Ford Ranger Dual Cab Roof Rack
Tough Touring Dual Cab ute is the ultimate low and strong tent mount with the versatility of a roof rack as well when the tent is removed...
This Rack is designed to take roof top tents up to 150kgs in weight and extends the rack length available on dual cab vehicles to 1750mm - This Rack weighs just 20Kgs including the 3 aluminium Top hat folded bar planks.
The Kit Includes:
FEET
4 X 3mm Powdercoated MILD STEEL - 75 degree inward folded roof rail feet.
8 x 5mm Grip M8 Nutserts, 8 x 3mm Grip Nutserts, Washers and 8x40mm High Tensile Bolts, 8 x 35mm M8 High Tensile bolts, 8 x 10mm Aluminium Laser cut spacers for packing out the feet for the perfect level fit up inside the Utes roof channel.,
2 x ONE PIECE ROOF RAILS -
Outwards Folded to 80 Degrees and slotted to take the FEET above - 3mm mm Mild Steel folded and Powdercoated Black. Pre - Slotted
8 x 20mm -M8 High Tensile Bolts, Nuts and Washers
ROOF BAR Planks
3 x Your Choice of Width Roof bars (Top Hat FOLD BAR PLANKS) - ALUMINIUM / 1350, 1550mm - Powdercoated
16 x 20mm HEx Bolts and Nylocks for roof planks,
All Components are made from Laser cut mild steel, Powdercoated in Black Textura.
NOTE: The Awning brackets and Awning in the pictures above are not included in the RACK KIT.
ABOUTThe 3 Cross bars shown in the pictures Are our own Tough Touring Top Hat Folded Bar Planks... They are INcredibly stiff and strong, yet very light weight. They also allow all bolts to be accessable from beside the vehicle. -
Tents up to 1600mm wide can be fitted, and at time of writing we are supporting the following vehicles :
Tough Touring Roof Rail Racks can be used Effectively as a stand alone rack (without a tent). Usually Bolting your tent to two of included the planks will secure it, The tent would typically remain fixed to the planks when removed, Simply unbolt the two planks from the outside edge of the rail and lift the tent and planks straight up and off. Two more planks can be purchased if you wish to replace them temporarily while the tent is off for a fully functioning touring rack
The Tough Touring Ford Ranger dual cab Rack Kit is specifically designed First and Foremost to be fitted directly between your dual cab and a roof top tent. All our Testing Thus far has shown that Rack and Tent produce little wind noise when fitted correctly to All Tested Dual Cab Utes.
No Fitting Instructions are included with the Kit, Fitting time (For Professionals) Basic Advice is given below in Tech Detail Section. Tough Touring expects racks such as this one is to be fitted by expert vehicle/rack fitters, as many Dual cabs have Air bags jammed into the roof cavities and expert fitting is reccommended for correct adherence to state road safety laws and a quality job overall...
All components manufactured in Mild Steel, Sand blasted for maximium paint durability and Finished in Dulux Black Textura Powdercoat and Baked at over 500 Degrees Celcius for Ultimate durability. BAR Planks are High Grade Aluminium, Also powdercoated Black as per rest of the steel components.
Please note that Tough Touring has not taken into consideration your vehicles stability or road handling characteristics, designed for maximum strength in off road conditions at low speed.
Please adhere to reccommended vehicle roof loads where possible and drive to the conditions with safety.
Overloaded roof racks can cause dire handling effects on all vehicles, and will adversely effect your cornering and braking speeds.
Tech detail - Fitting RTT and or POLE LESS WING
These racks are the Perfect foundation for hard shell roof top tents - If your going to run a RTT - you have to mount the Poleless awning to the Tent using our awning to tent brackets for the correct set Height of the awning on the ranger, as the roof rack itself is too low. The Tent also gives the awning the correct mounting distance required to fit up an awning. +- 2m or so...
This Kit creates a 3 bar roof rack that gives the roof an total of 1695mm of rack length on the Ranger.
The Rack will sit approximatly 25mm off the vehicles roof and it is just 25mm thick
Instructions on fitting these racks yourself are included. Fitting times vary on experience from 1/2 day to 2 full days dependent on your requirements (Roof Lining out is a big job)
Mounting Bars can be ordered in longer sizes up to 1550mm but come standard Unless Specified at 1350mm to match almost all quality roof top tents. (Bundutop, Eezi Awn, Boss RT1, Camp King, Moremi Sport, Crazy Dog k1 and The Bush company Tents.for professional fitters Time for Installatioin should be as below:
Expect professionals to charge at least 6 hours labour to the fitting of this stage 3 Kit - In Many cases the Ford Ranger will need the roof lining to be removed to allow fitment of Dome Nuts to secure the rack to the roof from the 'Inside' of the roof cavity. The roof cavity of many ford rangers is full of air bags, so roof lining must be removed to enable fitting.
Through Cab mounting increases the kits strength significantly on the Ranger - however if your Ford Ranger has factory mounting Bolts already in its roof - it is not necessary to modify these to achieve quoted strengh limits of 150kgs.
SHIPPING
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WARNING ON DUAL CABS AND ROOF RACKS
MANY MODERN DUAL CABS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED NOT TO BE FITTED WITH ANY OVER CAB ROOF RACK.
The Easiest way to check if a dual cab is ok to fit a Solid Rack too - Is to check the roof for roof raxk mounting bolt holes... if it doesnt have any - and it has curtain airbags - In Most cases you cant legally fit a rack withou having air bags removed, and VEhicle/Rack fitters will need to remove the roof lining to find safe positions to mount the through bolts required to secure the rack and load.
2020 onward dual cans can be the worst vehicle to deck out with rtt or pole less awings ... Possibly due to increased Safety requiremtsn, Manufacturers have litterly fillled the cavity space in the roof with airbags... To make life a little harder for Mechanics and Fitters - the roof lining is also moulded / brittle one piece solid foam and is easily damaged when removed... damage is likely duriing roof lining removal...Waivers need to be signed as while all care is taken - These newer vehicles were not built to be modified - and its not fair that mechanics and fitters are asked to do the impossible then face thousands of dollars worth of replacement head linings because they have marked it getting it out. (IT IS NOT MEANT TO COME OUT). It aint easy.