TeraFlex: Hinged Carrier Accessory Mount
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toxicity_27
Adventurer
In addition to the Rotopax on the Hi-Lift I've seen shovels and axes mounted to it as well.
Comanche Scott
Expedition Leader
Question in regards to weight rating
ROFLOL
Glad to see someone else's humor is as over the top as mine.
Question to the Teraflex engineers:
I do have a serious question, because I'm debating on this mount, versus adding a swing out carrier on my JKURX.
What is the weight rating of that part of the body?
I come from the days where mounting swing out carriers to the rear quarter panel was a sure way to ruin the spot welds, and end up with a rear quarter cap that flapped in the breeze, as the carrier slid down the road in a shower of sparks.
So how much weight, at what CG, can be put on this mount before body damage will occur?
Thanks for the awesome products! :beer:
Best regards,
Scott
ROFLOL
Glad to see someone else's humor is as over the top as mine.
Question to the Teraflex engineers:
I do have a serious question, because I'm debating on this mount, versus adding a swing out carrier on my JKURX.
What is the weight rating of that part of the body?
I come from the days where mounting swing out carriers to the rear quarter panel was a sure way to ruin the spot welds, and end up with a rear quarter cap that flapped in the breeze, as the carrier slid down the road in a shower of sparks.
So how much weight, at what CG, can be put on this mount before body damage will occur?
Thanks for the awesome products! :beer:
Best regards,
Scott
Scott, I thought I remember seeing that addressed in either the thread or the video they did of the tire carrier itself when it came out. I'm not sure if I saw it here or over on JKO.
Comanche Scott
Expedition Leader
Thanks Septu
Thank you Sir! I'll check it out. :beer:
Thank you Sir! I'll check it out. :beer:
goin camping
Explorer
Very entertaining.
Comanche Scott
Expedition Leader
Thanks to Septu, I did a bunch more research last night. But nothing conclusive came of it. Actually as is typical of the interweb, it's pretty conflicting.
According to Teraflex, the right rear end cap is "reinforced" by Jeep, but the reinforcement they show in the video doesn't look extensive enough to hang a lot of weight off of. In camping/overlanding the tailgate is open a lot of the time. All of that is supported on the right rear end cap of the tub with the tailgate open.
So figure the weight of the tailgate, the hinge assembly, and then everything that is mounted (Tire, gas cans, Hi-Lift, sand anchor, ramps, trash bag, Pooh bucket, fold down table & any pouches attached to table, Stove, food coffee, butterfly net...) and it can easily exceed 300# static.
That is a lot of weight hanging off that end cap. start bouncing the Jeep around while climbing in and out, and it can almost double the weight.
Hope Teraflex is listening, because I really like the concept and their quality, but I'd want a substantial reinforcement to the body tub, and a totally different accessory bracket that would allow a more standard load configuration with a basket above the tire (like moabian said), in order for this to be useful to me for camping/overlanding.
According to Teraflex, the right rear end cap is "reinforced" by Jeep, but the reinforcement they show in the video doesn't look extensive enough to hang a lot of weight off of. In camping/overlanding the tailgate is open a lot of the time. All of that is supported on the right rear end cap of the tub with the tailgate open.
So figure the weight of the tailgate, the hinge assembly, and then everything that is mounted (Tire, gas cans, Hi-Lift, sand anchor, ramps, trash bag, Pooh bucket, fold down table & any pouches attached to table, Stove, food coffee, butterfly net...) and it can easily exceed 300# static.
That is a lot of weight hanging off that end cap. start bouncing the Jeep around while climbing in and out, and it can almost double the weight.
Hope Teraflex is listening, because I really like the concept and their quality, but I'd want a substantial reinforcement to the body tub, and a totally different accessory bracket that would allow a more standard load configuration with a basket above the tire (like moabian said), in order for this to be useful to me for camping/overlanding.
Rubicon John
Observer
Another awesome idea from TeraFlex and a way to separate more of "me precious money" from my wallet...Dennis needs his own Saturday morning TV show about jeeps. 
jscusmcvet
Explorer
Maybe nice product, but among many cool teraflex videos, this one was well. stupid. TF, you can do better.
John
John
KlausVanWinkle
Explorer
I wish they'd responded with a real weight rating.
rbkelley89
Observer
does this work for a tj?
jscherb
Expedition Leader
No. But for a TJ take a look at the Gr8Tops Exogate: http://gr8tops.com/shop/wrangler-lj-2/tj-lj-exogate