First, I have read a great number of posts (like this) on the issue, but there are few consistent answers out there and none that I have seen that would lead me to expect what I now see on my rig.
I put a Big Country rack on my 90 about a year ago and popped a 165lb RTT on top. Camping trips all over in the year since. 400lbs of additional human weight in there in the evenings.
I started to notice rubbing of the top of my door on the rack mount that clips under the gutter immediately and shifted my door down a bit. Also took off the thin rubber pad on this L bracket to have it fit tighter to the gutter. It now only extends ~3mm below the gutter.
On my last trip, after getting in, I found myself trapped in the driver seat and really having to shoulder my way out of the truck. Bracket had to be removed.
Got home and pulled all driver side brackets and checked gutter along length of the drivers side with a straight edge (aluminum bar in photo below). Sure enough I have a good dip in my roof (at the gutter) as you can see from the departure of the straight edge as it approaches the front of the truck (when aligned with the gutter at the rear).
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I put a Big Country rack on my 90 about a year ago and popped a 165lb RTT on top. Camping trips all over in the year since. 400lbs of additional human weight in there in the evenings.
I started to notice rubbing of the top of my door on the rack mount that clips under the gutter immediately and shifted my door down a bit. Also took off the thin rubber pad on this L bracket to have it fit tighter to the gutter. It now only extends ~3mm below the gutter.
On my last trip, after getting in, I found myself trapped in the driver seat and really having to shoulder my way out of the truck. Bracket had to be removed.
Got home and pulled all driver side brackets and checked gutter along length of the drivers side with a straight edge (aluminum bar in photo below). Sure enough I have a good dip in my roof (at the gutter) as you can see from the departure of the straight edge as it approaches the front of the truck (when aligned with the gutter at the rear).
- Anything I can do to get my roof 'back in line'?
- I'm guessing my roof is not suitable and will switch the tent to either our new 110 or my wife's D2, but am curious whether this is a unique outcome or if I'm missing some support/bracing inside or have my rack feet in a poor spot. Just not sure why others don't seem to have the trouble I have had.
