Jamie Craig Webboard User Reg: 09-01-2009
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no, it's not.
Pick-up truck backs are designed to hold things and when properly secured in the back (ideally butted up agains the cab) the crate is protected by the cab and truck bed sides from things flying up at the truck and harsh wind.
On the top of the car (in addition to making the car extremely top heavy depending on dog and crate) there is no protection. Not to mention many cars are NOT designed to hold that much weight (roof rack or not). The ones that can are big enough to put the crate in the car (SUVs, etc). I also would not be comfortable with the amount of wind resistance a crate would cause vs. the method "securing" the crate to the roof.
I'm sure someone could make a "car top" crate however that would work with proper wind/road junk barrier, shape, and protection, etc. but the standard crates we have (wire and especially most plastic ones)...hell no....
Pick-up truck backs are designed to hold things and when properly secured in the back (ideally butted up agains the cab) the crate is protected by the cab and truck bed sides from things flying up at the truck and harsh wind.
On the top of the car (in addition to making the car extremely top heavy depending on dog and crate) there is no protection. Not to mention many cars are NOT designed to hold that much weight (roof rack or not). The ones that can are big enough to put the crate in the car (SUVs, etc). I also would not be comfortable with the amount of wind resistance a crate would cause vs. the method "securing" the crate to the roof.
I'm sure someone could make a "car top" crate however that would work with proper wind/road junk barrier, shape, and protection, etc. but the standard crates we have (wire and especially most plastic ones)...hell no....
What she said!!!
And I would add that, if your tie-downs came loose or the part of the crate they were tied to broke, your crate with the dog in it gets spilled from up there, down onto the highway. Probably a fatal accident, at least for the dog, not to mention any cars following you. At least in a pickup, as long as your tailgate is closed, even if your tie-downs came loose, the crate is not likely to bounce out of the truck.
And, Duane, I was wondering the same thing about how you get a large dog into a crate on top of your car.
Duane Hull Webboard User Reg: 09-23-2011
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I find it hilarious that, yes, as far as law enforcement is concerned, that would be the same (as in acceptable). However, what complies with the regs is not necessarily the safest or best way to go.
Mike Arnold Webboard User Reg: 07-09-2004
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Ditto!
Absolutely, positively, emphatically not.
It's one thing to have your roof top carrier with luggage fail, hit the road, and get destroyed, and it is quite another to have your crate or kennel or whatever, with your dog in it, fail and hit the road at highway speeds.
A crate in the bed of a pickup truck is surrounded by the sides and tailgate of the truck. The crate or kennel or whatever is usually secured very securely by ropes or tie downs fixed to cleats in the bed of the truck. The raised tailgate anticipates the possibility of the loaded kennel falling from the bed and prevents it.
I can not imagine a scenario where any live creature would be loaded in a container and attached to the top of a car. Innate objects can be replaced in the event of a roof top carrier failure but...
So... Was this a test?
Edited by Mike Arnold (10/24/2012 07:02 AM)
Edit reason: Kain't spel.
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