In fact just the opposite.
How much weight can you put on a roof rack.
Refer to rooftop tent and rack manufacturers for more details.
For example if your car roof is rated to 165 pounds and your roof rack weighs 30 pounds you can really only load 135 pounds of camping gear on top.
So if you put steel heavy roof rack it takes almost half that.
We installed a powerful 4 4 full length steel cage roof rack on a mates patrol a few years back and weighed it at at around 60kg.
And then if tent for 2 people both can weight about 170kg or more.
So umm 80 kg only on roof.
With a thule roof rack you get quality all the way.
So roof tent goes on oem roof rack side bars or on aftermarket roof rack.
100 made in sweden and tested to the limits and beyond.
All thule roof racks share several important features and they all have the capacity to carry a significant weight.
When you can only carry 100kg on the roof fitting a 60kg rack to only be able to carry 40kg seems a bit pointless.
No matter what system you choose for your vehicle you can rest assured that you will get the safest strongest and most stylish roof racks around.
If you re using a roof rack or cargo carrier you need to subtract its weight from your total rating.
How much weight can i put on my roof rack.
When parked the additional weight of humans and gear in a rooftop tent can be much higher.