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At end of next year, we are planning to live part of the year in Lanzarote, and rather than fly over, we plan to drive down to Cadiz and get the ferry over.

This means we can take Elvis and carry more of our gear. And we get a touring holiday to boot :Smile:

Anyway, I have seen some roof bars for Ford Transits and seem OK.

Now need to know about roof boxes. Any ideas ?

And HTF do you get onto the roof ? I assume a small ladder ? One attached to rear door ?

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I would be wary of fixed ladders as they are a very convenient way for thieves to get onto your roof and enter through any rooflight you may have left open for cooling when away for the day or when asleep at night.

You can get telescopic ladders but even when collapsed they are not small.

I would look at back boxes instead, fiamma make one and you can get any number which fit onto towballs.
 
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I would be wary of fixed ladders as they are a very convenient way for thieves to get onto your roof and enter through any rooflight you may have left open for cooling when away for the day or when asleep at night.

You can get telescopic ladders but even when collapsed they are not small.

I would look at back boxes instead, fiamma make one and you can get any number which fit onto towballs.
The back boxes are too small. Gonna be taking a lot of gear :roflmto:

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The back boxes are too small. Gonna be taking a lot of gear :roflmto:

then take a trailer instead...


A lot of stuff high up will affect the vans handling and stability by altering the centre of gravity....possibly drastically or even dangerously.

And a roof box will reduce your mpg...maybe by 3 or 4 mpg.

You will get far more in a trailer without the dangers.
 

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Why don't you just have a small trailer? We've had a top box and they are abit of a ball ache, difficult to load/unload, stuff slides about in them, noisy and they do affect your mpg.
 
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then take a trailer instead...


A lot of stuff high up will affect the vans handling by altering the centre of gravity....possibly drastically or even dangerously.

And a roof box will reduce your mpg...maybe by 3 or 4 mpg.

You will get far more in a trailer without the dangers.
Hmm, I want to get away from trailers. I pulled one with the bike on for 10 years and bought this van to carry it inside.

There won't be a lot of weight, and we can take a bit of a fuel hit once a year.

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Why don't you just have a small trailer? We've had a top box and they are abit of a ball ache, difficult to load/unload, stuff slides about in them, noisy and they do affect your mpg.
As previous reply, will only be once a year and only stuff we need when we get there.
 

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Stuff you can leave out there? Somewhere?

Thinking outside the box, what about that company that ships student trunks around the world cheaply? Maybe you could just send your stuff?

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couple of sky-hooks,rope ladder, when done roll ladder up and take sky hooks down:thumb::thumb::thumb:
 

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And HTF do you get onto the roof ? I assume a small ladder ? One attached to rear door ?

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Perhaps one of these?
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or these?

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Hi we have a back box{500} fiamma fitted on to a thurle easy base
rides very well both for sale:Eeek:

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Why not make yourself one in ply, can be the size you want, keep it low but can be 8'x4' if you need. Fix with u bolts and use piano hinge for access. Coat Of gloss.We did this on a land rover and toured Spain, Portugal and Morrocco for 3 months in the 70's, all worked well.
 
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Why not make yourself one in ply, can be the size you want, keep it low but can be 8'x4' if you need. Fix with u bolts and use piano hinge for access. Coat Of gloss.We did this on a land rover and toured Spain, Portugal and Morrocco for 3 months in the 70's, all worked well.

Aye, that looks a winner. We won't use the stuff until we get there :Smile:


A few have mentioned a tail box, but not sure if a good idea. We will already have a 200Kg bike sat right on the rear axle, so more weight 6' behind axle might not be good.
And it will be 2 weeks each way and we will have to get the bike out at each stop, which could be a pain with a tail box.

Thanks for all replies :Smile:
 

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