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Roof tent
- Marloes van Oijen
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Does anyone know which tents are suitable?
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One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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Busta wrote: The same limit applies to the gen 4.
No it doesn't.
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Bill Portland wrote:
Busta wrote: The same limit applies to the gen 4.
No it doesn't.
Please explain.
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Soeley wrote:
Bill Portland wrote:
Busta wrote: The same limit applies to the gen 4.
No it doesn't.
Please explain.
I haven't found any Suzuki stated roof load limit for the gen 4, only a limit for the Suzuki brand roof bars.
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Email Suzuki UK and see for yourself. They were very quick to get back to me about my gen 3.
ETA I've emailed them about the gen 4 myself, just to be sure I haven't mis-read.
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Clearly it can take far more weight than that as static load, but flip your car with a 70kg rack/tent combo on top and I think the conversation with your insurer would be tricky.
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A trailer tent or even, god forbid, a regular tent tent in the boot, is a much better solution for all manner of reasons.
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Bill Portland wrote:
Busta wrote: The same limit applies to the gen 4.
No it doesn't.
Busta has previously posted a copy of an email received from Suzuki customer services that specifically stated that regardless of the the weight rating of any chosen support structures the weight limit of the roof on either of the gen3 or gen4 is 30kg.
This will have a lot to do with the infamous Consumer Report attempt to discredit the gen2 as being prone to rolling over. By setting the roof load deliberately low it prevents them being subject to renewed claims of producing an inherent design flaw and being sued. You ignoring the specified limit places all liability on you.
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30kg still allows for carrying regular stuff like ladders, a roofbox, a couple of bicycles or a kayak. It's only with this desire to stick over-priced, needlessly heavy tents on the roof or fit massive overland style roof racks that don't seem to have any practical purpose, that it becomes restrictive. Camping with a Jimny works perfectly well if you use a normal tent, and you avoid all the hangups of having your accommodation permanently attached to your means of transport.
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