Thread: Roof load

Originally Posted by ozscott

In my experience with Rhino (excellent products) they give weights higher than LR...hence why I make the point. LR recommends a particular lower weight offroad. I would follow whichever is the lower but usually this is LR not Rhino. Just as an example Rhinos Web site allows you to put in your vehicle type and it recommends a system. For the D2 their 3 bar system allows you to carry 100kg (from memory) but the LR handbook stated max roof load on road is 50kg and 30kg offroad...the only place you will see Rhino giving credence to the manufacturer is in the little fitting sheet that comes with the system....where they say it's 100kg or the vehicle manufacturers weight limit whichever is the lesser. A lot of people don't realise this. When I rang Rhino they said their limits were based on their system on the vehicles in their database. Some people think the Rhino max weight must then be OK but it's clearly not.
Cheers

Finally, and people think the same thing about towbars, doesn't matter if the aftermarket states 3500kg, you can still only tow what the manufacturers max weight is.

One thing I notice for the D4, I couldn't find an offroad weight max for the roof, only the on road weight(75kg)that includes roof rails, but working off the D2 specs you mentioned, I would imagine that the offroad max for the D4 would be 55kg, which doesn't allow you to put 3 jerries on the roof even if you don't count the roof racks or any other crap you put up their.

For us, the only thing we have up there is an awning, a shovel, pole carrier and a chainsaw, sometimes a little bit of firewood that want fit on the camper and that is only up there for very short periods, like a couple of Ks from camp.

The Rhino rating is only for the strength of the rack itself and doesn't tell anything about what weight the vehicle manufacturer says the roof can hold.
Many people seem to overload their roof racks. I'm the opposite - I try to minimize the weight up there.
Remember that on the dunes you will be bouncing around and it's easy to roll a vehicle, particularly if there is a lot of weight up there.
When we did The Simpson one of our group had a rack break and slam down on top of the roof of his Triton, with unhappy results.
I recommend you try to travel as light as possible. When packing, spread everything on the ground and divide it into two groups: Essentials and Maybes. Pack the Essentials. Leave the Maybes at home.
Water, fuel, sleeping gear, food, clothes and medical are Essentials. Everything else is a Maybe.
One of our group used to take an hour to set up camp. We only took 10 minutes. Then we cooked dinner and sat there watching them finish setting up.

G'day all, newbee here researching prior to purchase, can a disco 4 handle a roof top tent? and what is the load rating?

Where are you all carrying gas bottles? The only legal place i thought was on the roof.

Kevo as mentioned 75kgs max weight. There is one called MyCube that weighs less than 36kg and would be suitable.

Originally Posted by Russrobe

Where are you all carrying gas bottles? The only legal place i thought was on the roof.

Kevo as mentioned 75kgs max weight. There is one called MyCube that weighs less than 36kg and would be suitable.

I seem to recall from somewhere that anything less than 20kg is allowed to be carried within the vehicle??

Originally Posted by cjc_td5

I seem to recall from somewhere that anything less than 20kg is allowed to be carried within the vehicle??

Transporting LPG cylinders

Basically, no. Unless you plan on driving around with your windows down for cross ventilation.

Your camping cylinders are legal inside the vehicle.It may be something like 2 9kg bottles.
Neverless,they are a bomb waiting to happen.
I hate carting my bottles up to the city to be filled.Its a scandalous price down here to fill or swap.The 9kg bottle fits tight inside a milk crate,easy to strap down that way.
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Your camping cylinders are legal inside the vehicle.It may be something like 2 9kg bottles.
Neverless,they are a bomb waiting to happen.
I hate carting my bottles up to the city to be filled.Its a scandalous price down here to fill or swap.The 9kg bottle fits tight inside a milk crate,easy to strap down that way.
Andrew

Roof it is Andy. Would rather risk an extra 5kg on the roof (4.5kg bottle) than risk blowing up the car... Driving up to Perth is one thing but driving for 6 weeks, 5000+kms is another...