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The Easy Load Roof Rack
The Easy Load Roof Rack is designed to make the loading and securing of kayaks, canoes, bikes and ladders onto vehicle roofs much easier and safer. It can be fitted to cars or vans.The Easy Load Roof Rack fits on to existing square or rectangular roof bars with a maximum cross section width of 37mm (standard kit) and 50mm (wide kit). This accommodates most Thule
or Halfords bars. We generally recommend a maximum roof height from the ground of 2 metres but this does depend on how tall you are and what you’re loading
onto the rack.
The Easy Load Roof Rack comes complete with handle bracket and full fitting instructions. As there are now
so many types of roof bars on the market, we have separated out our fixing kits to help you order the correct kit for your roof bars.  Cradles or brackets for kayaks/canoes are extra and you need to order the relevant products for the type of boats you will be carrying.

How to order your roof rack
The Easy Load roof rack has three components:
a. the rack
b. the handle brackets
c: the fixing kit to secure to your roof bars
Each component comes in a variety of sizes - the information below will help you ‘build’ a rack to suit your requirements.

How does it work ?
To use the rack, two quick release locking pins are removed and the bars slide outwards and down the side of the vehicle where they rest without touching the vehicle.
Your kayaks, canoes, ladders etc. then only require lifting around 1 metre onto the brackets where they can then be secured using the appropriate straps or clamps, at a much easier and safer height (no more trying to climb onto the vehicle roof to secure things!)
Once the load is secured the rack is simply raised and slid back into position and the locking pins replaced.
When not required the sliding bars can be very easily removed.

We advise you to consult your vehicle manufacturer’s guidelines regarding roof loading capacities before ordering.

a. The Rack
There are two sizes of roof racks. The Standard rack (ELRR-S) is 1300mm wide and is suitable for cars and small vans up to 1.5m high. It can carry up to three kayaks. The Extra Wide rack (ELRR-X) is 1600mm wide. It suits medium height vehicles up to 2m high and carries up to four kayaks. Kari-Tek also manufactures an Extra-extra wide rack(1800mm) for high top vans to load two kayaks.
Before ordering you should consult your vehicle manufacturer’s guidelines for roof loading capacities.

b. Handle Bracket
There are four different handle bracket options depending on the height of your vehicle.
Short handle bracket (HBS): standard cars up to 1500mm high
Regular handle bracket (HBR): most light vans up to 1800mm high
Long handle bracket (HBL): medium top vans up to 2100mm high
Extra long handle bracket (HBX): high top vans up to 2400mm high. With this height of vehicle it may still be necessary to use a step ladder to secure the locking pins.

c. Fixing Kit
The roof rack is designed to fit your vehicle’s existing square or rectangular roof bars. There are four fixing kits depending on the cross section width of your roof bar.
FK37 kit is the most common kit, for roof bars with a maximum cross section width of 37mm. Most Thule and Halfords roof bars fit these criteria.
FK50 kit is a wider fixing kit that fits square or rectangular roof bars with a  cross section width of between 37mm and 50mm.
FK60 kit is for rectangular, oval or irregular shaped bars up to 60mm wide.
FK70 kit is mainly for Aero bars and other oval or irregular shaped bars up to 70mm wide.
If you are unsure about suitability, please e-mail sales@karitek.co.uk with your roof bar details and we’ll work out the best solution for you.

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Easy Load Roof Rack (inc. handle bracket)
ELRR-S 1300mm wide - £224
ELRR-X 1600mm wide - £274
ELRR-XX 1800mm wide - £284
Fixing Kits
FK37 - £13, FK50 - £32
FK60 - £32, FK70 - £38
Cradles/brackets extra, see below:

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Canadian brackets
 (set of 4) £30.00

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Double kayak cradles - aluminium with protective foam
 £90.00 pair

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J cradles - virgin grade polyproplylene
£72.50 pair

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V cradles - virgin grade polypropylene
 £75.00 pair

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