agent00111
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I'm looking to buy a James Baroud Evasion XXL RTT for my Jeep. Currently I have an old Wild Boar steel roof rack on my jeep. It's old and rusted through and it's heavy: probably around 120-150lbs.
I'd like to find a new rack with the least amount of weight. The Evasion XXL is 160lbs, so I'd like to see if I can shed some weight by moving to a lighter mounting option. Also, with the XXL, I can't really fit it on a rack with rails: I'd need a platform or support bars due to the overhang.
I've got the factory hard top and I have no issues with drilling through that to mount to the jeep frame if necessary. I don't really see myself ever taking the RTT off my jeep, so I'm not really looking at a rack for anything other than supporting the RTT.
I've seen some aluminum rack options (AEV, Teraflex Nebo) but they look like they use four mounting points and there isn't anything to support load directly above the driver/passenger seats (where the freedom tops are). I'm not sure if those options would work with the XXL which requires pretty much the full length of the rubicon top. I think a Rhinorack 3bar system would be the same: not sure if the RTT overhang in the front is an issue.
Ideally, I'd like to get a lighter rack and shave 50-75 pounds off of that (compared to my current rack) so my net additional weight with the XXL would be about 75-110lbs. Jeep would be fine with the extra weight, but I do want to make sure I have good structural support in case I'm off camber with occasional offroading.
Please let me know if you have any recommendations, especially from first hand experience.
Thanks!
Jason
I'd like to find a new rack with the least amount of weight. The Evasion XXL is 160lbs, so I'd like to see if I can shed some weight by moving to a lighter mounting option. Also, with the XXL, I can't really fit it on a rack with rails: I'd need a platform or support bars due to the overhang.
I've got the factory hard top and I have no issues with drilling through that to mount to the jeep frame if necessary. I don't really see myself ever taking the RTT off my jeep, so I'm not really looking at a rack for anything other than supporting the RTT.
I've seen some aluminum rack options (AEV, Teraflex Nebo) but they look like they use four mounting points and there isn't anything to support load directly above the driver/passenger seats (where the freedom tops are). I'm not sure if those options would work with the XXL which requires pretty much the full length of the rubicon top. I think a Rhinorack 3bar system would be the same: not sure if the RTT overhang in the front is an issue.
Ideally, I'd like to get a lighter rack and shave 50-75 pounds off of that (compared to my current rack) so my net additional weight with the XXL would be about 75-110lbs. Jeep would be fine with the extra weight, but I do want to make sure I have good structural support in case I'm off camber with occasional offroading.
Please let me know if you have any recommendations, especially from first hand experience.
Thanks!
Jason
