Designed in Norway, Dropracks is bringing its crank-lowering roof rack system to North America to help you load and unload your gear.
It’s a roof rack that comes to you instead of the other way around. Dropracks has launched an innovative approach to automotive roof storage that is intended to make it easier to transport bikes, boats, snowboards, and other adventure gear that you’d rather keep outside your ride.
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Most roof-mount racks will have you reaching up or climbing onto your car, truck, or SUV to load your gear. A group of engineering and business students — and avid adventurers — at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology set out to make that task easier.
Their solution was the Dropracks rack, where the loading platform comes down to meet you. The system has been on sale in Norway since 2019 and is coming to North America in early 2023.
Hand Crank Handles Heavy Lifting
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Comes in Sport & XL Sizes
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