roof weight ?

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3bears

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In a move I have planning I need to put my extra wheels and tires in/on my 3/4 roof rack. ( my summer wheels)
SO 4 16 inch 5 star Toyota wheels with KO2's on them.

Can the roof take that kind of weight without me making it cave in / bend or cause other ugly issues ?

Their will not be an inch of room on the inside, and cant do a trailer, and shipping them to Alaska is crazy $$$$

Ive seen you guys with tents on top, and two of me would be about 500 pounds plus the weight of the tent.
 
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Does your 3/4 rack use the factory roof rack rails and crossbars?

if so and IIRC, the owner's manual says 160 lb limit for the factory rack.

Good luck,

Eddie


3bears said:
In a move I have planning I need to put my extra wheels and tires in/on my 3/4 roof rack. ( my summer wheels)
SO 4 16 inch 5 star Toyota wheels with KO2's on them.

Can the roof take that kind of weight without me making it cave in / bend or cause other ugly issues ?

Their will not be an inch of room on the inside, and cant do a trailer, and shipping them to Alaska is crazy $$$$

Ive seen you guys with tents on top, and two of me would be about 500 pounds plus the weight of the tent.
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I went to a guys house recently that was doing a part-out on a 3rd gen. He had dissembled the ENTIRE vehicle so I took the opportunity to poke around. With all the headliner/molding removed from the shell, I was quite shocked at how little material (structural) was present in the roof, underneath the factory roof rack. It was limited to 2, maybe 3 very thin c-channel pieces going across. Something like ~20" centers. Between them just loose sheetmetal that was very easy to manipulate with my finger. It was at that point I decided to never load anything more than ~50lbs or so up there (within my aftermarket roof basket).

I'd avoid putting that much weight up there especially if they are E-rated KO2's.

But if you do it, let us know how it turns out!:thumb:
 
Out of curiosity how would you go about securing 4 wheels to your factory roof rack? That alone seems like it would be a task.. I also wouldn’t trust the factory roof rack with that kind of weight. Unless the stuff inside the truck is heavier than the 4 wheels I’d think about ways to put the stuff in the truck on the roof rack and put the wheels in the truck.

Keep us updated on what you decide to do!
 
Clearly the strength of Runner's roofs' is on the edges, just place your palm there and press as hard as you can. Anything move?

Now place your palm anywhere else on the roof and press, you'll quickly learn where to put the weight bearing loads. Now what moved?

Luck and enjoy that Runner! :cowboy:
 
It will handle it with a roof rack. I have an oem roof rack with 2 extra cross rails making it 4. The most Ive put up there I think is about 400 pounds. I regularly keep 150 pounds up there. No bending or anything.
 
Any reason you don't just run the KO2s year round up there? They are a very common year round tire in the Yukon. All our work trucks have them.
 
Kanoe said:
Any reason you don't just run the KO2s year round up there? They are a very common year round tire in the Yukon. All our work trucks have them.
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because they stink on ice. so my winter tires are studded because IM either driving on packed snow or black ice.

From what I have read, guess I need to put the wheels inside and other stuff on the roof, that or ship them.
 
T4topher said:
Out of curiosity how would you go about securing 4 wheels to your factory roof rack? That alone seems like it would be a task.. I also wouldn’t trust the factory roof rack with that kind of weight. Unless the stuff inside the truck is heavier than the 4 wheels I’d think about ways to put the stuff in the truck on the roof rack and put the wheels in the truck.

Keep us updated on what you decide to do!
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not the factory rack just sittng on the roof but a 3/4 basket rack and I was just gonna ratchet strap it to the rack
 
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I've never seen a full set of tires on the roof rack for a 4Runner, only a spare. I've also disassembled 4Runners down to the frame and personally, I would not put a set of 4 tires up there.

I think the tents might be reinforced beyond the stock rack and usually have poles that go down to the ground to support the extra weight, I could be wrong though as I have never owned one.
 
gamefreakgc said:
I've never seen a full set of tires on the roof rack for a 4Runner, only a spare. I've also disassembled 4Runners down to the frame and personally, I would not put a set of 4 tires up there.

I think the tents might be reinforced beyond the stock rack and usually have poles that go down to the ground to support the extra weight, I could be wrong though as I have never owned one.
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yep after reading all the above, I will have to come up with another option to get my wheels up to alaska
 
phattyduck said:
Hitch basket/carrier?

-Charlie
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thought about that too, but cant fit four 32" tires.
but im thinking of lots of options, as people have suggested, wheels inside, everything else that cant fit put in basket and then maybe a hitch carrier too.

my son and his family, who moved there 3 years ago, sent me a link to a carrier, that if on a pallet, and not in a hurry, is not that outrageous in price as I had seen already. I could do the wheels and a few other heavies like my high lift floor jack that I was planning not to take due to size and weight
 
3bears said:
yep after reading all the above, I will have to come up with another option to get my wheels up to alaska
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I'd certainly have no problem running up to Alaska with four 32 inch wheels on my roof. I run heavy large loads on the roof all the time running 1,000 miles per week with no roof damage. Its easy to rig up a platform out of wood, ratchet strap the load good. For extra security you can add 2 extra cross rails like mine, grab cheap at junk yard.
 

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96RedRunner said:
A hitch basket with the receiver extension, stand tires up ratchet strap to basket
could be an option.
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well that's an idea, ideas help. I do have an hitch extension, I don't have a basket yet, only a roof basket. Not sure how it would work with tires upright, but you got me thinking, what if it was a flat plate, not a basket, and stacked them 2 high side by side. would have some overhang, but with the extension can overhang toward the latch and then some to the sides....hmmmm
 
I don't see a problem using roof basket. I use my basket to haul 3 river Kayak's
one flat two on their sides 12 footer's 50#'s each @ 70-80 mph a lot no problems.
My rack is home made has 6 attachment points using factory bolt size, weighs
46#'s. I figure the load is going to be same approx.
 
Build it they will come, Lol, I've got too much stuff in the garage already.
Take couple pieces of plywood to create the cradle, strap through center hole,
2" strap over the top done more my way of thinking. Lol
 
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