Dropracks Regular roof loading system (includes extra 1445mm connecting parts)
£1800.00
In stock
Dropracks is unique in the roof racks world because it not only brings the loading platform off the roof, but it also drops all the way down to about waist level, and provides a horizontal loading platform. How cool is this!
It allows easy and safe loading for longer gear - kayaks, boats, trade gear - things which would otherwise be much more challenging to load, depending of course on the height of your vehicle and the height and strength of the loading team.
Important note: This 1445mm kit uses the 1st and 3rd fixing points on your roof - great for kayaks and canoes but too far apart for roof boxes, bike carriers and most roof tents. See Description for our suggestions.
The extra cost options for connecting the Dropracks to your vehicle roof are shown below.
Dropracks is unique in the roof racks world because it not only brings the loading platform off the roof, but it also drops all the way down to about waist level, and provides a horizontal loading platform. How cool is this!
It allows easy and safe loading for longer gear - kayaks, boats, trade gear - things which would otherwise be much more challenging to load, depending of course on the height of your vehicle and the height and strength of the loading team.
Important note: This 1445mm kit uses the 1st and 3rd fixing points on your roof - great for kayaks and canoes but too far apart for roof boxes, bike carriers and most roof tents. See Description for our suggestions.
The extra cost options for connecting the Dropracks to your vehicle roof are shown below.
What's Dropracks? Dropracks, designed and developed in Trondheim by an enthusiastic team of Norwegian engineers, is the sort of truly innovative but also truly useful product that only very occasionally comes to market in the car racks sector. It's a brilliant piece of kit, a roof rack that's lowered, under complete control, from a vehicle roof to approximately waist height, leaving a horizontal loading platform. Dropracks allows you to load the car roof at waist or chest height, with reduced strain on your back. It's much safer for you, and the car's bodywork, and sometimes it makes the almost impossible not only possible but easy! Typical uses
Important note: This 1445mm kit uses the 1st and 3rd fixing points on your roof - great for kayaks and canoes but too far apart for roof boxes, bike carriers and most roof tents. If you need to carry a box or bikes you may want to consider fitting aftermarket roof rails, and using the standard Dropracks parts (850mm centres), but you can of course use e.g. the 2nd and 3rd fixing points. At the moment we do not know the distance between these fixpoints, but let us know and we can fabricate the joining parts for you, at the same price as the connector parts listed below. Please e-mail [email protected]. How it works After releasing the load lock catches and sliding the load away from the car roof, you use a crank system to lower the rack. An automatic brake, developed together with the Japanese company TOK, a world leader in rotary dampers and braking systems, will stop the load from moving unless the crank is being turned. When you are ready to move the load back to the roof, crank the handle again - there's a longer setting which provides more leverage, if required. As before, the failsafe braking system holds the load, wherever it is on its journey back to the roof. And, when the Dropracks has been slid back to the locked position, it's rock solid, no vibration at all. It really is the business! Have a look at the video below, where Pål, the Engineering and Design Manager, shows you how it works. You surely cannot fail to be impressed! The parts you need for a Dropracks system As well as the Dropracks itself you'll need a set of connecting bars for 1445mm fixpoint centres. These are pre-ticked and included in the price shown. You'll also need a set of Thule feet and a Thule fitting kit to join the Dropracks to the roof of your vehicle; these are not pre-ticked because you may already have them. You slide two feet into the full length slot on the bottom of each Dropracks main bar (two feet into the front main bar, two feet into the rear main bar) and use the adapter kit to connect the feet to the vehicle. Note that the Thule Evo fitting kit can be left attached to the roof and the Dropracks and Thule feet lifted off; a neat solution but lifting this assembly off the back of the van will require planning and strength! The Dropracks Regular (formerly called Dropracks Sport) - specifications
About Dropracks Dropracks is a registered brand name, owned and developed by the Norwegian company Dropracks AS, a company that was originally formed by The Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. Dropracks has been tested and approved by the German TÜV SÜD, also by Volkswagen, and is manufactured by the German company Hettich, one of the world's largest manufacturers of sliding fittings and hinges (mostly used in furniture and kitchen fittings) with over 6,700 employees; they are precision manufacturers. |
Dropracks Overview Dropracks used with a roof tent |
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