FollowupID: 511453 Submitted:
Monday, Jul 02, 2007 at 13:00
jeffwa posted:
I've got an alloy roof rack, it was a home made job by the looks of it, it used to be on a subaru but I grinded the legs off it and mounted it to the rhino bars on the surf with clamps. It's been up there for a couple of years now and we use it extensivly and it's as strong as anything else I've seen. Nice high edges with a mesh floor that has welds on every single bit of mesh.
I think if your ally is well made it will be as good as a steel rack, you just can't fix it with a stick welder if it breaks. Me, I don't carry a stick welder around with me so it makes little difference! ;-P
I looked around at all these baskets and was shocked at the price, this one was $100 out of the quokka (trading post) and I tell you what it's been punished and is just awsome.
I'd recommend ally as i'm always trying to keep the weight down and from going form a smaller steel basket to this ally rack there is no comparrison between the two as far as weight goes. It was easier for me to pick up the large ally rack than it was the small steel basket. A basket, I would imagine, would be a lot lighter grade than a full blown steel rack such as an ARB.
Keep a look out, it took me a while to find this one, but check ebay and the trading post and newpapers, you can prob find yourself a bargin.
This is our normal load on the rack, sometimes we get a little more up there.
