Thread: Rear door stay

Are there different types of carrier from Mantec Nedf? I read somewhere there's an African spec and European and presumably the Afro is stronger for rougher conditions like ours in Oz.
Please advise if you know.
AlanH.

Alan,

The "European Spec" is a copy of the Mantec and doesn't have a fraction of the strength. Dealers are meant to label it "Mantec Style" carrier, but most of the time they don't.

Mantec only makes the one which the dealers in the UK started calling "African Spec" to justify the fact that the Mantec is made better and therefore more expensive. Visually they are almost identical except for pipe wall thickness, the internal piston and higher quality welding.

The only two models is the Station Wagon one and "Half Door" one which both have the piston on the inside to maintain full strength when the door opens. You know that I step the scales at a good 100Kg+ and I've always stood on the carrier even when the door was half open to get stuff of the roof rack.

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Cheers,

Lou

Originally Posted by nedflanders

I've had a Mantec spare wheel carrier on for a long time, strong enough for me to stand on when loading up the roof rack (and I ain't slim ) and also carry's the high lift jack when off-road. I have no problem recommending Mantec

I did highlight 'Some' imported carriers aren't built strong enough, but some are quite good. Mantec make some pretty good gear.

It all depends on what you want from your carrier.................try doing this with one of the lower quality carriers..........not the best angle, but it's two spare wheels and tyres piggybacked on a single carrier. This particular vehicle does a lot of outback driving on corrugations etc.

Cheers, Murray

Originally Posted by rijidij

I did highlight 'Some' imported carriers aren't built strong enough, but some are quite good. Mantec make some pretty good gear.

It all depends on what you want from your carrier.................try doing this with one of the lower quality carriers..........not the best angle, but it's two spare wheels and tyres piggybacked on a single carrier. This particular vehicle does a lot of outback driving on corrugations etc.

Cheers, Murray

I was simply stating that IMO the Mantec is a good carrier, if you know which carriers are 'NOT' good then name and shame, maybe it will stop people buying 'crap' and stop manufacturers producing 'crap'

Hi Murray,

Same from me... I've been drooling over that carrier setup of yours ever since I saw it on the forum, but I've spent too much money on the rear of my car to justify switching at this stage.

I'm obviously a Mantec fan (I'm old enough to have lived in the Camel Trophy era) and my car currently sports quite a bit of their gear - hence the feedback on the quality of the genuine Mantec stuff.

If I had to buy a new car for any unforeseen reason I would definitely be in the market for one of your carrier arrangements though!

Cheers,

Lou