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Ive been looking at all types of alloy roof racks for my GQ and have priced Rhino,Blackwiddow and ARB, they are all priced from$1000-$1500 depending on the one you want and where you buy it. I came across the Pinnacle ones on their website for $400+freight. surely freight to Tas is only $150 max (ive emailed them)
They look the same as the ARB ones only they have 4 feet for the gutter. For my money I will take a chance if the freight doesn,t turn out to be a ridiculous number. Its got to get to the Birdsville races and back next year Does anyone know anything more about these racks that might change my mind?
GQ owner for 10 years
Have a read through the earlier parts of this thread mate, it is covered in there.
They seem ok. For a cheapie they're ok but there is a better option.
If you enter roof rack into the search bar there have been a few discussions on the topic.
Cheers,
Drew
1997 GQ Patrol RX, TB42E. Mods: OME 2" lift, 33" BFG KM2'S, ARB winch bar & reconditioned X9 Superwinch, IPF 900 spotties HID conversion, ARB side steps and scrub bars, Kaymar rear step & spare wheel carrier & jerry holder, Rear 55W LED worklight, Safari Snorkel, 147L LRA tank, Extended diff breathers, dual batteries, GME UHF, Home built drawer and fridge slide, ARB 60L fridge.
I have a steel short rack on the cab of Y61 that I got off ebay, melbourne suppler, has stood up to outback corrugations, Usually only has second spare tyre/wheel on it but sometimes will have firewood etc. Not sure about alloy racks, do they handle corrugated roads without cracking welds?
Trev
I have a steel short rack on the cab of Y61 that I got off ebay, melbourne suppler, has stood up to outback corrugations, Usually only has second spare tyre/wheel on it but sometimes will have firewood etc. Not sure about alloy racks, do they handle corrugated roads without cracking welds?
Trev
My initial cheapy E-Bay Alloy Rack broke a weld, as per my previous post on first use on our Double Simpson Desert Crossing, and when I took it back to the supplier he accused me of abusing the rack and breaking it - therefore no warranty ..... funny thing is that when he finally offered me a replacement one after an half hour standoff, the design on the new one was different, and this one hasn't broken after being used for quite a few trips but hasn't been subjected to the same punishing roads either.
I am happy with the new design, and can see that it will take more punishment, but I can still see better design features in the expensive ARB Alloy Rack ..... I bought the cheap one on a tight budget, as I already have the expensive ARB Steel Rack, and didn't want two expensive racks hanging in my garage, and thought I would give it a go.
If this was a competition :
ARB Steel : 17 Years and still going strong
First E-Bay Alloy Rack : 4 Weeks ...... broken
Second ( New Design ) Alloy Rack : 8 Months and still OK
My Pinnacle rack arrived the other day and only ended costing $520.00 to Tassie. I am very happy and its very light being Alloy, supposed to be only 24Kg. it looks exactly the same as the one@Gute posted earlier on this thread. Its got the driving light brackets as well. I parked beside an ARB rack the other day to compare and apart from the ARB one having stronger mounts on the luggage rack the rest is almost identical.(thicknesses of tubing are the thing I cant comment on) The ARB one only had 3 mounting feet on the gutters where my one has four. So hopefully the one I have is a good adequate buy. Time will only tell.
So far I would recommend a Pinnacle rack for the price.
Regards Otech66
Ive been running the Pinnacle alloy rack for almost a year now. Have abused it with all different types of things and it does well. Even holds me and the rum lol
Ive been running the Pinnacle alloy rack for almost a year now. Have abused it with all different types of things and it does well. Even holds me and the rum lol
Good to know as I've just fitted a pinnacle alloy rack last weekend
I realise it weighs 45kg plus another 50 or so for the tent - probably not an ideal thing but I guess we can work around that.
Most of the roof rack sellers on Flea Bay seem to be Vic based and are demanding $150 - $180 in freight for a rack. This one is in Sydney which is a lot easier for me because I often go there
Pinnacle have a rack for roof top tents available, if they are like my full rack, I would go for it. Take notice of the amount of cross bars as lots of others have mentioned earlier. I think that makes the difference.
go to http://www.pinnaclewholesalers.com.au/ and have a look
The $150 - $180 freight charge turned me off the Pinnacle racks a bit. Thus the question about this one (Sydney based).
It is a steel rack whereas the Pinnacle one referred to is an alloy rack so I assumed there would therefore be fewer cross braces.
Am I on the right track here?
Originally Posted by Otech66
Pinnacle have a rack for roof top tents available, if they are like my full rack, I would go for it. Take notice of the amount of cross bars as lots of others have mentioned earlier. I think that makes the difference.
go to http://www.pinnaclewholesalers.com.au/ and have a look
Originally Posted by Otech66
Ive been looking at all types of alloy roof racks for my GQ and have priced Rhino,Blackwiddow and ARB, they are all priced from$1000-$1500 depending on the one you want and where you buy it. I came across the Pinnacle ones on their website for $400+freight. surely freight to Tas is only $150 max (ive emailed them)Does anyone know anything more about these racks that might change my mind?
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