TheGrrrrr
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I'll start this thread with a video that got me thinking about roof load limits. All I have ever seen or looked at are static vs dynamic limits, but it seems the dynamic limits should be broken out into two separate numbers: On-Road vs Off-Road. Take a look at the whiteboard portion of this video and then lets do some math.
The best estimate I have found for the dynamic (on-road) roof carrying capacity of the 200 series is 200kg (440lbs), important to note this is not the capacity of the bars, but the roof itself so far as I can find.
Assuming this video is correct, so just for illustration purposes, lets say that off-road that dynamic capacity is reduced by 1/3 which brings it to 133kg (293lbs). Assume you have the full size Rhino Rack as I do, which they say is 41lbs with the backbones system.
Off-road Roof Limit = 293lbs
Rhino-Rack w/ Backbone = 41lbs
Actual Off-road Capacity = 252lbs
Bush Company Awning = 61lbs
MaxTrax (2) and mounting hardware = 18lbs
Light Bar and Mounting hardware = 12lbs
Solar Panel = 6lbs
That leaves me with: 153lbs of off-road carrying capacity on the roof. Not bad, but certainly not enough to carry most RTTs with anything attached to them.
This seems like a problem. Anyone have any thoughts about this? My specific example not withstanding.
Edited to fix a metric conversion.
The best estimate I have found for the dynamic (on-road) roof carrying capacity of the 200 series is 200kg (440lbs), important to note this is not the capacity of the bars, but the roof itself so far as I can find.
Assuming this video is correct, so just for illustration purposes, lets say that off-road that dynamic capacity is reduced by 1/3 which brings it to 133kg (293lbs). Assume you have the full size Rhino Rack as I do, which they say is 41lbs with the backbones system.
Off-road Roof Limit = 293lbs
Rhino-Rack w/ Backbone = 41lbs
Actual Off-road Capacity = 252lbs
Bush Company Awning = 61lbs
MaxTrax (2) and mounting hardware = 18lbs
Light Bar and Mounting hardware = 12lbs
Solar Panel = 6lbs
That leaves me with: 153lbs of off-road carrying capacity on the roof. Not bad, but certainly not enough to carry most RTTs with anything attached to them.
This seems like a problem. Anyone have any thoughts about this? My specific example not withstanding.
Edited to fix a metric conversion.
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