TOP HAT BAR PLANK - Tough Touring Roof Rack Plank
You are buying a set of 3 x TOP HAT BAR PLANK in your chosen length... You can choose the number you need if you need more than 3 on the Page options below.
We sell them in packs of 3 as 3 are needed for required strength to carry gear above 50Kgs. If you intend to 'point load' the planks with heavy timber for example, it is reccommended that you opt for the 'STeel ' option as they are around 3 times stronger than the Aluminium ones.
Tough Touring Bar Planks are laser cut and then folded into a 'TOP HAT" Profile' - we do this for strength, adaptability and ridgidity. The Bar planks also allow double the fitting bolts each plank, as well as allowing access to those bolts from beside the vehicle. with plenty of room for a spanner. (EASY removal)
You can o up your bolts tight without fear of 'tube crush' issue .
Use of our Bar Planks adds 30mm of height from the edge of the roof rail or canopy top your fitting them too - A common / standardized plank thickness allowing maximum compatability with other racks and rack components should you be retro fitting jerry can holders, high lift jacks etc to the rack.
The Aluminium Bar Planks are not designed to be point loaded - - Perhaps 100 -150 kgs of spread load (roof top tents) is fine per set of 3 planks if your going for aluminium.
Planks are available at various sizes to suit various applications - These planks are included as an option on all Tough Touring Roof racks purchased, . ( Both Roof Rail ande Gutter mount vehicles)
Our Bar Planks are available in 1350, 1400, 1450, 1550mm and 1645mm lengths.. Please advise in the fields below.
The Planks are already laser cut to accept our Tough Touring Pole lesss awning brackets - They bolt straight up to the side profile, making installation painless as possible and with incredible stiffness and strength. see them here - https://www.toughtouring.com.au/awning-to-touring-rack-bracket
Tent type and Rack width - Dependent on Vehicle -
For most applications and Common tents like the Bundutop, Baroud, The Bush Company and Boss RT1, Eezi Awn Stealth, Dart and Blade, as well as Bush Buck , Camp King and almost all known Chinese tents - the 1350mm Wide Bars are the correct width for the tent.
Nissan GQ and GU as well as Toyota 80 Series run gutter racks, and need wider planks to reach the ends of the Gutters (Sit outside the roofine) - and require 1450 cross Bars.
76.78.79 series are better suited to 1450 Bars also
If your vehicle is a wider roof vehicle such as the Discovery 2, Discovery 1, Mercedes G Wagon - 1450 - 1550 Bars are best size for these trucks as their square shape requires longer bars.. Please measure and ensure your getting bars wide enough for your truck and awning to clear any gutter rack feet / obstructions.
Vehicles wishing to run REALLY wide tents such as the Bundutop KING will need to purchase the 1550 Bars anway regardless of the vehicles roof width as the KING Bundutop needs the sides of its chassis supported.
People wishing to run an awning independently to the tent are advised to measure the tents width (Inlcuding any extras protruding like latches / hinges etc) and order Bar Planks 100mm wider than the tent to allow central fit up and 50mm clearance between the awnings back plate and the edge of the roof tent.