How Much Weight Can You Put On A Roof Rack

We installed a powerful 4 4 full length steel cage roof rack on a mates patrol a few years back and weighed it at at around 60kg.

How much weight can you put on a roof rack. And then if tent for 2 people both can weight about 170kg or more. When parked the additional weight of humans and gear in a rooftop tent can be much higher. So roof tent goes on oem roof rack side bars or on aftermarket roof rack. Something that is often overlooked is the weight of your roof rack itself.

How then those people driving with those metal roof racks spare tire extra fuel bags etc up there on trips. So if you put steel heavy roof rack it takes almost half that. For example if your car roof is rated to 165 pounds and your roof rack weighs 30 pounds you can really only load 135 pounds of camping gear on top. Refer to rooftop tent and rack manufacturers for more details.

All thule roof racks share several important features and they all have the capacity to carry a significant weight. In fact just the opposite. High load capacity all roof racks are designed to carry up to 75 kg quick installation easy to mount and to add accessories. When you can only carry 100kg on the roof fitting a 60kg rack to only be able to carry 40kg seems a bit pointless.

If you re using a roof rack or cargo carrier you need to subtract its weight from your total rating. So umm 80 kg only on roof. 100 made in sweden and tested to the limits and beyond.