And the ratings include the weight of the roof rack. So the roof rack weight plus anything that goes onto it.
Seems to me plenty of folk with hardshell RTTs are on the limit.
As an overweight individual myself, I can relate.
Agreed. Weight saving issues are why I went with cross bars instead of a roof rack and ultimately decided to go with Alu-Cab's instead of the Bush Company's offerings for RTT and awning (despite the fact that I loved Bush Company's products. Weight adds up in a hurry.
I noticed that when reading it. You have more protection than that under Australian consumer laws. INEOS cannot just walk away, they need good reasons.
True. And the aftermarket roof rack mfrs stand by their ratings. Well I would hope they do!
Overloading is an easy way for insurance companies to get out of paying.True. And the aftermarket roof rack mfrs stand by their ratings. Well I would hope they do!
That said , people who top overload their lifted Grenadiers are treading dangerously IMO. Physics being physics and lawyers being lawyers
Yet people seem to think "she'll be right mate"
I hear insurance companies are now frequently weighing cars and caravans for being overweight in write off cases - if you are over GVM or GCM, no payout. I do not know if that is true, but Queensland was weighing cars and caravans in remote Qld in the recent past - that was confirmed. I understand they were educating people rather than defecting (I assume that did not apply to those grossly over).Yet people seem to think "she'll be right mate"
Along the lines of "everyone thinks they're invincible...until they're not."
IMO putting anything close to, to let alone over the limit is dangerous. Because conditions are not always 100% perfect.
