I have an extended Chrysler Town & Country minivan and can carry full sheets
of plywood and even oversize melamine particle board. This means that all
the back seats have to be popped out and the two front seats cannot be
pushed all the way back. The melamine particle board meant the front seats
have to be another inch forward, a little tight with my oversize stomach.

I only have troubles with baltic birch. The 5 x 5 panels are too wide to tie
onto the roof rack in a normal position and too big to fit any door. I have
carried one sheet once and had to fit it diagonally so the the corners faced
front and back which gave me something to bind rope to and still tie onto
the roof rack. It did spread out a little wide, so I drove extra slow so
that I didn't become airborne.

"JohnT." wrote in message
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I have a Windstar. My suggestion is if you REALLY want to keep your van
clean, is either get a trailer (and the factory tow package with your
freestar), or just clean it up.

I don't know about the freestar, but with the windstar, you cannot close
the back door on a sheet of ply or drywall or whatever, and there is
nothing to latch a strap onto on the door except the plastic loop strap
used for closing it. There also isn't anything to really attach the
other end of a strap to hold the door closed either. I usually loop it
around the armrest on the driver side and hold onto it. OTOH, if you are
hauling narrower stock, you can used the seat latching bases in the
floor to attach a strap to.

Does anyone have a minivan that you can close the door on a sheet of
plywood, or a stack of same?

John