Roof Racks
#11
Posted 07 June 2007 - 02:05 AM
Erod 2002 Tacoma, TRD supercharger, exhaust, headers, URD 3.4L 5VZ-FE Toyota Truck Supercharger Fuel Upgrade Kit, ARB front bumper, OME shocks and coils, OME 7 leaf packs, Ride-rite airbags. 2002 FWC Eagle
#12
Posted 07 June 2007 - 05:25 AM
Cheers
Mark
#13
Posted 07 June 2007 - 11:05 PM
Erod 2002 Tacoma, TRD supercharger, exhaust, headers, URD 3.4L 5VZ-FE Toyota Truck Supercharger Fuel Upgrade Kit, ARB front bumper, OME shocks and coils, OME 7 leaf packs, Ride-rite airbags. 2002 FWC Eagle
#14
Posted 08 June 2007 - 10:30 PM
Erod 2002 Tacoma, TRD supercharger, exhaust, headers, URD 3.4L 5VZ-FE Toyota Truck Supercharger Fuel Upgrade Kit, ARB front bumper, OME shocks and coils, OME 7 leaf packs, Ride-rite airbags. 2002 FWC Eagle
#15
Posted 09 June 2007 - 08:16 PM
Erod 2002 Tacoma, TRD supercharger, exhaust, headers, URD 3.4L 5VZ-FE Toyota Truck Supercharger Fuel Upgrade Kit, ARB front bumper, OME shocks and coils, OME 7 leaf packs, Ride-rite airbags. 2002 FWC Eagle
#16
Posted 09 June 2007 - 08:35 PM
thanks mark...i appreciate the advice...so what do you put on the roof rack? clothes? ot just suff you take down everytime you "pop up". trying to figure out if its worth $200. thanks again for the reply and picture!
Good question, I ended up not using the roof rack on the camper for anything. I left the 0ne Yakima bar on (see previous pic) to act as a brush guard to protect the roof vents and solar panel (not installed in pic).
I had originally planned to mount a Yakima load warrior basket with shovel and spare tire on the camper roof. Once I had installed it all I could not lift the roof an inchl! Even after removing the spare tire it was almost impossible to lift the roof with just 3 yakima bars, the empty basket and a shovel. I quickly realized that there was no way to carry anything in the basket, so went to plan "B" (the rack shown in front of the camper). We loaded this rack with 3 Pelican cases full of clothes and an Action Packer full of spare parts, plus the spare tire and shovel. Bear in mind that this is a Hawk with extended bed, smaller camper roofs would perhaps be able to be lifted with a little more weight on top.
My advice is: Try putting some weight on your roof (protect the roof with a piece of thin plywood or styrofoam) and try to lift it, before you invest any money in a roof rack.
Cheers
Mark
#17
Posted 09 June 2007 - 08:42 PM
Erod 2002 Tacoma, TRD supercharger, exhaust, headers, URD 3.4L 5VZ-FE Toyota Truck Supercharger Fuel Upgrade Kit, ARB front bumper, OME shocks and coils, OME 7 leaf packs, Ride-rite airbags. 2002 FWC Eagle
#18
Posted 10 June 2007 - 04:20 PM
We put an 85 watt solar panel on a camper recently and you could tell it was up there when you went to lift the roof.
Lifting the roof with weight on it all depends on your own strength and how the weight is distributed on the roof. The roof will hold just about anything you put on it, it's really a matter of how much can you push up without killing yourself in the process.
#19
Posted 10 June 2007 - 04:39 PM
Erod 2002 Tacoma, TRD supercharger, exhaust, headers, URD 3.4L 5VZ-FE Toyota Truck Supercharger Fuel Upgrade Kit, ARB front bumper, OME shocks and coils, OME 7 leaf packs, Ride-rite airbags. 2002 FWC Eagle
#20
Posted 10 June 2007 - 05:23 PM
Any plans to come up with a better roof lifting system. With all this talk about wanting to use a roof rack but not being able to lift the roof it sure seems like your customers could use a better set up?
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