Alu-Cab mounted to LFD heavy duty cross bars?

[eogie]

Hey folks,

I found a local guy with an alu-cab expedition gen 3 and I'm hoping to mount it to my GX. I currently have four LFD heavy duty cross bars mounted to stock rails. First off, will this suffice? Second off, can the tent be mounted directly to the bars or will I need custom brackets or something? Or should I start over?!

Thanks for any help. I'm trying to figure this out rather quickly so I don't miss the opportunity to buy it.

Thanks,

Eric

 

[Mitchelllamme]

Yeah it will work fine. I’ve had my rtt on lfd bars for a while

 

[eogie]

Hi again,

I bought the side rails from LFD so that I'll now have the full roof rack. I'm still trying to figure out how to mount the alu-cab RTT and I'm getting a lot of inconclusive information. I figure that if I can mount Leitner load bars to the rack that I'll be good to go. Can anyone assist me in figuring that out? Could I use a number of these along the underside of the load bar and bolt it to my cross bars?

T-BOLT KIT

IN STOCK PART # 00-BKA-00-1099 Designed to fit ACS Classic only; however will fit top load bars on ACS Forged. Also works with Ineos Grenadier mounting brackets. Do you have an accessory made by another manufacturer? A bicycle, kayak, or locking surf rack? Want to fit it into our Active Cargo...

www.leitnerdesigns.com

Thanks for any help.

 

[Kesson]

Hi again,

I bought the side rails from LFD so that I'll now have the full roof rack. I'm still trying to figure out how to mount the alu-cab RTT and I'm getting a lot of inconclusive information. I figure that if I can mount Leitner load bars to the rack that I'll be good to go. Can anyone assist me in figuring that out? Could I use a number of these along the underside of the load bar and bolt it to my cross bars?

T-BOLT KIT

IN STOCK PART # 00-BKA-00-1099 Designed to fit ACS Classic only; however will fit top load bars on ACS Forged. Also works with Ineos Grenadier mounting brackets. Do you have an accessory made by another manufacturer? A bicycle, kayak, or locking surf rack? Want to fit it into our Active Cargo...

www.leitnerdesigns.com

Thanks for any help.

Do you mind sharing your experience with the full LFD rack? I have a couple of the LFD cross bars mounted to factory rails and the wind noise is pretty bad so I'm debating whether to get the LFD side rails which come with a fairing or get one of the integrated fairing bars. I don't plan on running a RTT but I don't hate the idea of having more rack space and mounting options for fuel, tools, etc.

 

[eogie]

Do you mind sharing your experience with the full LFD rack? I have a couple of the LFD cross bars mounted to factory rails and the wind noise is pretty bad so I'm debating whether to get the LFD side rails which come with a fairing or get one of the integrated fairing bars. I don't plan on running a RTT but I don't hate the idea of having more rack space and mounting options for fuel, tools, etc.

I found the install to be very easy. I got the fairing as well and so far the wind noise doesn't bother me. Depends how sensitive you are to it. I don't find it excessive. Here are some photos with the leitner cross bars I ended up installing so I can mount the tent. I think I'll make some custom brackets for the tent so it can sit directly on top of the LFD rack.

 

[Kesson]

awesome, thanks for the response and pics. I think i will follow your lead and get the LFD side rails and a couple more bars rather than messing around with the other fairing options.