What roofrack

[Mr Alford]

i have a discovery 1 3 door
doesnt matter which disco but what roofrack do you have and is it anygood as i am interested in fitting spots to the front of it and using it for ladders when its time for work them ill be off to france for a little expedition next sumer? :?:

[africanpete]

I have a safety devices rack, really well made and strong and perfectly suited to expeditions as it focuses the loads down on to the door pillars, but I don't know if they make one for a 3 door disco, might be worth a call to safety devices.

However, I don't think it is the ideal rack for carrying ladders etc as it follows the roof line, you might be better off with some roof rails for the ladder and a roof bar for the spots, all easily fitted and removed for when you want to fit an "expedition" rack.

Pete

[Mr Alford]

I have a safety devices rack, really well made and strong and perfectly suited to expeditions as it focuses the loads down on to the door pillars, but I don't know if they make one for a 3 door disco, might be worth a call to safety devices.

However, I don't think it is the ideal rack for carrying ladders etc as it follows the roof line, you might be better off with some roof rails for the ladder and a roof bar for the spots, all easily fitted and removed for when you want to fit an "expedition" rack.

Pete

ladders are a once evry few months thing

[Mr Alford]

I have a safety devices rack, really well made and strong and perfectly suited to expeditions as it focuses the loads down on to the door pillars, but I don't know if they make one for a 3 door disco, might be worth a call to safety devices.

However, I don't think it is the ideal rack for carrying ladders etc as it follows the roof line, you might be better off with some roof rails for the ladder and a roof bar for the spots, all easily fitted and removed for when you want to fit an "expedition" rack.

Pete

do you have a pic of urs fitted?

[africanpete]

Hi, suprisingly I don't have any pics of the car with the rack fitted, here is a link to the SD site http://www.safetydevices.com/images/products/4x4/2005%20dealer%20guide-Discovery2-all%20products.pdf

It's the same rack that's fitted to all the G4 D2's

HTH
Pete

[thermidorthelobster]

3 door Disco has the same roof and B-posts as a 5 door so it shouldn't make any difference.

I love the shape of the Safety Devices racks but in practice I find the frame style is too limiting.  Unless you deck it out with board, anything you put on it will fall down the gaps and wreck the roof.  They're more like a climbing frame than a loading platform.

And if you're going to deck it out anyway, you might as well go for a Patriot or Hannibal style rack.  I looked around long and hard and ended up with a Patriot rack.  My only criticism is because it's bolted rather than welded, it can rattle around sometimes, but then again you can take bits off and move them around, which can be useful.

You're also likely to find a Patriot rack costs more than your Disco is worth  :(

[africanpete]

Mine came with the standard SD plywood but it is not difficult to cut some plywood, ally or even weld mesh to deck the rack out with, I have seen this done many times.  I also think that the SD racks have plenty of sturdy places for you to tie all your gear down to.

The last thing I want when I'm driving through Africa or anywhere else for that matter is for my roof rack to undo itself, bolts I mean.

It's got to be fit and forget for me (with the usual checks carried out obviously)

But then it's just about personal choice I suppose.  When I was researching I looked at the Patriot racks but could'nt come to grips with the idea of the rack being bolted together, nice rack mind you and propably better suited for your current needs.

Pete

[thermidorthelobster]

I've never found anything comes apart, partly because the steel fittings corrode themselves to the ally rack.  In fact, the main problem is you can't get them apart when you actually need to  :?

It's a bit late after it's been powder coated, but I've sometimes wondered whether just welding it all up would be a better bet, assuming you found somebody who could do a decent job of welding the ally.

[Bulli]

here is a piccy of my SD rr on my 3 dr.. the ali was easy to fit. great rack but very hard to come by cheaply

[africanpete]

Very nice pic 8)

[Mr Alford]

Very nice pic 8)

ill second that great rack and nice bit of wadage

[DurtyDisco]

Hiya,

I have an SD Highlander on my commercial (which is a 3 door) fits a treat, looks great and carries all manner of oddities... ladders included!!

I find the ladders actually fit between the rear top and bottom rails, and I thing bungee it to the front top rail, keeps em down at the front and stops it moving about at the back if (god forbid) the securing strap comes loose.

Pics on profile I think.....

Andi

[DurtyDisco]

Bully whats that in the front of your truck....?... Fishing rods..??

 :lol:

[Bulli]

Bully whats that in the front of your truck....?... Fishing rods..??

 :lol:

lol, could be doing a bit of fishin boy, Huck Finn style...

nah we were setting up a challenge event....and they needed an idiot to check the depth,,,,very was the answer

[gtomo2]

I have a 90 roof rack on mine and it fits great just needed to extend the legs for it. and it was cheap. Pics of it in my gallery