The Yakima E-Z Load. The hydraulic roof rack. Just don’t be going under any low bridges, y’hear? $400.00.
The articulating arms that swing the apparatus down are controlled by two matching gas shocks that are hardier versions of those found in a car’s trunk lid. On the descent, the shocks—filled with nitrogen and sealed by a jacket of hydraulic fluid that changes shape as the piston moves but never changes volume—compress to check the rack’s movement.