Thread: Rooftop tent for perentie...

Originally Posted by 110Lizard

Cheers guys,

This is for my FFR. Rathgar from what I can tell the maximum weight limits on a standard 110 roof is between 100-150kg assuming a gutter mount rack (although I'm sure some of those expedition vehicles you see far exceed this)... A full size alloy rack weighs in at around 26kgs and a rooftop tent weighs in at around 60kg's and by the time I secure the rack directly to ROP bars using bolts, nyloc nuts and a special clamp system lifting rack just above the bow in ROP bars this will be a lot stronger and more secure than a gutter mount rack. I'm pretty comfortable that will be fine. You could probably put a lot more up there but my experience is when you get over 100kg's the vehicle starts acting like a bit of a pig. The advantage a full length rack gives me is I can remove tent and have some extra storage in need arises...

the only problem with mounting a roof rack to the ROPS is its a fair distance between the mounting mounts, a normal roof rack over that distance would have three mounting points on each side. might just have to watch the flex depending on which design of rack you go with