Transporting long timber with tailgate

[Haveagoharry]

I use my T6.1 to transport the odd bit of long timber which stops me fully locking the tailgate. Currently I secure the tailgate by threading rope through the tailgate handle and through the eyelets on the floor, while wrapping a ball of cloth around the timber and letting the tailgate rest on that.

Just wondering if anyone has found a better solution securing the tailgate? Obviously risk damaging the tailgate when using it like this and while I am careful I am always wincing when travelling like this!

Any ideas welcome

 

[TrevorK]

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Presumably you could use a standoff, and make the tail into a loop to hold the rope?

I did something similar when I owned a Zafira many moons ago.

 

[Haveagoharry]

Aye thanks I have seen these while browsing for ideas. Definitely a better solution that stretching rope everywhere. I used a bungee last week which stretched too much so I took to the forum lol



Have a good weekend and thanks for replying.

 

[Sioux101]

Make sure secure, must not hang out any longer than 1m from edge of bumper. Cops always like low hanging fruit to hit ticket quota here in NI