How To Secure a Kayak On Car or SUV Using J Bar Roof Rack

This video will show you how to secure your kayak to a J bar roof rack carrier. We see people attach kayaks all the time the wrong way using these systems only to loose the kayak off the side of the vehicle. This video will show you what to do, what to look for, and how to secure kayak so it's safe. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "Super Clean Free Tee Giveaway - Home Owner Repair " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZJuTZ8rjWM -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-

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This video will show you how to secure your kayak to a J bar roof rack carrier. We see people attach kayaks all the time the wrong way using these systems only to loose the kayak off the side of the vehicle. This video will show you what to do, what to look for, and how to secure kayak so it's safe. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "Super Clean Free Tee Giveaway - Home Owner Repair " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZJuTZ8rjWM -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-

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HomeownerRepair
HomeownerRepair - 7 years ago
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Grzegorz Bielak
Grzegorz Bielak - 6 years ago
Thanks for the helpful video man!!!
Bill Mihlbauer
Bill Mihlbauer - 6 years ago
Could you measure the flat section of the cradles that are parallel to the roof. I think I may have bought ones that are too narrow for my two Aruba 10ss kayaks. Thanks.
ReiMonCoH
ReiMonCoH - 6 years ago
Bow and stern ropes should Always be used
R defendr1
R defendr1 - 6 years ago
Don't forget to put your your trash can or large object in the garage bay. When you return you cannot drive into the garage with your Kayaks on the roof.
Christine Thrasher
Christine Thrasher - 6 years ago
What kind of car do you have? We have a 1999 Rav 4, you can carry two kayaks this way on a car like that? How do you determine the size of the rack you need?
HomeownerRepair
HomeownerRepair - 6 years ago
I have an 04 Jeep Grand Cherokee. You may have find a carrier made for your car
Bass Bulletin Board
Bass Bulletin Board - 6 years ago
Thanks!
HomeownerRepair
HomeownerRepair - 6 years ago
No problem
BTAKasper
BTAKasper - 6 years ago
i just got 2 sets of these bahs
HomeownerRepair
HomeownerRepair - 6 years ago
Thanks for watching. Hope this helps you out
LA5150
LA5150 - 6 years ago
Actually on the front side you should loop the strap through your car rack and then come up to the front
visualkeirockstar
visualkeirockstar - 6 years ago
I tried that before and somehow the kayak is still loose but the way it's on the video is solid and I been doing it like that for a year now no problem.
HomeownerRepair
HomeownerRepair - 6 years ago
The way I have it secured is fine. The bar isn’t going to fail, if it did the company would be out of business. You can also secure it to the vehicle rack. Some of these J bar carriers don’t have a front loop so that’s what you would need to do

10. comment for How To Secure a Kayak On Car or SUV Using J Bar Roof Rack

LM Harner
LM Harner - 7 years ago
Thank you!
Breggo
Breggo - 7 years ago
Haha I have the same 2 kayaks but in bright orange
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw - 7 years ago
Exactly what I was looking for, man. Thanks for taking the time to post this!
HomeownerRepair
HomeownerRepair - 7 years ago
Thanks Chris
rdub5000
rdub5000 - 7 years ago
Ok video, but it would help if you actually showed the attaching of the straps.
Wally Ybarra
Wally Ybarra - 6 years ago
rdub5000 exactly
Patricia Trudell
Patricia Trudell - 7 years ago
Thule now sells J racks WITHOUT the loop at the bottom. I'm beside myself with wonder on how THAT works. Apparently they attach it directly to the rack which seems to me to be more complicated and less safe.
Chris Aller
Chris Aller - 7 years ago
You're definitely right. I ALWAYS wrap it around my roof rack main bars. My Malone J PRO 2's don't have that bottom loop, but the cheap j hooks like in this video are the same and have the loop. I still went around my bars. Also I noticed the kayak is backwards. I have the cockpit facing front to avoid wind vortex.
HomeownerRepair
HomeownerRepair - 7 years ago
The way these j racks are designed it's almost impossible for them to fail. The fastening points that attached to the OE roof rack are double butted so that they will not back off or loosen while driving
Jeffrey LaBonte
Jeffrey LaBonte - 7 years ago
Patricia Trudell the short answer is that this video shows an incorrect lashing technique. You should never lash a kayak only to the j rack. The loop at bottom is only to assist resting the kayak in position. You always bring the bottom loop under the roof rack itself. Otherwise, the kayak is only secured to the j rack, not to the vehicle. What happens if the j rack fails? There's no fallback mechanism with the technique shown here.
HomeownerRepair
HomeownerRepair - 7 years ago
Haven't seen those yet
Christopher Andrus
Christopher Andrus - 7 years ago
Great video, thanks for posting!
HomeownerRepair
HomeownerRepair - 7 years ago
You're welcome. If going on a long trip, you may also want to tie off the front and back.
daniel lessard
daniel lessard - 7 years ago
Thanks for putting this up there because I would have been that person pulled off to the side of the highway. Thanks again, Dan
HomeownerRepair
HomeownerRepair - 7 years ago
Glad this helped you out Dan. It's not that hard to do
Dyan Naslund
Dyan Naslund - 7 years ago
Do you have a video of you actually going through the steps of strapping them up there? It's helpful to watch it from the beginning before the kayaks are tied down. Thanks!
Brittney Johnson
Brittney Johnson - 7 years ago
Just wanted to say thank you so much, this is the simplest and most explanatory video I have seen on this. You told me everything I need to know in like a minute and a half! Thank you!
Joseph Parrish
Joseph Parrish - 7 years ago
Yeah thanks mate.
HomeownerRepair
HomeownerRepair - 7 years ago
You're welcome. Glad this helped you out
Desiree Spence
Desiree Spence - 7 years ago
I'm 5'2 and have to load my 50lb kayak onto the jrack on top of my Caravan. I manage to get it up there(I might carry an 8' ladder but that's besides the point)...my question is...is there an easy way to get the straps to stay at the top of the jrack. Mine get hung up on the foam and I'm far too short to reach them to position them properly. Hence the ladder.
HomeownerRepair
HomeownerRepair - 7 years ago
It's a pain to muscle them up there

20. comment for How To Secure a Kayak On Car or SUV Using J Bar Roof Rack

Michigander
Michigander - 7 years ago
thanks
Nancy Bertrand-Loesch
Nancy Bertrand-Loesch - 8 years ago
How about secure them front and back too?
TheSolitaryObserver
TheSolitaryObserver - 6 years ago
Bow and stern is technically to prevent lift too from windy conditions. I usually just do a bow and stern tie back to the rack.
mark hartmann
mark hartmann - 7 years ago
Nancy Bertrand-Loesch Some kayaks don't have the cockpit with the lipped edge. with this one, though, the lip keeps the kayak from moving forward/backward.
HomeownerRepair
HomeownerRepair - 7 years ago
You can, on my truck they are perfectly fine the way I've secured them. They don't move at all
Miah
Miah - 7 years ago
Nancy Bertrand-Loesch I was thinking the same thing. I'm trying to find a system that you don't need bow and stern tie downs.

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