😎 How to Hang and Store Yakima Cargo Box or Thule Roof Box with Wall Mount 

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Thanks for the help! Followed your advice exactly today. Now my Yakima box is hanging beautifully on my garage wall. Great idea!!

Absolute genius! I am renovating my garage and was pondering what to do about our cool box that just takes up quite a bit of floor space. Then I saw this and boom! problem solved. Thanks!

Thanks for the great tip. Like other commenters, I spread out the hooks beyond the width of the box. I think that this makes it a little easier to mount the box, since the hooks remain visible. I also made one other small modification by using a 1.25" wooden dowel, instead of the metal bar. I also added two bungie cords, one high and one low, connected to eye bolts in the wall. Works great in my 40's era single car garage. I don't even need to change the way I park.

Outstanding. Had my cargo box up on the wall in just a few minutes. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing - I need to store my roof box and never thought about hanging it vertically. Cheap, makes best use of space and easy to install!

If you are ever in Folsom, CA I'd like to buy you a beer. Passed this along to a couple of friends & it's unanimous: we're a bit dim and you are a genius. Thanks

Thanks bro! Just got my box and need a place to stow it. I first watched a how-to on the Thule ceiling mount system and cringed at the unnecessary complexity. I think you have the right idea here with the wall mount.

Thanks! Did exactly the same with my Thule. Saved me a lot of money!! 👍

Fantastically simple idea! Thank you for sharing that!

Picked up the various parts from Home Depot and boom! One variation, I have block walls in the garage. Had to drill and install hooks with Capcom anchors. Worked like a charm.

Just hung my Yakima box using this same method. Cut the 3/4 conduit pipe to extend to the full length of the sides of the base and then hung the hooks 32” apart on the wall studs. Fit was perfect!

Just finished doing mine this way. Thanks much!

Thank you for posting this and hats off for the brilliant idea. I just mounted my car top using this method. Cost $10, took 30 minutes. Looks great and saves me a ton of space. I really appreciate it!

Pretty slick! Thanks for including the hook information.

Thanks for the idea! I just used an old closet rod and a couple of brackets I had. So much better then hanging it off the ceiling.

Update April 25, 2019: Roof Box back on my FJ Cruiser for the Summer. Box & Wall mount all systems go. Still never had an issue! November 16th 2015 This has been hanging in the same location with no problems, I bang into it every week when getting my lawnmower. Tomorrow, it goes back on my SUV for the winter, slopes open Wednesday.

Wow dude this is the most clever design ive seen. Thanks for sharing!!

Great idea, simple but effective. This works so good and it looks so good on the wall, thanks Jeff!!!

Now THIS is my kind of DIY. $10 in parts. Little elbow grease. No extravagant pulley system. 5 stars, Uncle!

I'm really glad you made this video to share your great solution - thank you! I plan to use your idea in my 1 bedroom apartment :)

Great idea! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for this idea! We're in an old urban house, and I just hung it under a roof overhang out of the weather and about a foot above the ground. Watching the trouble with the fit on the hooks, I spread it a bit more and placed the hooks outside the footprint of the Skybox with a longer piece of conduit, and voila, perfect fit.

Just what I was looking for! Big thank you!

Great idea! Thanks for sharing pal.

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing!

+1000 - was about to pick up one of those awful pulley setups when I came across your video. Much cleaner looking. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much for this video. A perfect solution!

Ooo, that's a smart idea with the bar! Thanks! Wish I had more than a cluttered one-car 70's garage, but I can do this on the outside of the house I guess.

You, Sir, are a genius. Thank you!!

Thank you so much. This was a life saver and save me money and wasted time.

American ingenuity at its best. Well done sir, well done!

Wow and thanks for the video. We have cleaned out the garage and now was thinking what to do with the cargo box .. and came across several videos about hanging it from the top or making a large box to hold the box but then came across your video and we have a winner. Many thanks for your advise and I will soon get that Yule Cargo Box up along the wall ;-)

Genius!!! Such a brilliant solution!!

Smart! Thanks very much for sharing.

Fantastic idea! Just bought the same Yakima box and was looking for storage suggestions. I don't have the wall space to hang vertically like you, so may look at doing something similar and hang it horizontally. Also, nice H-D street glide :). See ya on the road - ride safe.

THIS IS GENIUS! Thank you!

Best idea I have seen for these roof boxes. Thanks

Great idea, much appreciated!

Weissman is a wise man ! kudos !

Very creative. Thank you.

Great idea. Thanks

great idea. thanks!

Great idea. Good job.

Fantastic. Thank you sir!

excellent idea...thanks!

great tip!

I have the same box and was looking for a hanging solution..this is Perfect. Hats off good Sir. Thanks for posting this.

NICE! Thank you for sharing this. I'm about to order a Thule Motion XT XL but wanted to set up a system to store it first. Even though we just received a ceiling hoist setup, it will be returned today and replaced with this method. Update: 18 Dec 2929 - I ordered the Thule Motion XT XL to mount on the Yakima Aero bars. It was this video that gave me inspiration to mount vertical, but went with the following modifications. Rods for hanging: I used two 1 1/4 inch x 4ft wooden dowels from Lowes as the hanger rods Hooks: instead of only hanging from the front mount points, I also added two hooks to support from the bottom points as well. All 4 hooks are positioned slightly wider than the base of the cargo box so that the dowels/rods fell solidly into the center of the hooks for more secure holding. (we have kids) Security: it would take considerable effort to knock a cargo box hung this way, but you can zip tie or use para cord to wrap the hanging rod to the hook so that it requires purposeful removal before the box can be removed from the wall. Nice to see a fellow HD rider. I ride a Street Glide and also run a group specifically for our larger touring models. Check it out, please. m.facebook.com/groups/myflhx/

Well done. Thanks

Great idea! I'm doing it!

You sir, are a genius!

Nice and simple, I like it.

Why some thumbs down? I thought this was great and some good suggestions from fellow viewers. Excellent!

Clever solution!

Simple and brilliant. Thanks

Brilliant!

Simple and effective 🙏

This is genius! My mind was just blown away!

Thanks for share.

Amazing! I second the beer offer if you are ever near NYC let me know!

Great idea all time I was thinking in the roof but now I think a wall es a better place to hang my roof box.

Had to make a few adjustments but this worked for me thanks

Simplest one I've seen. Efficient space usage too.

Great video. Need to hang my storage box.

Thanks for sharing this. I just went to Home Depot Canada for similar hooks.

CLEAN!

Thanks!! You’re a smart man!! I did it!! (I’m trying to send pics..)

Genius!!

Perfect!!!!

Good solution: I Will do the same. Greetings from germany!

Brilliant

Genius!

I just spit out my lunch. This man is a genius. This is why he lives in PC and I live in the valley.

I'm going to do this. Was looking at ceiling hangers but too many stories of dropped boxes and we have only 8' ceilings.

This is a genius way

Genius

Holy shnickeys you just saved me a bunch of money, and this time I didn’t have to switch my car insurance to Geico either! 😂

Do the other things you want to hang on the ceiling look like crap?

Brilliant idea! has anyone found if hanging the box on a wall ends up loosening the mounting arms or reducing the overall arm strength? don't know if these boxes were designed to withstand their own weight like that for extended periods of time.

How do I always end up on your videos after a search? Thanks

Strategically aye?

Great video! What size box is that? I have a Yakima Skybox 21 sqft box and I wonder if this would put too much stress on the mount arms.

Fantastic idea. Question: What kind of pipe can you use? I'm thinking aluminum/PVC won't rust but might not be strong enough...

Is there any issue with stress from vertical hanging vs laying it flat for storage. Love this idea and execution!!!

Did you have to use drywall anchors?

This box is supposed to be hanged horizontally not vertically. It may be putting too much pressure the upper clamps. I would suggest to use the lower clamps in the same fashion and also add a shelf support at the bottom of the box. I would still buy the roof hanging system of I were you.

That would suck if it came crashing onto your nice Porsche lol...im gonna mount mine the same way

Thank you! I’m not much of a handy man. Seriously those pulley systems are way too elaborate and complex for simply storing a cargo box

Your neighborhood looks awfully familia, you by chance a resident of Breckinridge? Great video!

Yakima and Thule would charge you about $125 for their proprietary bar.

Looks like this video is 7 years old now. Has there been any problems caused by putting hanging it in this way? I’m assuming it hasn’t blown off the roof? I’m probably paranoid, considering the force that would be exerted when driving long distances on the highway. Interested in your thoughts

Real men of genius song started playing in my head watching this. Even better, that you shared it for others to see. The human race is saved for another day, lol. I can't wait to get my box off the floor.

excellent idea...thanks!