Thread: Roof storage/roll cage 110 Defender

the original question wa about a builder wanting to put sticks on the 110 not av gas or camping gear for a years touring with 2 rug rats.

Defenderqld, a cage that is chassis mounted will be far better at carrying temporary heavy long roof loads between jobs than a gutter mounted rack. One thing to think about is a fender rack will be much higher up than say a japper dual cab builders ute.

I reckon you should buy a 130 tray:-) strong tray mounted rack at the back, sturdy headboard, bull bar t bar up front. With a 1.8m tray you can under qld transport rules legally carry lengths 6890mm. And fork loads on and off.

I know a 130 tray that carried just under a tonne of portal frames to the galvanizers in this manner :-)
Oh yeah and a 130 makes a better tourer.

S

Yes you can readily connect to the chassis at the front where we attach a bullbar and at the rear cross member. Other than perhaps the utes attachment in between will require an internal or external cage to connect a rack back to the chassis.

guys, if you havent, look at the Safety devies stuff...btw they did the bar work for the NAS 90's and 110's

My 110 has the full length steel roof rack with sides and I reckon its a pain trying to get sticks of timber up there; it's all up too high. I also read somewhere in an official LR manual of sorts that the max load on the roof is suppose to be around 100kgs. I remember it being less than my daughter's Barina.

I can vouch for the 130. I had my canopy/rack made to be the same height as a Rhino bar so for smaller loads it still had something to sit on. This intermediate roof bar also holds my awning.
I have a T bar at the front bbar, and a framed edge alloy rear canopy. I carry around 250 to 350kg worth of scaffolding occasionally on it.

However these days I noticed at a steel shop, the legal (qld) weight allowed on a roof is 100kg. So I tend to do more trips now instead of one big move. They way people cut in on me because I have left space to stop with a big load is not worth the potential hassle.
The dynamics of the vehicle change remarkably with that much weight up high.

Thanks for the responses. I understand that loading up the roof of any vehicle is not desirable however it is unavoidable in my industry.

I currently have a dual cab Navara, upgraded suspension lifts the roof rack to about 2200mm so the height of the Defender is not too much of an issue. Being 6'6" helps also (not in cabin space).

Purchasing a 110 crew cab and the designing a front external hoop to connect an expedition rack from the tray to the front of the cab is an easier option although the reason for my first post was to try and find someone who could make a cage/ rack work for the wagon. For me, the tray on the crew cab will be dead space. Crew cab might also get less attention with the rack, I know that cages etc can be illegal.

Still looking for someone with a similar setup or someone who has experience with a local cage builder in Brisbane. Short of this I might just order the cage and rack from Safety Devices and make it work.

Thanks again

Originally Posted by defenderqld

... I know that cages etc can be illegal.

Still looking for someone with a similar setup or someone who has experience with a local cage builder in Brisbane. Short of this I might just order the cage and rack from Safety Devices and make it work.

Thanks again

Internal roll cages need to be approved/blue plated. External roll cages or ladder/roof racks don't. There are plenty of people in QLD and elsewhere with external cages (no officer they are roof rack supports) who have never had any legal problems...

Your best bet would be to have a chat to some of the buggy/comp 4x4 builders who do this stuff on a regular basis.

Haultech eng. Icepack - Haultech Engineering used to run a bunch of competition landies and buggies - they would still have contacts even if they can't help you

Bubs also does good work and has done some landy stuff: budscustoms - custom parts & fabrication!