Thread: Best place to position a roof luggage box?

on mine i mount a 360ltr rhino box on the factory cross bars towards the front.

your situation will depend if you have the long legs on the rhino bars, this will allow to position towards the rear and you will be able to stand on the back bumper to load/unload.
if the rhino legs are only short then you will have to mount towards the front, position the box to the left or right to make loading easier.

Hello,
they are the Rhino Heavy Duty ones (RL280), long legs... The height of the rhinos once installed sit above the factory rails.

The luggage box opens from the side, eitherway I will need a step ladder!! (no side steps at this stage )...

Would you get more 'drag' / fuel consumption though with the luggage box positioned towards the rear?

thanks for your help...


Lp

to be honest i think the design of the box allows good aero dynamics so front or back will not affect ecomony much (especially if a td5) . if side opening put to the back and over to passenger side then you can stand on the rear tyre to access it easier.

Here's what I've noticed.

I have a 2m Rhino tray on 3x sets RL210 legs (modified).

If you have all your load towards the rear of the roof the disco will be rse heavy and will oversteer ... it's like trying to drive a pendulum ... I push all my weight where possible to the front of the tray to get some more weight on the front wheels, which makes it behave much better ... there's usually plenty loaded in the back as well (drawers, fridge, etc), and you can end up with all the weight over/behind the back wheels.

I'd try it as far forward as possible.

Thanks Yorkie and fluids, I will be towing a trailer with us so the weight at the rear makes sense to put the luggage box more forward (although i'm not expecting it to be super heavy - trailer or luggage box). Eitherway it will still be a pain getting stuff in and out but the left/or/right side makes sense, otherwise I had planned on centering it.

I had thought about the leg up on the top of the wheel... but even then my arms won't be long enough ... so the step ladder still wins on that account LOL!

Cheers,
Lp

Originally Posted by Yorkie

to be honest i think the design of the box allows good aero dynamics so front or back will not affect ecomony much (especially if a td5) . if side opening put to the back and over to passenger side then you can stand on the rear tyre to access it easier.

If economy was to be affected, why would it matter whether TD5 or V8? Is extra drag dependant on the fuel used to drive the vehicle?