Hi all,
Looking for some opinions on an Ali Tracklander vs a Steel one. I have the opportunity to buy a steel one at about half the retail however wanted to know what your thoughts were/are on steel.
Obviously the Steel one is heavier, what else?
Cheers
Mark
What exactly is a tracklander?
Tony
Roof racks I believe??Originally Posted by YNOT
Personally (if it's a roof rack where talking about), I would go alloy. Half the weight, no rust, and easy to take on and off as required.
Correct, tracklander is a popular brand of roof rack.
Cheers
If I was going on long trips with lots of corrugations, I'd enquire whether the alloy was more or less likely to crack.
The other issue with alloy is that once cracked, not all bush workshops will be equipped to weld it.
Despite the fact that I have a cheap heavy second hand steel rack on the roof of Silver, I'd prefer alloy for what I use it for.
The weight of the rack eats into your total allowable roof load, as well.
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Good Point never thought of outback repair.
Steve.
Aluminium has fatigue limit issues. In fact some types of aluminium alloys will crack eventually from the load of feathers falling on it. It'll take a long time but it will happen. Steel is also an alloy but is far better at dealing with fatigue, and often can be designed in a way that it can withstand infinite load cycles without a fatigue failure occurring.
Alloy all the way
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ill be the odd 1 out ive got steel ironman on mine lol i dont notice the weight at all
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