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100 series Rhino heavy duty roof racks, How strong?

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:55 pm
by crunk81us
How tough are the heavy duty rhino racks on a 100 series cruiser?
I am thinking 2 for the rear to attach a roof top tent (45ish kgs) which I know will be fine, but what about when u add me and the missus (150ish plus 45ish say 200kgs)?
They look solid enough to me...

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:12 pm
by Struth
Their commercial bars are very strong and of a good extrusion.

The real issue is how they connect to the vehicle, is it strong enough at that point.

On the 4 Runner the rails for connecting to the car are riveted to the roof, when I carried a spare on the rack it cracked the roof turret between rivets and rattled/bounced.

Was good for all other purposes, camping gear, chairs, etc, the spare was simply too heavy at one end of the bars and over rough conditions.

Cheers

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:17 pm
by crunk81us
The weight would be evenly spread whilst driving so it should help.. I have heard somewhere that the roof of the 100s will hold 500kgs (i wouldn't want to drive it like that!)