Plywood sheets are large and heavy, meaning they can cause damage to your roof if the car cannot support the weight. if the roof rack is made of plastic or does not seem to be firmly attached to the car, it may be best to find a friend with a truck.. The goal of the plywood rack was to store full sheets of plywood as i buy them in bulk to save trips driving back and forth between projects. balan, hyd, may 20, 2015 at 8:55 am it would be better if you have slotted angle rack of 3′ wide x 1.25′ deep x 6.5′ height with 5 shelf’s ,you can store small pieces of ply in it and on the top. This episode, i tackle another truck rack project, one that solves the headaches involved in loading, hauling, and unloading 4x8 sheets of plywood and mdf..
Rollers ease plywood storage before i installed these rollers, sliding plywood in and out of my storage rack used to wear me out. it also damaged the edges of the sheets. now plywood sheets glide in and out.i cut the 2-1/2-in.-dia. rollers from 3/4-in. hard maple on my drill press using a fly cutter.. For a particular project, i was constrained to only use plywood of i guess about 7 mm thickness because that was the heaviest i could lift into position by myself. the minimalist roof rack is two truck-tire tubes, fore and aft. they deflate for storage and have a secondary recreational purpose at the lake.. Although the rack will now hold sheet goods, you can enhance its storage capability by simply mounting a plywood shelf atop the sturdy 2×2 l-brackets. additional 2×2 cross-braces will help support it. i ripped an 8-ft. sheet of plywood to 20 inches thick, which fit against the wall and flush over the tops of the brackets..
