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How To: Load Long Materials on a Roof Rack
Short answerUse a platform with rollers and ratchet strap mounts and follow the overhang rules: for low profile loads such as posts and pipe, take about 10% off the carrying capacity for every 10% of length past the end of the rack, and for sheets keep the overhang to about [...]
Wedgetail at the National 4×4 Outdoors Show 2026
Australia's biggest 4x4 show is coming to Melbourne — and Wedgetail will be there. We're exhibiting at the National 4x4 Outdoors Show from 21–23 August 2026 at the Melbourne Showgrounds. Come and find us at Stand T300. What you'll find at Stand T300 We're bringing the range with us [...]
How To: Reduce Wind Humming Using the Strap Slap Method
Short answerMost roof rack whistle comes from open bar profiles and loose or flat straps; a leading edge wind deflector and the strap slap method fix most of it. Wedgetail includes a wind deflector on every rack except Trade Max crossbar kits and the Technician ladder rack, and Wedgetail noise [...]
How To: Load with Overhanging Materials Safely
Short answerTo carry an overhanging load safely, strap it as close to the front of the rack as you can, choke the strap around both the load and a crossbar, take about 10% off the weight for every 10% of length past the rack, and keep solid sheets to about [...]
Made Right Here: Why Wedgetail Is Proud to Back Australia’s Biggest Aussie-Made Campaign Yet
There's a kangaroo bouncing across your TV screen right now — and it's carrying a message worth getting behind. Australian Made has just launched 'Made Right Here', the biggest advertising campaign in the organisation's history. You'll see it on TV, hear it on the radio, and spot it across [...]
How To: Use the Wedgetail Trade Ladder Lock Kit
Short answerTo use the Wedgetail Trade ladder lock kit, fit it to the underside of the platform bar, wrap it around a ladder rung so it encloses the bar, and lock it with the key whenever the vehicle is parked unattended. The ladder lock kit is a theft deterrent; the [...]
How To: Use the Wedgetail Adventure Jerry Can Holder
Short answerTo use the Wedgetail Adventure jerry can holder, set the two halves to the width of your can, sit the can on its long edge vent side down, bolt the holder into the side channels across two crossbars and strap the can in with the single ended ratchet strap. [...]
How To: Wedgetail High Lift Jack Holder
Short answerTo carry a Hi-Lift jack on a Wedgetail rack, bolt the Wedgetail Adventure Hi-Lift bracket into the platform's side channels with channel nuts, adjust the brackets so the jack clears the roof and bodywork, sit the jack in the base cradle and secure it with the retention handle, threaded [...]
Do Roof Racks Use More Fuel? What You Need to Know
Short answerYes, a roof rack can use more fuel because it adds aerodynamic drag, mostly at highway speed; how much depends on the rack's profile and what is on it, and a low profile rack with a leading edge wind deflector keeps the increase down. If you rarely use the [...]
How To: Wedgetail Adventure HEX-MESH Panel
Short answerThe Wedgetail Adventure HEX-MESH panel is a laser cut aluminium insert that bolts onto a Wedgetail platform to give a stable standing surface and a mesh base for loose gear; fit it east to west or north to south, one panel or several, using the built in slots. There [...]