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Originally Posted by Thommo
Thanks for the reply, appreciated.
With the mounting over several screws I would assume (bad word sometimes) as opposed to the two on each side with my Rhino rack the load carrying would at least be up to the 65kg Jeep quote.
My whole intention here is to be able to carry a spare wheel / tyre for a long trip that will include some corogations.
Your thoughts on that capability would be very helpful? Standard alloy rim with the 265x18 tyre.
Regards
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if it's just a spare wheel and some fuel then look at this option , i have installed this on my car and works a freaking treat . and when i don't need it installed i simply remove it . can also still have a trailer connected when this is on the hitch
https://www.wilcooffroad.com/shop/hitchgate-solo/
then put all your other stuff up on your rhino rack . No issues with putting 68kg of weight on rhino rack products. . Also think about getting a tyre down from the roof . Wheels aint exactly light . Going offroad halve the weight loading as a rule so you're already down to 32kg . Take the weight of the rack plus awning etc and you really can't take much . It would also be very interesting if someone using a frontrunner or uneek rack suffered the same failures due to overloading the roof and then trying to claim a warranty as no company states in writing what load they can carry above the 68kg manufacturer's load rating . As i have come to the conclusion travelling as light as possible bush is just easier. A good offroad trailer is so much easier and you can carry so much more .
With regards to the 68kg rating , On city streets i have had two server racks weighing around 120kgs total on my pioneer tray with no issues at all so you can carry more than the rated load, but once you start going offroad and encounter corrigations , bulldust holes , rutts whatever you have to think of the forces that will be applied to the car and twisting and punishing the chassis .