ladder or luggage rack on top?

[Larry Hampton]

I had considered at one time of removing the black strips on the roof and using bar stock of the same width to thru bolt thru the roof and weld some stations off of it to make a set of roof rails that cross bars could be attached to.

That said, you're not talking very large boards. The other thought would be to attach posts off the ends of the bumpers and make up a rack that sits on top of the posts. The post bases could attach permanently to the top of the bumper and the posts themselves be removable.

[mikemounlio]

The rack attached to the bumpers is a good idea i have seen done on other rides. I would throw a big towel or someting over the top and just strap the wood down. I would also tie a rope from the front bumper around the wood that hangs of the front of the car. Then just drive slow.

I have had 12' 2x4's in the back with the hatch open. lay pass seat down flat. stock wood in as far as you can up to pass floor board/dash area. tie the hatch down drive 80

[william]

I carry a 14 foot kayak on the top of mine all the time no problem.
I have a spotrack.

[AlaskaFestivaGuy]

Attached is what I did with no welding and no drilling whatsoever, just ratchet straps. The black plastic strips on the roof were not altered at all.

As I recall, it's exactly 12' long. The floats only weigh about 250 pounds despite their size.

Attached also is a shot of carrying lots of long two-bys in an LX.

[blake4591]

I would do something similar to the second thing Larry suggested and what Alaskafestivaguy built, the old truck canoe rack style if you will. I have hauled a decent amount of large lumber in my car in the past but I only live about two miles down a dirt road from home depot.