Gu Patrol Roof Rack Weight Limit

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Gu patrol roof rack weight limit. All vehicles have very defined and specific roof load limits which is the maximum weight that the vehicle s roof can carry. Refer to rooftop tent and rack. The dual cross bars to the mounting plates make this roof rack one of the strongest in australia. Steel roof racks 2 2m long x 1 26m width.
We installed a powerful 4 4 full length steel cage roof rack on a mates patrol a few years back and weighed it at at around 60kg. When parked the additional weight of humans and gear in a rooftop tent can be much higher. Rated to over 100kg check your vehicle manufacturer s recommendation for load limit if your vehicle does not have gutters the supplied mounting kit with this rack is not suitable. This commercial grade roof rack is beautifully finished and is capable of carrying well in excess of your vehicles load limit.
Considering a gu patrol has a roof load limit of 150kg they are well more than double over the limit. 20kg plus some other miscellaneous gear. Last january on our two week trip i had the rhino rack fitted using three heavy duty rhino cross bars mounted to the roof rails the roof rack was fully loaded i would say approx 90 kilos and all was good this was driving on the highway only don t think i would load so heavy if i was going off road. That s at least 340 kilograms of stuff.
Adventure kings aluminium platform roof rack suitable for nissan patrol gq gu wagon 1987 2016. To fit it i needed a forklift its 63 kg weight takes alleged patrol roof carrying capacity of 100 kg to the useless for anything but giant inflatable helium filled balloons. It is perfect for work and play. I wonder how they got up there.
However you can mount it to crossbars using u bolts. The reason a lightweight roofrack is so important is that the less the roofrack itself weighs the more you can safely. 15kg 2x mini bikes let s say 80 kg each. Racks are made with steel mesh bases welded to steel tubing tyre mount plate alloy deflector are zinc cad plated and then black powder coated.
So if you really need a full length rack get an alloy aluminium unit. Looks like a rhino rack which weighs roughly 30kg 2 x random tyres. For nissan patrol gq gu ute aluminium cage roof rack 850x1250mm.