It is OK, but place some mattresses around your car ...
1. Place a sheet of plywood over the rails
The loads are taken by the rubbing strips and the gutters/grab handles if you mount bars or a rack.
There is plastic over the steel frame, and elsewhere. Tap it!Makes sense. I’ll need to avoid putting weight on the metal skin above the cabin then. Perhaps we will be practicing tightrope walking on the load bearing strips.
I think the chunky bit above the rear door itself (I think if it as the lintel) is pretty sturdy.
No but you will be in a wheelchair. It is more than the "orthopaedic height" up there ; the "neurosurgical height" is how i would term it.I will not die, it's a long drop indeed, because I am as light as a feather
Darn. Was hoping this was not the case.
The issue is "distributed" vs "point" loading. I secured a sheet of 1800mm x 1200mm x 17mm ply on the loading strips. No problem walking within the bounds of the plywood sheet. To sit on the rear section of the roof, put a plank across the load strips and sit on that....
I don't plan on having a sheet of plywood with me when I drive up into the local mountains and stop at a scenic parking lot. That's the issue I have.
A stout folding portable picnic table will suffice!
With optional cigar and bear spray holders ?
