G'day mate, Just measured mine for you. From where the clamp goes around the gutter is 15cm to top of rack deck. Hope that helps mate and it fits. Great roofrack. Cheers Tim
@@GonePh1shing My awning is the side roll out awning and the mounting brackets that hold the awning have it sitting flush with the top of the rack deck. So, no extra height from the 15cm i gave you.
@@timbates4wdadventures Fantastic. I've got my eye on a 270 XT Max by The Bush Company. I've just discovered the brackets it comes with can be height adjusted so I should be able to get the bottom of the awning sitting just at or below the gutter line. Time to give Tradesman a call! Thanks again for your help mate!
Hey Tim did you find when the rails sit down onto gutters that they are a bit high...I have it on my roof and sitting down onto gutters but the claps does not sit well, should I undo the bolts loose 1st, then claps then go around and tighten the bolts up or am I missing something?
Gday mate. No I sure don’t have that problem at all. My rack sits nicely into the gutters and the clamps , clamp down no worries at all. If you can, give the guys a call at Tradesmen Roofracks, I’m sure they’ll help you out. Cheers Tim
Love your enthusiasm mate..When we return home next year ,when the flights open , we are off camping every month for a week . , I will not have a 4x4 , but we will have a great time ...Thank Tim ...
G'day Kevin, Thanks mate, i appreciate your feedback mate. Where are you at the moment? Heading away for a week per month mate, sounds unreal. Cheers Tim.
If you need any more of those nuts they are called Unistrut channel nuts and you can buy them at electrical wholesalers. They even have spring loaded ones that are easier to use as they wedge themselves in place.
Tim mate your Gu is looking so good your doing a bang up job getting to the way you are wanting it set up, thankyou once again for a great watch looking forward to the next vid have a good one mate
G'day Anton, Thanks mate. The Patrol has under gone some big changes over the past few months. It's looking great and working well with the changes. New video next Monday night will be another solo camp trip in the High Country. Thanks mate for your reply and feedback. Cheers Tim.
I have their oval aluminium on my 200 series great rack holds plenty of wood on the way to camp and chain saw swag etc best thing Tim Aussie made so if there ever was a problem you have back up Good set up you have to take it off or put it on Thanks Tim
G'day Peter, Yeah mate the oval racks are top notch. All Aussie made and I've never had an issues with any of the racks from Tradesman Roof Racks. I'm very happy with my new setup of the Patrol. It's working really well. Thanks mate for your reply and feedback. Cheers Tim.
Gday mate, Thanks mate , it’s a good looking rack. My GU is the first one to get this rack. Now it’s fitted up some changes are going to be made. The width is one of the changes they want to make. It should be on the website soon mate. Thanks for your reply. Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures I'm interested in the mounting bracket for my GQ i wonder if they will make one down the road. yeah the rack needs some work, a bit more of a lower profile and the width, should in my opinion match the bracket width flush
I like that rack. Especially how it sits low. I have a Rola rack. It also sits low to the roof. But...... washing the roof is a nightmare. Hope you fair better. The good bit? Virtually no wind noise.
G'day Stanley, Thanks mate. It's a top quality roof rack and cleaning the roof in between the bars, is no worries at all. Thanks mate for your feedback. Cheers Tim.
I have a ARB alloy one, had it fitted by ARB in Tassie here. Now i bought it in 2015 and its a good bit of kit APART from the bloody wind noise. Sound like i have a jet engine on the roof and highway speeds in windy conditions.
@@timbates4wdadventures G'day tim happy to hear your's has no wind noise because it drives my wife and i nuts. Not sure how to fix it, i bought a wind deflector for it but didn't make much of a difference. Might have to take it back to ARB and ask about it.
Thanks Timbo, got to seriously put my Ranger on a very serious weight diet, put it on the scales at Broadford on Thur with full fuel & full gear & just me with only 100kg's left on my GVM. My biggest problem is I travel to, to many remote places where I "might" need something & so I pack it in tje 1% just in case of because it can take a week + just to get a $1 part if you know what I mean ( mind you 99% of what I take away I never end up using but you can bet the day I leave it behind will be the day tjat I need it & have to wait a very expensive week to get it ) Take care loving the Vids, Rgs Wayne.
@@Wayne-Pr G'day Wayne, Yeah thats it mate, there's a fine line as to how much gear you do take away. But, as you say. The item you leave home thinking you wont need it, it's a sure thing you will. Lol Thanks mate for your reply. Cheers Tim.
Thanks Timbo@@timbates4wdadventures keep up the great work, always enjoy your vids, going to take some time over the Christmas break & into next year & start going to some of the many places that you have featured in the past.
I would imagine that they are excellent roof racks however, they are $1500 and they don't make one for my 4WD, I suspect because my car is old and doesn't have gutters. When you're on a tight budget, it is hard to justify that much money, I guess that is why Kings stuff is so popular? However, I would much prefer to buy Aussie every time.
G'day mate, Buy what works for you and as long as that gear gets you out in the bush and enjoying where you are going, thats all you need mate. You dont need to spend big bucks to get out and camp in the bush. Thanks for your reply mate. Cheers Tim.
Hey Tim, Currently looking at an 07 GU Patrol ST-S Auto with 320,000km as my first car. Do you have any tips when looking at purchasing a car like this? It already has some nice equipment (Bull bar, roof rack and some lights) and it's within my budget so I would love to get it. Thanks.
G'day Jess, Mine is a 2009 with 348000ks on the clock. Best thing you could do with a car with that many Ks on the clock, is get a good mechanic to check it over. It would be well worth it. I hope it all works out for you being your first 4WD. Thanks for your reply. Cheers Tim.
G'day Kristine, I've nor driven it for a fair while. But, social media is all over it and its sounding pretty challenging in spots. Mostly in the top half between the heli pad and the Bluff. Hope that helps. Cheers Tim.
Sweet,haven't roof racks come a long way compared to the 70s old steel ones. Mine on the landy is aluminum one with sides to hold the water bladder and roof lights as well as my satellite pod and solar panel. Couldn't do without one,aerial would be perfect on top,but would come to grief all the time.
G'day Greg, Yeah mate, rack designs have really changed from rack styles years ago. This low profile, slim line look is all the go now. Thanks mate for your reply. Cheers Tim.
G'day Batesy, what made you give the Tradesman away mate? I prefer the basket style with meshing, not sure i'd have the balls to start hoofing logs and branches up there without it mate. Was it a weight issue?. Cheers Moose.
G'day mate, The new rack is still made by Tradesman Roof Racks. But, with my new interior setup, i dont need to carry much on the roof any more. Only items that now go on the roof is swag and fire wood. So, i don't need that basket style anymore. Plus the new rack is about 120mm lower in height. Thanks mate for your reply and feedback. Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures Thanks for the reply mate, geez you would have to go easy when chucking wood up there Tim would you not? no mesh on the bottom was my concern mate, our branches are not renowned for being straight lol. Any how, glad it works for you.
@@MOOSEDOWNUNDER Gday mate, you kinda do have to watch how you load fire wood on top. But those rails are only about 40cm apart, im always cutting fire wood close to a meter in length. Once you have a few lengths up on the rack, the rest stack up no worries. Thanks for your feedback and reply mate. Cheers Tim.
G'day Chris, You could for sure if you wanted to. I have been around and checked all of the nuts and bolts from the first trip. They are all still nice and tight. Cheers Tim.
Nice roof rack Tim, looks good. Just saw an old 4WD Action video of John Rooth in Walhalla and saw you there mate. I didn't recognise you at the start without the hat and I didn't know you were part of 4wd action either.
G'day mate, Yeah that was a great trip. About 10 years ago. It was the second Action trip i went on. I went on a number of 4WD Action trips in those days. I struggled to recognise myself mate. Lol Cheers Tim.
Hey Tim, So i was watching the newest vid uploaded to Roothy's channel and i spotted a familiar bloke on there he was as fit as an old mountain goat haha, one question though in alot of the shots of you you looked like you were really cranky haha im was like whats wrong timmy hahah blast from the past.
Hahah Yeah mate, don't think i would be running those hills today. Lol No cranky at all on that trip. It was my second trip away with the 4WD Action team. Working out what was going on. Lol Great trip that one. Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures that was my second thought you were just concentrating so hard on whats going on that you had a super serious face on, na it was a good watch, i prefer you style now finding a beautiful spot setting up camp, chucking on the bush tele and having a good old yarn, some thing that might be cool would be a live stream from camp
G'day Ryan, Mine was the first GU to have one fitted. Now they know its all good. It went straight on, now worries. Now, they will advertise them. If you would like to know more about the availability, give them a bell mate. Thanks for your reply. Cheers Tim.
1. Paid advertisement using a GU, yet nothing on their website for a GU. 2. No mention of weight or height of rack from gutter? 3. I called Tradesman Roof Rack recently chasing pricing & photos on a GU for the last rack you gave them a plug for - said they would get back to me, but did not. You'd think getting a sale would be their primary goal? Keep it!
G'day mate, My GU was the first one fitted with this rack. It went on no worries. So, you will now start to see them advertised on the websites. When you mention plugs mate. I have been sponsored by Tradesman Roof Racks for five years now. One of the best Australian roof rack companies in this Country, and are truely 100% Australian made. I stand by brand and all of the product range that they make. Not sure why they didn't call you back. But sometimes this does happen. Thanks for your reply mate. Cheers Tim.
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Looking cool
Thanks mate.
Cheers Tim.
nice vid Tim, well done, they look a great rack.....
G'day Boyd,
Thanks mate. Great rack and looks great.
Cheers Tim.
Rock sliders for your roof Tim. Nice.
G'day mate,
It's flat, but i hope the Patrol is never up side down.
Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures LOL. But good for branches.
@@MiniLuv-1984 Really good mate.
does it work with standard Rhino Rack accessories?
I’m not sure mate.
If you can call the guys at Tradesman Roofracks, they will help you out.
Cheers Tim
G'day Tim! Keen to know the distance from the gutter to the top of the rack. After one for my own GU but gotta make sure it'll fit in the garage!
G'day mate,
Just measured mine for you.
From where the clamp goes around the gutter is 15cm to top of rack deck.
Hope that helps mate and it fits.
Great roofrack.
Cheers Tim
@@timbates4wdadventures Bloody legend! Might be tough fitting an awning as well, but I think she'll be right.
Much appreciated mate!
@@GonePh1shing My awning is the side roll out awning and the mounting brackets that hold the awning have it sitting flush with the top of the rack deck.
So, no extra height from the 15cm i gave you.
@@timbates4wdadventures Fantastic. I've got my eye on a 270 XT Max by The Bush Company. I've just discovered the brackets it comes with can be height adjusted so I should be able to get the bottom of the awning sitting just at or below the gutter line. Time to give Tradesman a call!
Thanks again for your help mate!
@@GonePh1shing Give them a call at Tradesman and try and speak with Josh. Mention we have spoken and he will help you out on any questions you have.
Hey Tim did you find when the rails sit down onto gutters that they are a bit high...I have it on my roof and sitting down onto gutters but the claps does not sit well, should I undo the bolts loose 1st, then claps then go around and tighten the bolts up or am I missing something?
Gday mate.
No I sure don’t have that problem at all.
My rack sits nicely into the gutters and the clamps , clamp down no worries at all.
If you can, give the guys a call at Tradesmen Roofracks, I’m sure they’ll help you out.
Cheers Tim
When you starting to film again been a while:)
Looks awesome Batesy
Thanks mate.
It's top notch.
Cheers Tim.
Thanks for the video today.
No worries mate.
Thanks for your reply and feedback.
Cheers Tim.
Nice bit of kit there mate
G'day Greg,
Thanks mate, very happy with it.
Cheers Tim.
Love your enthusiasm mate..When we return home next year ,when the flights open , we are off camping every month for a week . , I will not have a 4x4 , but we will have a great time ...Thank Tim ...
G'day Kevin,
Thanks mate, i appreciate your feedback mate.
Where are you at the moment?
Heading away for a week per month mate, sounds unreal.
Cheers Tim.
If you need any more of those nuts they are called Unistrut channel nuts and you can buy them at electrical wholesalers. They even have spring loaded ones that are easier to use as they wedge themselves in place.
Ahh righto mate.
I have a bag of nuts and bolts for that rack.
I have checked them all for being tight, and so far no worries at all.
Cheers Tim.
I've got the same on my Hilux you would never be disappointed mate one of the best made
G'day Chris,
Top stuff mate.
They make quality roof racks.
Thanks for your reply mate.
Cheers Tim.
Chris, what year model Hilux mate? I am thinking about one of these racks for my 2020 SR5. Are they noisy at all when over 80kph?
Tim mate your Gu is looking so good your doing a bang up job getting to the way you are wanting it set up, thankyou once again for a great watch looking forward to the next vid have a good one mate
G'day Anton,
Thanks mate. The Patrol has under gone some big changes over the past few months. It's looking great and working well with the changes.
New video next Monday night will be another solo camp trip in the High Country.
Thanks mate for your reply and feedback.
Cheers Tim.
Looking good Tim. Cheers Steve
Thanks mate.
Cheers Tim.
I have their oval aluminium on my 200 series great rack holds plenty of wood on the way to camp and chain saw swag etc best thing Tim Aussie made so if there ever was a problem you have back up
Good set up you have to take it off or put it on Thanks Tim
G'day Peter,
Yeah mate the oval racks are top notch.
All Aussie made and I've never had an issues with any of the racks from Tradesman Roof Racks.
I'm very happy with my new setup of the Patrol. It's working really well.
Thanks mate for your reply and feedback.
Cheers Tim.
Thanks Tim,
Great educational tutorial on what looks like a great product 👍
G'day Jamie,
Thanks mate, i greatly appreciate your reply and feedback.
Cheers Tim.
love the mounting bracket, but i hate how the rack it self hangs over the brackets, looks weird + the GU is not on the website only y62 and navara
Gday mate,
Thanks mate , it’s a good looking rack.
My GU is the first one to get this rack.
Now it’s fitted up some changes are going to be made.
The width is one of the changes they want to make.
It should be on the website soon mate.
Thanks for your reply.
Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures I'm interested in the mounting bracket for my GQ i wonder if they will make one down the road. yeah the rack needs some work, a bit more of a lower profile and the width, should in my opinion match the bracket width flush
@@NISMO-OFFROAD Spot on mate. They are the two changes they are looking at doing now mine has been fitted.
But, first up design looks great.
I like that rack. Especially how it sits low. I have a Rola rack. It also sits low to the roof. But...... washing the roof is a nightmare. Hope you fair better. The good bit? Virtually no wind noise.
G'day Stanley,
Thanks mate.
It's a top quality roof rack and cleaning the roof in between the bars, is no worries at all.
Thanks mate for your feedback.
Cheers Tim.
looks good mate - should do a video on what you pack "up top" on your rack
Gday Ben,
I will do that early next year for sure.
Cheers Tim.
I have a ARB alloy one, had it fitted by ARB in Tassie here. Now i bought it in 2015 and its a good bit of kit APART from the bloody wind noise. Sound like i have a jet engine on the roof and highway speeds in windy conditions.
G'day Adam,
Thats no good mate.
The rack on my roof doesn't have any wind noise.
Hope you can sort that out mate.
Thanks for your reply.
Cheers Tim.,
@@timbates4wdadventures G'day tim happy to hear your's has no wind noise because it drives my wife and i nuts. Not sure how to fix it, i bought a wind deflector for it but didn't make much of a difference. Might have to take it back to ARB and ask about it.
@@adamjones2025 Yeah no good mate.
Best go back and have a chat with them.
not great for you and your wife while on the road.
@@timbates4wdadventures Tad annoying but best part is on long trips i go solo hahaha.
@@adamjones2025 Ahh righto.
A shame they don’t do a kit for the 90 series Prado
They might down the track mate.
They are adding new models when they can as it's a fair new design.
Cheers Tim.
Another great Video Timbo, ha after your big weight loss what did the rack add ?.
Rgs
Wayne.
G'day Wayne,
Thanks mate.
The new rack is around 30kgs of hand. Weight falling off the Patrol all over the place. Lol
Cheers Tim.
Thanks Timbo, got to seriously put my Ranger on a very serious weight diet, put it on the scales at Broadford on Thur with full fuel & full gear & just me with only 100kg's left on my GVM.
My biggest problem is I travel to, to many remote places where I "might" need something & so I pack it in tje 1% just in case of because it can take a week + just to get a $1 part if you know what I mean ( mind you 99% of what I take away I never end up using but you can bet the day I leave it behind will be the day tjat I need it & have to wait a very expensive week to get it )
Take care loving the Vids,
Rgs
Wayne.
@@Wayne-Pr
G'day Wayne,
Yeah thats it mate, there's a fine line as to how much gear you do take away.
But, as you say. The item you leave home thinking you wont need it, it's a sure thing you will. Lol
Thanks mate for your reply.
Cheers Tim.
Thanks Timbo@@timbates4wdadventures keep up the great work, always enjoy your vids, going to take some time over the Christmas break & into next year & start going to some of the many places that you have featured in the past.
@@Wayne-Pr
Thanks mate.
You have a great Christmas and safe travels where ever you end up.
Cheers Tim.
Looks nice and light . . I might have to check out their range, I don't want a heavy rack.
Yeah, they are well worth looking at.
All made in Bayswater.
Have a yarn with Josh if you go over.
Cheers Tim.
I would imagine that they are excellent roof racks however, they are $1500 and they don't make one for my 4WD, I suspect because my car is old and doesn't have gutters. When you're on a tight budget, it is hard to justify that much money, I guess that is why Kings stuff is so popular? However, I would much prefer to buy Aussie every time.
G'day mate,
Buy what works for you and as long as that gear gets you out in the bush and enjoying where you are going, thats all you need mate.
You dont need to spend big bucks to get out and camp in the bush.
Thanks for your reply mate.
Cheers Tim.
Hey Tim, Currently looking at an 07 GU Patrol ST-S Auto with 320,000km as my first car. Do you have any tips when looking at purchasing a car like this? It already has some nice equipment (Bull bar, roof rack and some lights) and it's within my budget so I would love to get it. Thanks.
G'day Jess,
Mine is a 2009 with 348000ks on the clock.
Best thing you could do with a car with that many Ks on the clock, is get a good mechanic to check it over.
It would be well worth it.
I hope it all works out for you being your first 4WD.
Thanks for your reply.
Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures Thanks for the help!
@@jessm5558 no worries Jess.
Cheers Tim.
Looking good. I have a question for you have you heard what condition the billy goats bluff track is like
G'day Kristine,
I've nor driven it for a fair while.
But, social media is all over it and its sounding pretty challenging in spots.
Mostly in the top half between the heli pad and the Bluff.
Hope that helps.
Cheers Tim.
Apparently it's been graded late last week.
@@MrDanjacs Thats right it has.
Sweet,haven't roof racks come a long way compared to the 70s old steel ones. Mine on the landy is aluminum one with sides to hold the water bladder and roof lights as well as my satellite pod and solar panel. Couldn't do without one,aerial would be perfect on top,but would come to grief all the time.
G'day Greg,
Yeah mate, rack designs have really changed from rack styles years ago.
This low profile, slim line look is all the go now.
Thanks mate for your reply.
Cheers Tim.
G'day Batesy, what made you give the Tradesman away mate? I prefer the basket style with meshing, not sure i'd have the balls to start hoofing logs and branches up there without it mate. Was it a weight issue?. Cheers Moose.
G'day mate,
The new rack is still made by Tradesman Roof Racks.
But, with my new interior setup, i dont need to carry much on the roof any more.
Only items that now go on the roof is swag and fire wood.
So, i don't need that basket style anymore.
Plus the new rack is about 120mm lower in height.
Thanks mate for your reply and feedback.
Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures Thanks for the reply mate, geez you would have to go easy when chucking wood up there Tim would you not? no mesh on the bottom was my concern mate, our branches are not renowned for being straight lol. Any how, glad it works for you.
@@MOOSEDOWNUNDER Gday mate, you kinda do have to watch how you load fire wood on top.
But those rails are only about 40cm apart, im always cutting fire wood close to a meter in length.
Once you have a few lengths up on the rack, the rest stack up no worries.
Thanks for your feedback and reply mate.
Cheers Tim.
You able to put locktite on those bolts Tim?
G'day Chris,
You could for sure if you wanted to.
I have been around and checked all of the nuts and bolts from the first trip.
They are all still nice and tight.
Cheers Tim.
Nice roof rack Tim, looks good. Just saw an old 4WD Action video of John Rooth in Walhalla and saw you there mate. I didn't recognise you at the start without the hat and I didn't know you were part of 4wd action either.
G'day mate,
Yeah that was a great trip. About 10 years ago. It was the second Action trip i went on.
I went on a number of 4WD Action trips in those days.
I struggled to recognise myself mate. Lol
Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures Lol..I'll be looking out for some more of those old trips.
@@stavio12 yeah, Roothy is playing quite a few old trips.
Hey Tim, So i was watching the newest vid uploaded to Roothy's channel and i spotted a familiar bloke on there he was as fit as an old mountain goat haha, one question though in alot of the shots of you you looked like you were really cranky haha im was like whats wrong timmy hahah blast from the past.
Hahah Yeah mate, don't think i would be running those hills today. Lol
No cranky at all on that trip.
It was my second trip away with the 4WD Action team. Working out what was going on. Lol
Great trip that one.
Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures that was my second thought you were just concentrating so hard on whats going on that you had a super serious face on, na it was a good watch, i prefer you style now finding a beautiful spot setting up camp, chucking on the bush tele and having a good old yarn, some thing that might be cool would be a live stream from camp
Can’t find one for gu on their website, how much are they?
G'day Ryan,
Mine was the first GU to have one fitted. Now they know its all good. It went straight on, now worries.
Now, they will advertise them.
If you would like to know more about the availability, give them a bell mate.
Thanks for your reply.
Cheers Tim.
Bloody nice racks they are! The roof rack that is hahahah
Hahahah :-)
They are top notch mate.
Cheers Tim.
Weight 100% spread on the gutter, perfect! Well done by fitting it on your own and for the tip. Best!
Yeah spot on mate.
Weight is fully spread along the gutter now.
Wasn’t to bad fitting on my own.
Can be done.
Thanks mate for your reply.
Cheers Tim.
Good video mate but why you where a hat for keep the sun out your eyes
I wear it every where mate. Inside outside, its all the same.
Thanks for your feedback.
Cheers Tim
1. Paid advertisement using a GU, yet nothing on their website for a GU. 2. No mention of weight or height of rack from gutter? 3. I called Tradesman Roof Rack recently chasing pricing & photos on a GU for the last rack you gave them a plug for - said they would get back to me, but did not. You'd think getting a sale would be their primary goal? Keep it!
G'day mate,
My GU was the first one fitted with this rack.
It went on no worries. So, you will now start to see them advertised on the websites.
When you mention plugs mate.
I have been sponsored by Tradesman Roof Racks for five years now.
One of the best Australian roof rack companies in this Country, and are truely 100% Australian made.
I stand by brand and all of the product range that they make.
Not sure why they didn't call you back. But sometimes this does happen.
Thanks for your reply mate.
Cheers Tim.