Thread: Exceeding Roof Rack Weight?

Originally Posted by LGM

I use a Rhino short roof platform and when I add the complete spare tyre and rim, a shovel, a ladder, a small warn winch, a 10L jerry of petrol for my generator and the mount plus the max tracks I am not far from a 'Full Load' if you stick to the rules! P.S. Don't put the max tracks to the front like I did! They whistle at certain speeds and it will drive you nuts!

Interesting that you say it was the max tracks. I recently loaded the roof rack with a spare tyre (like in your pic). No max tracks. Also got harmonics at a certain speed until I closed up the "rim space" with a foam tile and tightened the straps.

Big lesson...once loaded - take the car for a drive and test for whistles!!!! They WILL drive you nuts! ;-)

Cheers
Mark

Max Tracks on front of platform = Whistle
Max Tracks not on platform = No Whistle!

On the topic of racks and leg options, I'm looking to move my ARB alloy unit from the Pajero to the new D4.
Now ARB don't make the fittings for a D3 or D4 (but the racks are all interchangeable), so if I'm to use it I will need to adapt mounting points from something else.
My D4 doesn't have the rails and I'd rather not mount off the std rails anyway as I like the fully integrated rail that frontrunner now offer and similar to what ARB have on the Pajero.
Does anyone know whether frontrunner sell the rails separately and more to the point, whether the ARB rack would work with this?

Originally Posted by TuffRR

On the topic of racks and leg options, I'm looking to move my ARB alloy unit from the Pajero to the new D4.
Now ARB don't make the fittings for a D3 or D4 (but the racks are all interchangeable), so if I'm to use it I will need to adapt mounting points from something else.
My D4 doesn't have the rails and I'd rather not mount off the std rails anyway as I like the fully integrated rail that frontrunner now offer and similar to what ARB have on the Pajero.
Does anyone know whether frontrunner sell the rails separately and more to the point, whether the ARB rack would work with this?

Drop in to your local ARB store and ask them. ARB are now agents for Frontrunner - (at least the one in Kalgoorlie is, so I assume that they all are).

I bought the Frontrunner camping table & slides recently from ARB in Kalgoorlie. Was previously unable to source through various other Frontrunner agents in Perth. ARB in Kal knew exactly what I wanted when I enquired about the table - the owners already had one mounted under the Frontrunner rack on their County.

Originally Posted by BMKal

Drop in to your local ARB store and ask them. ARB are now agents for Frontrunner - (at least the one in Kalgoorlie is, so I assume that they all are).

I bought the Frontrunner camping table & slides recently from ARB in Kalgoorlie. Was previously unable to source through various other Frontrunner agents in Perth. ARB in Kal knew exactly what I wanted when I enquired about the table - the owners already had one mounted under the Frontrunner rack on their County.

That is a cracker of an idea, how's it stood up to the weather Brian, or do you remove it and store it when not away.

Baz.

No problems at all in the weather Baz. The underside of the table (which faces up when it is under the roof rack) is a very highly polished finish - I thought it was a mirror when I first unpacked it. And there are drain holes in each corner so that it does not fill up with water.

Having said all that - my vehicle lives in a shed when it is not being used. so out of the weather most of the time.

The mod to add a handle / towel rail to each end of the table is worth the effort too.

Originally Posted by BMKal

No problems at all in the weather Baz. The underside of the table (which faces up when it is under the roof rack) is a very highly polished finish - I thought it was a mirror when I first unpacked it. And there are drain holes in each corner so that it does not fill up with water.

Having said all that - my vehicle lives in a shed when it is not being used. so out of the weather most of the time.

The mod to add a handle / towel rail to each end of the table is worth the effort too.

So did I understand your previous post correctly, that the new style of front runner with the bigger front foot sits lower on the roof and therefore can't take the table underneath at the rear?

Originally Posted by winaje

So did I understand your previous post correctly, that the new style of front runner with the bigger front foot sits lower on the roof and therefore can't take the table underneath at the rear?

KRLD022T is the 2nd generation (no table capability)

KRLD028T can have the table