When it comes to a multi-sport adventures, start at the top—of your vehicle, that is. A roof rack offers a world of options for carrying gear, but first you need to find the right fit. Building a system of bars, towers and attachments just takes a little fine tuning. We’re here to guide you through it!
BIKE MOUNTS 101
We help you answer the age-old bike rack question – should I carry it up top or on the back? Watch and learn as we dive into different options for both and discuss what’s best for your bike, your vehicle, and your type of trip.
Types of Roof Racks
Traditional Roof Rack
Organize and store your gear. Attach Yakima mounts to carry anything from Kayaks to Rooftop Tents.
Platform Rack
Carry more gear with a higher weight rating. Attach more accessories for off grid travel.
Building a Complete Rack System
Attaching to the Vehicle
Your vehicle’s roof determines how the roof rack is attached. This is done using our specially engineered towers and attachments. Don’t worry, we’ve already figured all this out for you. Use our Fit Configurator to fit your vehicle.
Attaching Your Mounts
Crossbars are how you attach gear mounts. Here’s where you get to make some choices: We offer four crossbars of various finishes, colors, and weight ratings to fit your needs.. Compare Crossbars.
When it won’t fit, or you don’t want it inside, a roof rack system allows you to carry almost anything: boats, bikes, wet gear, even a tent. You can swap out mounts to fine tune your rack for what you want to carry. Whatever you drive—big car, little car, truck or van—there’s a system that will work for you.
Build-out your vehicle into a true adventure rig with a LockNLoad Platform roof rack. Increased gear and load capacity means you can go farther and stay longer. These attach to your vehicle in one of two ways: directly to existing roof rack crossbars using LockNLoad Crossbar Clamps, or directly to Timberline or SkyLine towers with the LockNLoad SL Adapter.
Beyond the wide range of mounts, key accessories can upgrade your rack experience. Consider a WindShield Faring to help reduce wind noise and drag, and the SKS “same key system” enables you to securely lock all of your Yakima products with a single key.
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Shipping Notice
Express Shipping orders will be shipped same-day if received before 11:00 am PT Monday - Friday. Otherwise, all Express Delivery orders will ship the next business day.
FedEx Ground & FedEx SmartPost w/ USPS may take up to 5-10 business days to ship and may take up to 2 weeks to be delivered depending on your distance from our warehouse.
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Orders will not be shipping on weekends or holidays.
Hawaii and Alaska: we are unable to ship Cargo Boxes and Rooftop Tents to Hawaii or Alaska. Shipments to Hawaii and Alaska should expect one additional day delay for all deliveries.