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A roof rack is a way to turn the roof of a vehicle into a separate storage area , this can be particularly useful for van drivers. As vans tend to be used by man trades people the need to transport large or long items such as ladders, pipes or scaffolding bars. By using a set of bars that are secured to the roof it is easy to transport these large bulky items that are to bulky to fit into a vehicle.

Van roof racks tend to be all one piece, the fixings are part of of the roof rack this helps ensure great stability when the roof rack is fully loaded.

Roof racks for vans

Consist of side rails, foot pack (or feet) which clamp to the vehicle or the fixing points, which secure your load to the roof rack system, roof deck & rear roller for loading long items (ladder) with ease.

Older roof racks were usually mounted directly to the gutter surrounding the roof line. More modern vehicles, which do not have gutters, can often have a roof rack installed by attaching hooks to the top of the door frames.

Most new vehicles have fittings for proprietary racks which mate with reinforced fixing points in the roof. Other vehicles have a factory-installed permanent roof rack