With remote travel, you will need to carry a heavy load of equipment. DO NOT overload your roof rack. Store bulky light items up there. Loading your rack raises your center of gravity and can make your vehicle unstable on the highway and in four wheel drive conditions. When you are off-road, wind resistance is rarely an issue as it can be with highway traveling. Make sure your rack is of solid construction, with full-length gutter mount rails, and gussets welded into the gutter legs. Flex and torsion will be your rack’s constant companion. Be aware of this and pack accordingly. I have many times seen vehicles heading outback with half a dozen Jerry cans full of fuel and several railway sleepers for firewood loaded on the roof rack. This is a recipe for disaster! I have even seen PVC tubes full of water surrounding a roof rack! There are as many cactus roofracks as there are trailers in the outback.
 
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