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30th June 2011, 12:02 PM
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Couple thoughts on the subject...
Yep the spares sure weigh a few kilo's but the door was designed to carry them. One of my GQ's was 20 years old and a lot of K's when it was sold and the rear door hinges were still as good as new.
When I carry a second spare I find it just as easy (or should it be just as hard) to get it on the roof as the door mount. You still have to pick the sucker up.
On the occasion I carry 2... To get the second one on my roof rack I roll it onto the tow bar tongue from the LHS, adjust my grip etc and roll it up the 1st spare so it sits on top of that, then climb on the rear step with the LHS barn door open and get a knee under it and flip it on the roof rack.
Would quite like a dual wheel rear bar but jeez they are expensive and heavy and having to swing the wheel carriers everytime you want to open the barn doors is a bit of a PIA albeit you can take the LHS one off a fair bit of teh time...
Sigh, life is just one compromise after another...
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30th June 2011 12:02 PM
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30th June 2011, 08:27 PM
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I think you might have to look at one of those wheelchair rooftop lifters for that job....
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6th July 2011, 08:00 PM
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you could always go the Land Rover method but I don't know how much the 35 would block you forward vision
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7th July 2011, 12:31 AM
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check the load rating of the roof, check the weight of the rack, and the tyre, and do your sums.
Then put the spare down low in the cargo space in your wagon, and put light bulky stuff up on the rack
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7th July 2011, 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by
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check the load rating of the roof, check the weight of the rack, and the tyre, and do your sums.
Then put the spare down low in the cargo space in your wagon, and put light bulky stuff up on the rack
Not sure what your getting at... 200 Kg dynamic (100 for the Q's I think) or 400 Kg static means you can have a a spare "spare" up there, climb up yourself and then some.
It doesn't matter whether its 200Kg of feathers or 200Kg of steel. The manuf "max roof load" rating includes calcs for vehicle dynamic stability not just the actual weight the roof will support.
In my case the 2nd spare won't fit in the cargo space anyway so on the roof she goes and even with the other gear I throw up there the load is under 200Kg
Last edited by the evil twin; 7th July 2011 at 02:02 AM.
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