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This setup gives you a big, flat surface that handles everything from camping bins to kayaks and small boats. The 55" long x 49" wide x 4" tall platform spreads the load out evenly so you can strap down bulky or uneven gear without fighting for balance. It works great for road trips, outdoor adventures, or overland setups where space and stability matter most.
If your travels take you off the pavement, this platform was built to handle it. Designed and tested in the Australian Outback, the aluminum frame with a black powder coat finish stands up to weather, dust, and rough roads. It’s rustproof and built for real off-road use, giving you confidence when you’re loaded up with gear in tough environments.
Wind noise can wear on you after hours behind the wheel. The integrated wind deflector helps cut down on drag and reduce that constant hum that some racks create at speed. It’s a small detail that makes highway miles quieter and easier on everyone in the vehicle.
This platform has horizontal slats that make it simple to attach clamp-on gear like bike racks, kayak carriers, or even a rooftop tent. Integrated channels along the edges let you add specialized off-road accessories such as perimeter rails, jack holders, spare tire carriers, or jerry can holders (sold separately). The flexibility makes it easy to reconfigure your setup from one trip to the next without needing a new rack system.
The platform comes ready for installation with four SkyLine towers, four LockNLoad adapters, and a custom fit kit. Once assembled, you’ve got a tough platform rack—43.5 lbs of sturdy support—that’s ready to haul gear season after season. Always check your vehicle’s maximum roof load capacity before loading up.
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Ratings & Reviews
Fit our Subaru Forester perfectly. Install was a breeze. For the money I wish they came with the core locks.
Yakima Towers and Pads arrived on time and all in order. Service was extremely fast and the price was better than every other site I looked through.
Excellent product . Amazing C.S
I like the strength of the Yakima brand and it looks great. It does seem a bit more complicated than might be necessary. I know they have to fit to many different cars but the matching of components is confusing and the installation less than intuitive. The end result is great and etrailers is awesome in every way!
In the confusing world of roof racks, the etrailor site had a locator tool that made it easy to identify the correct landing pads and towers for my vehicle.
These crossbars were easy to install and adjust. Be sure to get all the pieces you need. There is no mention of the Landing Pads necessary to use these.
Yakima racks are always a good choice. Etrailer made it easy for me to know all the parts I needed and it was so easy to install!
Love the Yakima LocknLoad 55x49 Platform.. would have been nicer if it was just a few inches longer. Fits really well on the 2019 Grand Cherokee.. and looks even better but at highway speeds (60mph+) you will hear it up there... I've also noticed .5 mpg less which is no biggie...I didn't think the Landing Pads (18) were very stable but once in place.. its rock solid!
I have a Buick Envision and it seemed as if it would be difficult to get the correct rack, but it turned out to be easy. I entered my vehicle info and was directed to the Yakima Skyline with flush rails. It was easy to install and they look great. I will be able to take my canoe out with no problem! Joe
Yakima Landing pads are vehicle specific. Good quality mounts are supplied with good stainless steel fasteners. Required as a base for the towers.
I love the ease of removing my crossbars at the end of the season with these landing pads. Highly recommend these.
Yakima SkyLine Towers are well-designed and well-executed. They easily fit into the Yakima Landing Pads and form a tight fit when closed. And they also fit nicely into the Yakima JetStream Crossbars when following the Yakima instruction manual and various YouTube videos. I did run into a snag at first where I found the rubber seal on one SkyLine Tower getting caught on the JetStream Crossbar track, but after that I was careful not to let that happen with the other towers.
I find the appearance of the Yakima SkyLine Towers to match their level of quality in materials and design.
Exactly what we needed to use our old Yakima bars and kayak sharks with our new Ford Explorer. Our old car, a Ford Expedition, used the same round Yakima bars and kayak sharks but had a different roof rack. Instead of paying $800+ to get a whole new kayak rack system... the adapters we got from etrailer helped us used all the old equipment :)
I had cross bars and landing pads on my Jeep Grand Cherokee. I bought these to put on my wife’s new Grand Cherokee L. They were extremely easy to install and now I can easily move the roof rails between the two vehicles. They are a great product as is most of Yakima’s products. I highly recommend them.
Very nice quality towers. Very heavy duty! They have a cool "snap" on / off mechanism for quick removal and installation.
I am going to include the Landing Pads, Skyline Towers, LockNLoad adapters, and Pivoting Mounts that are all required for my vehicle in this review of the 84" x 54" LockNLoad Platform. First, I had done months of research trying to figure out what would work and meet my needs for a 2008 GMC Yukon XL. Without the help of etrailer's agent, Ashley, I'd probably still be trying to figure things out! Ashley was patient and thorough, she made sure I had all the parts I needed for a fairly complex (and large!)project. I cannot thank her enough!
On to the assembly and installation: Ashley confirmed that following instructions was key to efficient building - I found that combining online instructions with the included hard copies worked best. As an example, the online fastener images and descriptions are far better than the paper ones. Then, having the paper instructions in hand made "in the moment" progress much faster. All of the Yakima parts fit together perfectly, and by methodically following the instructions (I cannot stress this enough!), including pre assembling Landing Pads, Towers, and Pivoting Mounts, there was no need to backtrack. Once I had a day to devote to the project, everything went very smoothly. Placing the large Platform on the mounts does require two people, but the rest was easy for one fairly handy person to accomplish. Making adjustments to be sure the Platform is centered and square to the roof took some time but it's worth it in the end. Again, thanks to etrailer and particularly Ashley! It was a pleasure doing business with you!
Came quickly, and I appreciate the free shipping – which is why I went with etrailer instead of ordering directly from Yakima.
Makes for easy and secure crossbar on/off. Covers stay on during car washes.
I have these installed on a 2022 Honda Pilot. I could not get them to fit on my raised roof rails with the included rubber gaskets. I have mounted them without the gasket but this leaves a gap between the rail and the landing pad. This seems secure but does not have a finished look. I will be trying to see how to get the gaskets to fit.
Easy website, fast shipping, quality pr oducts
My 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee used landing pads 18 to mount to the roof my newer 2023 JGC uses landing pad 19. I was able to change the pads thanks to etrailer and install my older roof rack on my newer Jeep. I love that the majority of my roof rack is upgrade-able.
These landing pads allow for the quickest and easiest install and removal of cross bars. This will be the only ones I use going forward.
Perfect for our 2021 Subaru Ascent rails with our Yakima LockNLoad platform.
A very sturdy platform for the 2025 Nissan Pathfinder Rock Creek.
They do what they are supposed to: allowed me to swap out my jetstream bars to a locknload rack on my Timberline towers.
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8/24/2025
The rack base has worked perfectly. I took my Yakima rack off my Tacoma and transferred it to a Honda Pilot and eTrailer had the correct bracket.