Alloy Roof Racks (advice sought)

[Matto]

Congrats Dad!:)

+1 - great news! Pic of the new arrival?

Cheers!
Matto

[MR MAC GU]

+1 - great news! Pic of the new arrival?

Cheers!
Matto

The rack or the baby...lol

Ps congrats


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[Matto]

The rack or the baby...lol

Both!

Bonus points for a pic of the baby lying on the rack.

Cheers!
Matto

[fabulous]

will post a pic of bub shortly, thanks for your messages - all doing well.

Haven't got the roof rack yet - still investigating which one !

[Bird]

I like the idea of the Rhino, light weight to lift off yourself and very flexible to change around

I have a tradesman rack at home, thing weighs a ton, and cause of that limits how much weight you can put up there let alone remove it yourself - impossible without pulley system.
Small rhino type - 10min job on ya own.

[Teabag]

I like the idea of the Rhino, light weight to lift off yourself and very flexible to change around

I have a tradesman rack at home, thing weighs a ton, and cause of that limits how much weight you can put up there let alone remove it yourself - impossible without pulley system.
Small rhino type - 10min job on ya own.

Is it an Oval Ally....Mine is very light and simple for on or off....

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[Bird]

Is it an Oval Ally....Mine is very light and simple for on or off....

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Nope steel one, cost me $150ish off ebay and ended up being a bloke i knew off exploroz in cranny

But if i had to buy new, I'd go with the Rhino stuff, specially for the price. Lots more flexible as to what you can do with it.

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[fabulous]

As an update, the decision HAD been made, it was going to be the TRADESMAN OVAL ALLOY  which are made here in Melb.  Very seriously considered the basket from Rhino which i liked and was a similar price.  Got some great service and advice from Everything 4WD in Cranbourne

But then there was Ebay .......

Black Widow who make the storage systems, also make Alloy Roof Racks and the were selling off their demos, so I picked up on with a 3 yr warranty for $ 565, RRP is around $1500, i still had to get the fitting kit, but certainly cheaper than new.  These are made in Melb as well

Thanks for your suggestions and advice.

Cheers


Phil

Will fit it in the next week or 2.

[Bird]

As an update, the decision HAD been made, it was going to be the TRADESMAN OVAL ALLOY  which are made here in Melb.  Very seriously considered the basket from Rhino which i liked and was a similar price.  Got some great service and advice from Everything 4WD in Cranbourne

But then there was Ebay .......

Black Widow who make the storage systems, also make Alloy Roof Racks and the were selling off their demos, so I picked up on with a 3 yr warranty for $ 565, RRP is around $1500, i still had to get the fitting kit, but certainly cheaper than new.  These are made in Melb as well

Thanks for your suggestions and advice.

Cheers
Phil

Will fit it in the next week or 2.

Bout time Dad...

[WilSurf]

I had the Wind cheeta from Boab now and I loved it.
Solid, strong and yet light.

[fabulous]

so rack is now ready to go, will put it on the car tomorrow - Matty wanted me to post a pic of bub on the roof rack - refer attached.  She came out to assist in putting it all together, but she just slept - not much help at all.

Thanks again for all of your advice and suggestions.  We're heading away on the long weekend so will load it up as a trial run for future trips.



Phil