Roof rail mounting options?

[TheCrimsonCrawdad]

What’s everybody using for securing stuff to the roof? I have crossbars on currently, no full rack. I need to strap some lumber up there but the rails don’t have any legit places to attached ratchet straps securely. I wish I could get some sort of eyehook mounted securely but can’t wrap my brain around how to do it since the track has openings along the length of them. From what I’ve seen the rails don’t use a standard T slot size but still haven’t found a t slot mounted hook available.. Thanks in advance!!

 

[powershift]

An African Safari rack where its full-length and has 2' tall side gates to encase the roof rack would be the way. Remove the gates when you want to stow 8' sheets of plywood, sheet rock, 6X12's, 2X4's up there. I wonder how much weight it could hold without breaking the Alpine roof or if the weight would not affect the glass at all? The glass is bad ass, can't get enough of it.

 

[mm3846]

Thule and Yakima both have load stops for their crossbars you can use for lumber. I have basic Yakima round bars and the load stops.

 

[powershift]

The LR4 is built a lot like a 1/2 ton truck. 4,000 lbs IRS. I'd like to see how much it weighs empty at least in the back cargo area for the weight over the rear axle. Then subtract the weight from 4k for cargo capacity. The door sticker in mine has 1300 lbs cargo capacity but that is including the front too I'm pretty sure. I'd guess at least 1k lbs. with the chassis weighing 3k, but how much could the back end really weigh? The manual says roof loading is only 165 but driving slow its probably 5-10 times that amount.

 

[mm3846]

Plenty of fat guys in roof tents driving these, that’s 5-600lbs parked. I’ve had 300lbs+ of lumber on my Yakima bars multiple times.

 

[itsaguything]

@mm3846 , thanks for the laugh!
@powershift, I concur. It is built like a 1/2 ton. Sure wish the rated towing capacity reflected that.

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