Roof Rack Load Rating

If you re using a roof rack or cargo carrier you need to subtract its weight from your total rating.

Roof rack load rating.

To avoid overloading your vehicle take the vehicle load rating and subtract the weight of the roof rack any accessories and your load. They are dynamic load ratings. The next generation of roof racks. We make durable and easy to use roof racks luggage boxes bike carriers kayak carriers load securing accessories and more.

If your vehicle roof rating is 80kg your fitting kit s rating is 65kg and your roof racks rating is 100 kg your maximum load rating would be 65kg. Same is true of any cross bars you ve installed to help fit. The load ratings applied to products by roof rack manufacturers and the car manufacturing are for when you are driving the vehicle on sealed roads i e. All photos by bryon dorr it s common sense but way too often overlooked.

When outfitting a proper off road overland vehicle be sure to keep the weight as low as. Cargo rating amount of luggage or gear you can put on your racks and roof rack accessories. For example if your car roof is rated to 165 pounds and your roof rack weighs 30 pounds you can really only load 135 pounds of camping gear on top. In fact just the opposite.

How not to load your roof rack. The low profile thule edge system offers a sleek integrated design while the thule evo system maximizes the loading area and comes with a variety of load bar options. Thule edge and thule evo. When a 4wd is designed and built the manufacturer gives it a maximum roof loading rating.

Off road load rating driving on dirt uneven or unsealed roads. On road load rating driving on sealed roads. If you re heading onto dirt roads a 33 reduction is applied to the vehicles roof rack s load rating. This is the maximum amount of weight you can apply to the roof of your 4wd and includes both the roof rack itself and anything on the roof rack.