WK2 Roof Loading

[SnakeDoctor]

Thanks for posting up Hoppy - im pretty interested to see if / how a Rhino mounts to it.

[Hoppy99]

Originally Posted by SnakeDoctor

Thanks for posting up Hoppy - im pretty interested to see if / how a Rhino mounts to it.

There are a ton of pre drilled holes along the top of the rails so I think pretty much anything will fit if you can find the right bolts and fittings etc.
I think I’m just going to get two of the rails for $220 from memory, not sure yet.

[Hoppy99]

Originally Posted by SnakeDoctor

Thanks for posting up Hoppy - im pretty interested to see if / how a Rhino mounts to it.

My mistake...
I have the Rola titan rack which I will try to fit, but all these platforms are basically the same just slightly different sizes.

[GCRob]

I like what you've done. I'm interested to see how it turns ot because I was thinking of the same combo because I'd like a rack that would extend a bit further forward than the Chief platform.

Make sure you post up the next stage.

[Wanderer]

Hello Hoppy99...very interesting especially how the rails mount in the pic with the spacer aka grommet...I have the Frontrunner racks on mine and as you probably know these are prone to cracking the roof due to the way they mount..I am tempted to replace them with the Chief products but after looking at that photo I wonder why they didn't mount flush with the roof at the rear peg..The Frontrunner rails mount flush there and with their own bolts on rubber spacers...problem is weigt distribution which the Chief seem to have solved...I'm wondering where I've kept the original OE hardware so looks like a few hours going through all the stuff in my shed...Hmmm..Still bothered by the way the Chief rails mount on that rear peg considering this is one of the reasons the Frontrunner rails cause cracking around the netserts due to load bearing on a small surface area..Look forward to what you say after some load testing.

[Hoppy99]

Originally Posted by Wanderer

Hello Hoppy99...very interesting especially how the rails mount in the pic with the spacer aka grommet...I have the Frontrunner racks on mine and as you probably know these are prone to cracking the roof due to the way they mount..I am tempted to replace them with the Chief products but after looking at that photo I wonder why they didn't mount flush with the roof at the rear peg..The Frontrunner rails mount flush there and with their own bolts on rubber spacers...problem is weigt distribution which the Chief seem to have solved...I'm wondering where I've kept the original OE hardware so looks like a few hours going through all the stuff in my shed...Hmmm..Still bothered by the way the Chief rails mount on that rear peg considering this is one of the reasons the Frontrunner rails cause cracking around the netserts due to load bearing on a small surface area..Look forward to what you say after some load testing.

I spent the good part of the day installing these, the nuts and bolts are particularly fiddly to do up and I really wish they were black to blend in more.. When I screwed the rails down onto the last nutsert the levels looked like this.





Then when I put the rubber/spacer on it looked like this.





Not perfect but close. The Chief nylon spacer might be a fraction bigger but I thought it looked pretty close. If they make it perfect I might have to buy them at $20 a pair... Chief claim they are only needed for the black low profile OEM rail on the SRT, blackhawk and the Trackhawk. I found otherwise unless I'm doing something wrong. The front end of the rails seem perfectly level its just towards the rear where the level is not right.

The product is a quality piece of kit and I know I'm probably one of the first to fit them so there will be teething problems I'm sure.

[timsarg]

good to see chief finally fixed their QA and sent you a matching pair instead of you receiving two lefts or two rights