My new Land Rover Freelander 2 getting ready for adventure. Picture take in The Netherlands by the river...

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Nice photo, what you got on roof?



 If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

Our rooftoptent at the moment mounted with thule. I like/prefer a roofrack but have to find out first how much place is left for other stuff like petrol etc.

You can even fit a chainsaw up there!

142kg on our roof. I put solar panels in the car & empty fuel as quick as I can when on corrugated roads. Tyres at 24psi: https://vimeo.com/364281135 Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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Shoulda been a Husky ^^^^^ ............J/K!

Lightwater wrote:

You can even fit a chainsaw up there!

142kg on our roof. I put solar panels in the car & empty fuel as quick as I can when on corrugated roads. Tyres at 24psi: https://vimeo.com/364281135

This looks very useful . But what I mean is with a rooftoptent include. The Front Runner Slimline II is a rack that will fit on the FL2, direct on the roof. I'm figuring out how much left for other stuff.

for example:
https://www.frontrunneroutfitters.com/en/z...ne-ii.html

I had a Rhino Rack roof platform but got rid of it & replaced it with a second set of Land Rover cross bars. Platform 20kg, cross bars 3.6kg. I just had to get as much dead weight off the roof as possible as the maximum weight including roof rack is 75kg & I'm way over.

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Lightwater what's the flag about mate?



 If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

🐑
Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

Looks like a HF Radio Mast to me.
The clue is in the coax connector in other photo.

(Well that's my guess, we could turn this into a competition?)

PS OOPS - see answer below FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 82k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

Last edited by IanMetro on 6th Nov 2019 11:35 pm. Edited 1 time in total

So 360 tonne mining trucks see you, or be seen over sand dunes (a legal requirement on some tracks) & be seen on narrow section of tracks where you can't pull to the side (can't even open a door on either side) or really don't want to back up.
 Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

Thanks mate 360 tonne good idea

Stihl chainsaw top bit of kit



 If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

🐑
Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

Bottom view of roof platform. I had to buy an additional cross brace (black is all I could get). There is a block of rubber at each end to rest on the LR roof rails. I also straightened the LR cross bars as they bend up in the middle.

I added 3x50 & two thicknesses of 3x20 anodised flat bar to fit between the cross bar plastic covers.

I was very happy with the whole thing in the end, it was a massive job rebuilding it but it worked well, moving the Rhino deck extrusions closer together created a great floor to stand on, but as I said earlier I got rid of it to reduce dead weight.

 Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

If you don't have a bull bar to mount a sand flag you are required to mount it at the front of a roof rack.The Land Rover roof rack is a bit unstable at the front so it's on my fuel tank holder but I have since angled the bracket forward & strengthened it so the flag pole leans forward about 15 degrees.

JulesK wrote:

Stihl chainsaw top bit of kit

Optical illusion



 If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

🐑
Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

I had to crawl into a bush to get the angle just right. Could have had a chainsaw! Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18