Don t bend your mattress folding or bending the mattress can break the springs and filling causing irreparable damage to your new purchase.
Queen mattress on roof rack.
For pickup trucks stand the mattress up in one side of the truck bed and secure it tightly.
New foam mattresses are able to bounce back better than traditional spring mattresses so keep this in mind as you choose your transportation method.
Put a piece of rope on the roof of the car that goes from back bumper to front bumper.
If you ever wondered how to load a mattress on top of a car the right way so that it doesn t blow down the street when drivi.
The mattress fit in his car because we could bend it and shove it in there and we strapped the box spring to the top of the rav4.
Hi all i need to transport a queen sized mattress on the roof rack of a 2007 rav4 for about 5km.
Put the mattress on top of the car and rope so that it goes length wise with the length of the car see pics above.
After the mattress is secure in the plastic place the mattress on the roof.
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Roll down all windows tie the rope that you placed the mattress on in place.
Queen size mattresses.
One thing above the roof racks on the rav is they have cross beams which angle upward so they are not good for putting flat things on.
The rack states that 100lbs is max capacity.
Center the mattress in the middle and put the rope over the length of the mattress.
Secure the front end of the mattress and then the other end of the mattress.
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The car did fine but i would not advise going on the highway.
Pull the rope tight so there is no extra slack.
Although it is easiest to move a mattress with a truck you can use your car if necessary.
The safest way to use this method is with a roof rack.
Recently used the roof rack on the fx to transport a queen size mattress approx 200lbs 15 miles city streets 30 mph.