etrailer | Comprehensive Review: Corner Bracket Kit for Yakima LockNLoad Platform Rack

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Hey guys, it's Colin here at etrailer and today we're going to take a look at and accessory for the Yakima LockNLoad platform rack. This is the corner bracket kit, now this kit is going to get four of these brackets that have a 90 degree angle so that you can better secure any rectangular designed objects like our cooler up here, which has four corners. We can get these brackets on each corner to make sure it doesn't shift side to side at all and then together with the eyebolts that come with it, we can use a strap to secure it down onto our platform rack, it's just going to make for a better ride for our cooler.Now this cooler is very sturdy up there, the brackets are going to be taken away that side to side or front to back movement, but you still want the strap to take away any of the up and down movement you might get maybe going over a speed bump. And what's nice is that while the eyebolts are great tie-down points, they're also what you use to secure each bracket into the T-slot of your LockNLoad rack, you just tighten them down and then it's going to keep those brackets secure and then they double as tie-down points.Keep in mind though that the strap does not come with the corner bracket kit, but we've got plenty of straps available on our website if you are in need of some. Now, as far as how big of a container you can get up here using the corner bracket, there's really no limit to the length or width, you probably just going to be limited by the size of your LockNLoad rack, or maybe even just a space you have available on your rack. But as far as the height goes, you do want to make sure that you don't really put anything up here and use the corner brackets for anything over three feet tall, just because it's not rated to carry anything over that height.And if you're going to carry a bigger container, that is still going to be under that three foot mark, make sure you abide by the weight capacity, which is going to be 110 pounds.

Now, a lot of times with these platform racks, like our LockNLoad, that don't have any raised side rails, you can still get these bulkier items like coolers or other containers loaded without the corner bracket kit, and still use some straps to get them secure.But we've all been there where we do use a lot of straps, we get it really secure, but there still is a little bit of shifting which personally that makes me a little bit uncomfortable, so that's why the corner bracket kit comes into play, it's just going to take out all of that shifting so that the straps can focus on keeping the cooler from going up or down.The brackets have a very durable, stamped steel construction to them, it's going to be very high quality and really hold up well to a lot of rugged use, it's also going to have a black zinc coating, so that's going to help resist rust and corrosion. What I really like about these brackets is that they got a lot of adjustability, you can really put them anywhere on the platform rack that's going to best suit your needs and what's nice is that if you've got an odd shaped item, let's go ahead and take two of these brackets and scoot them back this way.If you've got an odd shaped item and maybe it's pretty bulky and you just need a couple more inches of space, we can just take these two right here, go ahead and slide them out and to get a couple extra inches, we can put them on the outside. It gives us more space to get other cargo up here and sometimes that extra two to three inches could make all the difference.And the brackets themselves also have nice adjustability with the slot right here, we can slide it back and forth because there's going to be a lot of things out there that are different sizes for securing and you want to make sure you get it as tight as possible, so with this two to three inches of adjustability, you can be able to slide it back and forth and you'll see when we install it, we'll be able to use it. And combined with the other one, you're going to get about five to six inches of adjustability to make sure you get a snug fit on your items. When installing your brackets, you first want to pick the placement on your roof, we know that we want it at the back right of our LockNLoad rack so we'll just drop the eyebolt through with a washer and then thread on our little silver piece just a little bit.You don't have to measure out exactly the dimensions between your brackets, just kind of get them all four installed and make sure they're very spread out, so we're going to get this one