which roof rack

I bought one of these racks for the low profile (small garage) and low weight. I only carry the roof top tent and solar panels on it with the heavier stuff inside the Patrol as low as possible.

We have just come back from 5 weeks in Central Aus on some pretty ordinary roads and the rack was fine.

Make sure you get 4 sets of feet to spread the load not the three sets it comes with.

Cheers

Had a TJM alloy rack on my 60 series for years and it was fine, never cracked and it had some huge loads on it at times.
Have an ARB steel rack on the 80 at the moment and it is an awsome rack but I think the alloy (much lighter) would have been a better choice.

Unless you intend to carry fuel etc on the roof, go alloy.

Don't wish to hijack your thread Outback1 but as this is all about roof racks and not wanting to create another, I was wondering if those giving you advice might also be able to advise on THIS particular type of platform/low profile setup. I'm thinking about going down this path as I already have the heavy duty rhino bars on the patrol.
Thanks
Pete

I would go alloy with the continuous length legs to spread the weight along the whole length of the rails.

From memory the steel racks are about 80 kg plus which just adds unnecessary weight to the roof. I am carrying the tinny, fuel and other things on my alloy rack and it's fine. Just make sure it's a good solid unit not a cheapy one.

Barnesy

I have an alloy Tracklander made by Jaram in WA, and as far as im concerned its the best. SWMBO and i can lift it on with no problems. You really want to keep the weight down off the roof so an alloy is the way to go. I know some will say that if it cracks you cant just weld it up anywhere in the bush as you can with steel, but im sure you could make it get to a major town. Mine still looks like new and has done the GRR 3 times this year with no problems.
Find out the load limit on the roof of your vehicle and then work out what you want to carry up there and how much to spare you have to play with for the roof rack.

hey mate

i've got a Windcheetah rack on my Pajero and i'm quite happy with its performance. I've just completed a trip to Kennedy Ranges and Mt Augustus and we spent around 10-12 days on gravel and i have no problems.

I had about 80kgs on the roof + the weight of the rack itself.

HAving said that, and in hindsight i would prefer to go for a Rhino rack style setup because this way, atleast the rack/platform can be removed easily enough. The Windcheetah sits VERY close to my roof (which is good in terms of drag) but it's a b*tch of a thing to get under it to clean/polish the roof.

Also, on the Windcheetah the slats run the width of the car rather than then length so basically in the centre of the rack, you can see the slat bowing under a concentrated weight ie 2x20L jerry cans of diesel. With slats that run the length of the car, atleast you can put extra cross bars across and increase the support and spread the weight more evenly.

just my 2c worth.

cheers
Jeelan