Transporting 20' wood on top of Suburban

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Has anyone successfully transported 20' lengths of wood on top of their Suburban? How would you secure it? I have a roof rack, but I can remove it too. I have moving blankets and crank straps.

I also have an 8' trailer, but 20' will hang off the back quite a bit, and I don't have a truck license ;-)

I could also put it inside and let it hang out the back by folding down the middle seats.

What's the best option?
 

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Has anyone successfully transported 20' lengths of wood on top of their Suburban? How would you secure it? I have a roof rack, but I can remove it too. I have moving blankets and crank straps.

I also have an 8' trailer, but 20' will hang off the back quite a bit, and I don't have a truck license ;-)

I could also put it inside and let it hang out the back by folding down the middle seats.

What's the best option?
you could probably do it but be aware the roof rack is only designed to hold I think 150lbs so if you load it up with something like that drive carefully any hard corners or anything that would stress the weight might damage your roof, just a heads up.

***if you look over the owners manual it may say the max weight for the roof I'm thinking it's around 150lbs though
 

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Has anyone successfully transported 20' lengths of wood on top of their Suburban? How would you secure it? I have a roof rack, but I can remove it too. I have moving blankets and crank straps.

I also have an 8' trailer, but 20' will hang off the back quite a bit, and I don't have a truck license ;-)

I could also put it inside and let it hang out the back by folding down the middle seats.

What's the best option?

What type of wood are you hauling? Watch the weight as already mentioned. If it’s too flimsy, I’d worry about it flexing a lot and possibly snapping. Make sure your cross bars are as far apart as possible. As for hauling something 20’ long, I believe @CHOO CHOO just hauled a 40’ extension ladder on top of his rig.
 

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What type of wood are you hauling? Watch the weight as already mentioned. If it’s too flimsy, I’d worry about it flexing a lot and possibly snapping. Make sure your cross bars are as far apart as possible. As for hauling something 20’ long, I believe @CHOO CHOO just hauled a 40’ extension ladder on top of his rig.
Yep, it was really easy. Used 2 rachet straps and that's was it. 55mpg no problem. The worst part was dips in the road and the bouncing of the ladder. The cross bars flexed quite a bit. Be careful with the amount of weight.

This was on a Tahoe too, if you have a burb, it would be easier
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Has anyone successfully transported 20' lengths of wood on top of their Suburban? How would you secure it? I have a roof rack, but I can remove it too. I have moving blankets and crank straps.

I also have an 8' trailer, but 20' will hang off the back quite a bit, and I don't have a truck license ;-)

I could also put it inside and let it hang out the back by folding down the middle seats.

What's the best option?
I'd keep it simple and rent a car trailer.
 

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Yep, it was really easy. Used 2 rachet straps and that's was it. 55mpg no problem. The worst part was dips in the road and the bouncing of the ladder. The cross bars flexed quite a bit. Be careful with the amount of weight.

This was on a Tahoe too, if you have a burb, it would be easier
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ChooChoo - That DOES NOT appear to be a DOT approved fluoresent FLAG......Really is the safest thing to do.

OK off my soap box....
 

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ChooChoo - That DOES NOT appear to be a DOT approved fluoresent FLAG......Really is the safest thing to do.

OK off my soap box....
Haha it's all I had at the time. I definitely thought of that though. Also why I took back roads home. Took an extra 20 minutes.

If it helps, it was all over the place while driving. If you couldn't see it, well....
 

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