Fastening the ladder on the trunk of a car - types and features
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Mounting the ladder on the trunk of a car is not a difficult task, but it requires care and accuracy. An improperly secured load can damage the machine or cause injury to people if it breaks off the roof of the car at high speed.
A ladder is a necessary item in the household, but an inconvenient item to move. If there is a need to transport such a load, it is important to know how to securely fix it. Improper fastening of the ladder to the trunk of the car can lead to an accident and damage to the car.
Types of ladder mountings on the trunk
You can transport the ladder on the roof of the car using various devices designed for this:
- Screed. It is a metal plate with holes for hook bolts. The load is fixed with hooks, and the aluminum cross beam is fixed to the rails with screws, adjusting the degree of fixation. Additionally, the structure is secured with a lock.
- Belts with steel buckles. They perfectly hold the load in any weather, do not spoil the roof of the car (if the buckles do not contact the body), do not allow the trunk to loosen.
- Cords with quick release hooks. With the help of adjustable hooks on stretchable cords, the length necessary for securing the load is adjusted.
- Luggage straps. Sets of cords of various lengths with hooks at the ends. The disadvantages include the unreliability of the hooks, which break or unbend when the car is strongly shaken, and the cord quickly deforms.
- Straps with carabiners. Elastic cords, at the ends of which are not traditional hooks, but snap carabiners.
- Grid. A whole network of elastic cords fastened together. The average grid size is 180 × 130 cm.
- Rope. Preference is given to a durable thick product made from natural materials that are less stretched. The rope must be long enough to secure the object firmly on top of the machine.
- "Spider". These are several elastic cords crossed in the middle with hooks at the ends, with which the product is attached to the trunk. The disadvantages of many "spiders" is a large or, conversely, too little stretching of the cords. As a result, the load dangles during transportation or the belts break. Spider hooks often unbend or break.
- Tie down straps. They differ in the mechanism for creating the desired tension according to the size of the load and its fixation.
Types of ladder mountings on the trunk
Fastening selection rules
When choosing clamps, pay attention to their quality. If mounting the ladder on the car trunk - Since these are elastic cords, they check how much they can stretch when shipping. It depends on this indicator whether the load will hold firmly or will ride. To check the relative elongation of the cord, stretch it until it stops stretching, and then determine with a ruler how much it has elongated.
Fastening the ladder on the trunk of a car is elastic cords
Check the termination of the hooks to see if they can unbend during transport. One end is fixed on the frame, loads of various masses are suspended from the other and it is observed at what weight the device will deform (the hook will come off or unbend, the cord will break). The more weight the cord can support, the more reliable it is.
How to attach a ladder to a car trunk
The subtleties of fastening ladders on the trunk of a car depend on the chosen device. But there are general rules for installation and fixing with any fasteners:
- Fix the cargo exclusively along the luggage arches. When fastened across, it will hang on the fasteners, which will adversely affect the stability of the trunk and the load itself, which will shift.
- The transported item is laid as evenly as possible and in 4 places (stability points) is tied to the railing posts. If there are no roof rails, fastening straps or a rope are pulled inside the passenger compartment.
How to attach a ladder to a car trunk
- When attaching the ladder to the trunk of a car, more than two fastening straps are used. Each of them is fixed by the protruding edge of the luggage arc.
- Tie the object with tie-down straps as carefully as possible. With a strong tightening and movement of the car, the luggage arches are displaced from their seats, which will later lead to loosening of the trunk.
- When transporting, rubber mats or pieces of rubber are placed under the stairs so that it does not go through the trunk and does not damage the paintwork.
Mounting the ladder on the trunk of a car is not a difficult task, but it requires care and accuracy. An improperly secured load can damage the machine or cause injury to people if it breaks off the roof of the car at high speed.
