Hi all,
Planning on a trip from Amsterdam to Dakar as service vehicle for Heroes Legend rally...!
Currently, my Autohome Columbus Rooftent is mounted on two Thule cross bars. According to the official Dutch roof tent dealer this is the best way, because the roof tent construction can follow the inevitable torsion of the car. He has come across damaged cars (okay, they were Land Rovers) where the body had been damaged because of the stiffness of the roof rack.
On the us website of auto home I actually found:
" Off highway use: These tents are made to withstand a lot of abuse, but we highly recommend, when mounting a tent for using gutter mount rack systems for off-highway use, that you employ THREE or more cross bars. This helps to distribute the load evenly and avoid damage to the vehicle under extreme conditions."
I can do the maths that 3 or more cross bars would distribute the load, but I'm not able to speak from experience about the effects of the torsion powers - and I would like it to stay that way...
Anyone can speak from experience?
Many thanks, Jurgen
Planning on a trip from Amsterdam to Dakar as service vehicle for Heroes Legend rally...!
Currently, my Autohome Columbus Rooftent is mounted on two Thule cross bars. According to the official Dutch roof tent dealer this is the best way, because the roof tent construction can follow the inevitable torsion of the car. He has come across damaged cars (okay, they were Land Rovers) where the body had been damaged because of the stiffness of the roof rack.
On the us website of auto home I actually found:
" Off highway use: These tents are made to withstand a lot of abuse, but we highly recommend, when mounting a tent for using gutter mount rack systems for off-highway use, that you employ THREE or more cross bars. This helps to distribute the load evenly and avoid damage to the vehicle under extreme conditions."
I can do the maths that 3 or more cross bars would distribute the load, but I'm not able to speak from experience about the effects of the torsion powers - and I would like it to stay that way...
Anyone can speak from experience?
Many thanks, Jurgen