cliff538
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You guys that have been off-roading and rock crawling for years I need your opinions and what you have seen out there...
How much impact will a roof rack and roof top tent have on my ability to do rock crawling trails say in Colorado and the Moab trails? I don't mean Carnage Canyon or anything, that seems pretty obvious but how many trails in Colorado/Moab where you could camp out on top that you'd be crazy to have a roof rack and roof top tent?
Right now roof racks are pretty limited for the JL. The best seems to be the Rhino Backbone for size and weight but they are projected 4-6 months away. The Gobi is out right now but is all steel and pretty heavy. The roof top tent is an iKamper that weights 155 pounds.
So, picture a JL with a Gobi rack and a 155 pound iKamper on top how many trails do you think I won't be able to go on? Do you see many folks with roof racks all loaded up on the rock crawling trails? Foolish? End up rolled up on your side or flipped over backwards?
It won't be on all the time but we do want to get back into the mountains and do some camping. I just don't know how much impact it will have. Would it be foolish to go to Moab with it on? Better to take a teardrop style camper park it and wheel the jeep sans all the roof top crap? Or just plan on using a ground tent and keeping the roof clear?
The jeep will pretty much be lifted/outfitted like Eddie and Cindy's right now. 2.5" EVO lift so trying to keep the Center of Gravity low, 37" STT Pros.
Don't have my jeep yet but deep into the planning stages. I have sitting in the garage or on order, rims, tires, winch, and winch mount plate. Still waiting on lift to see how much the EVO coilover package is going to be... would love to have that installed but unfortunately there is a budget. May just go with the EVO budget boost right now and add on coils, shocks, etc later as they come out from EVO.
Let me have it guys, I really appreciate your opinions on this!
Cliff
How much impact will a roof rack and roof top tent have on my ability to do rock crawling trails say in Colorado and the Moab trails? I don't mean Carnage Canyon or anything, that seems pretty obvious but how many trails in Colorado/Moab where you could camp out on top that you'd be crazy to have a roof rack and roof top tent?
Right now roof racks are pretty limited for the JL. The best seems to be the Rhino Backbone for size and weight but they are projected 4-6 months away. The Gobi is out right now but is all steel and pretty heavy. The roof top tent is an iKamper that weights 155 pounds.
So, picture a JL with a Gobi rack and a 155 pound iKamper on top how many trails do you think I won't be able to go on? Do you see many folks with roof racks all loaded up on the rock crawling trails? Foolish? End up rolled up on your side or flipped over backwards?
It won't be on all the time but we do want to get back into the mountains and do some camping. I just don't know how much impact it will have. Would it be foolish to go to Moab with it on? Better to take a teardrop style camper park it and wheel the jeep sans all the roof top crap? Or just plan on using a ground tent and keeping the roof clear?
The jeep will pretty much be lifted/outfitted like Eddie and Cindy's right now. 2.5" EVO lift so trying to keep the Center of Gravity low, 37" STT Pros.
Don't have my jeep yet but deep into the planning stages. I have sitting in the garage or on order, rims, tires, winch, and winch mount plate. Still waiting on lift to see how much the EVO coilover package is going to be... would love to have that installed but unfortunately there is a budget. May just go with the EVO budget boost right now and add on coils, shocks, etc later as they come out from EVO.
Let me have it guys, I really appreciate your opinions on this!
Cliff