I sold my car that had roof racks. Each year we take the kids to a Xmas tree farm and cut one down and then bring it home.
Does anyone know if it is possible to tie something like this to my car without roof racks? Would it be legal? I dunno what most people do.
i considered those. the cheapest I can find in Australia are $129.
It doesn't look like they'd offer much more than just a towel?
Autobarn had something similar in-store for $79 a few days ago, although it was $99 on their web site.
Supercheap Auto has some for $139, but you'll need to buy straps as well for theirs.
The Supercheap ones seem sturdier than the Autobarn version, but it's not like a tree weighs much anyway.
Those are not roof racks, they are a surfboard holder. They have no lateral stability for something as heavy as a christmas tree.
OP, do not get these for your required transport. the tree will fall off in the first bend, and possibly injure someone.
avoiding speed camera detection
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You could rent a trailer for a few hours.
Or a Ute
Pay a few dollars for delivery?
buy some roofracks.
bunnings trailer/ute hire is cheap as psss….
no towball.
ute hire is interesting but I need the car seats to take the kids to the xmas tree farm.
slip the local scouts where you buy tree's from $10 for delivery.. they will jump at it.
Get Ellen to drive Russ and Audrey in the family Truckster, you drive the Ute.
Aunt Edna gets in the way.
Car nextdoor dual cab ute?
stuff it in the back seat with a bit poking out the window?
I considered that too but it's a small car (Kia Cerato) and I'll have all three in the back seat.
"Each year we take the kids to a Xmas tree farm and cut one down and then bring it home."
How many kids have you got left?
brutal
I hear the Christmas ham 'tastes like chicken'.
wash it down with some chianti
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Pool noodles!
$3 each at Kmart/Bunnings/wherever. Works great for ladders… YMMV with a tree though
And straps trough round the roof and inside. Close doors after strapping.
I’ve done this before, not sure of legality.
As long as your load is secure, I don't think there's any regulations as to HOW you secure it specifically
Watch out for tree sap on your paintwork
Pick the tree out and Airtasker it home.
Otherwise an old blanket over the roof and ropes or tie downs running inside the car. As long as it's secure / not far to go. *** Also not sure on legalities!
Must have a RAV4 GX
Funnily enough I bought a RAV4 Hybrid Cruiser but I won't getmit until March.. but it doesn't have roof racks either (might get some).
If not, pop it in the kayak.
Strap it to the roof. Place a protective sheet over the roof then the tree. unwind all windows and feed straps through and around tree
Separate from your thread, I want to know what you do with your trees following Christmas. I read that it's far better to use it for firewood instead of putting it in landfill (5x lower emissions), and better yet, make wood chips out of it, which equals negligible or even negative emissions.
Either way, it's better than artificial trees if you weren't to keep it more than 2 years (compared to a real tree in landfill) or 10 years (for a real tree used for firewood). That's how the emissions of the two compare. I know I've kept mine for maybe two decades.
I chop it up and put the needles in the compost and the wood in the green bin. Burning it in a fireplace is a bad idea obviously, but outside I'm sure it's fine.
Wood chips would be good but you'd need a petrol chipper which I don't have.
Yeah burning isn't good but it's much better than landfill where it sits and rots. The stuff from the green bin generally goes into parks as wood chips so that's great.
Phone a friend.
easy ey
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