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"i wouldnt worry about your sign. id worry more about the roof rack pullung thru the cheap metal they make those hummers out of first! borrow a friends truck. its faster and no worries" Cheap metal ? good enough for our military ? I've never had an issue with hauling anything on my roof rack !! open mouth...insert foot.....once again 
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Please - NO offers to Buy or Sell in this forum category
Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
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what about the trailer behind the hummer?
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I want to echo what was said about a strap attaching to front bumper. I was moving someone's stuff with my pickup and had the mattresses on top of the load, on the cab of my roof. I was driving the Washington beltway and on the exit off (thank goodness!) lost the mattresses. No one was close behind, though they would have seen the accident waiting to happen. I would not have known had I not seen them landing out the side mirror. It's a wonder that no one was honking at me on the beltway because they must been pushed slowly backwards while I was driving and just happened to pass under the second side to side tie just as we exited. Hey, I had just gotten my first pick up truck, I was twenty and didn't know better!  Fortunately no one was killed for me to learn that lesson!
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That ain't a military hummer! Bet the military pays twice as much for one built to their spec's.
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MOST OF MY LARGE 6' SIGNS AS WELL AS OTHER SIGNS WERE TRANSPORTED ON THE ROOF OF MY PICK-UP AT THE TIME WHICH HAD A ROOF RACK. WHAT I DID DO ON MY FIRST SHORT TRIP WAS JUST TIE DOWN THE SIGN TO THE RACK. WHEN I GOT UP TO 40MPH THE SIGN STARTED TO FLEX BETWEEN THE RACKS AND CREATE HAVOC. LESSON LEARNED...I JUST DROVE SLOWER AFTER A RE-TIEDOWN.
AFTER THAT, I USED A THICK PIECE OF FOAM BETWEEN THE RACKS THAT FIT TIGHTLY. NOW I COULD LAY THE SIGNS ON TOP, STRAP THEM DOWN AND DO 70MPH NO PROBLEM.
HOWEVER THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I HAD A DIE-CUT 6' PHILLIPS SHIELD UP THERE AND THIS HUGE SEMI FLEW BY AND I HAD TO DO SOME PRAYING....THAT THING LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GONNA GO AIRBORNE. LOL! IT WAS ACTUALLY FINE AFTER CHECKING...STILL PRETTY TIGHT TO THE ROOF.
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Ladder/lumber rack is a bit different than a Roof Rack.
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FORGOT TO MENTION THIS WAS A RACK ON THE ROOF OF MY PICK-UPS CAP!
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FORGOT TO MENTION THIS WAS A RACK ON THE ROOF OF MY PICK-UPS CAP! lol, sounds like a truck out of the "Deliverance" movie
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LOL.....NAW, RICK....EET WAS MUCH MUCH NEWER!
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That ain't a military hummer! Bet the military pays twice as much for one built to their spec's. Short of body armor & a .50 cal mtd on top.....it's built exactly to military specs, this one was made by AM General, not GM !
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Screw it to the plywood. Be sure to use fender washers. Use ratchet straps to secure the plywood and sign to the rack. You'll be good to go!
I did something very similar and didn't have any problem hauling the sign over 200 miles.
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