Member Since: 17 Aug 2013
Location: United States
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Roof load capacity
Do these designs take into consideration the max roof load capacity quoted by Land Rover? I have always been curious how conservative their load ratings are.
29th Jul 2020 3:12 am
G15MTS
Member Since: 28 Oct 2019
Location: Stockholm
Posts: 118
I don't think you would have to worry regarding the roof not being able to take the weight, in theory the roof will be able to take the weight of the car.
I couldn't get a comprehensive answer whether the Land Rover bars could take the weight as there is general confusion over dynamic weight and static weight. I've seen pics of Land Rover bars with roof tents and it looks fine and then I was also told by a forum member on here that their bars failed with a roof tent on. I bought a Front Runner rack to save any worry....
Look at Land Rovers own pics of G4's and the like loaded up, they seem not to even care about their own ratings for their own expedition rack, never mind the roof giving in...
29th Jul 2020 6:46 am
Duc750
Member Since: 07 Aug 2017
Location: northampton
Posts: 315
Re: Roof load capacity
ambrown31 wrote:
Do these designs take into consideration the max roof load capacity quoted by Land Rover? I have always been curious how conservative their load ratings are.
I've not seen a static load for the Disco just a dynamic load
Its all a bit "fun and games" anyway as certain european Market defenders had a 75KG roof load statement but the same car in ROW trim (no suspension differences) had a 120kg roof load statement05 D3 V8 HSE, LR Passion tree bars, wildbear compressor guard, LRP switch panel, ARB rear locker + compressor, Trigger 6 shooter electrical system
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29th Jul 2020 8:08 am
ambrown31
Member Since: 17 Aug 2013
Location: United States
Posts: 12
Good points. I think what I saw in the past was the rating for the factory cross bars. I agree, the roof itself is capable of handling a lot of load.
I am guessing most roof tents mount to something more substantial than small cross bars.
30th Jul 2020 5:38 am
G15MTS
Member Since: 28 Oct 2019
Location: Stockholm
Posts: 118
Finally got back to Scotland last weekend and put the tent etc on. Drove back to Norway and will start a few week wild camping trip around Norway next week....
I'll do a seperate post with everything that has been done over the last months but thanks for all your help and advice with the tent and rack etc... Very, very helpful!
I just made my own roof bars that are clamped on to my rack, they have served me well over the last three years since I made and fitted them.
The tent just slides on to them, then use the u-bolts clamps to clamp it to the bars.
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