etrailer | Yakima OffGrid Roof Cargo Basket Review

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Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the Yakima line of OffGrid Rooftop Cargo Basket, offering steel construction and 165-pound capacity.Yakima's OffGrid line of baskets are going to do an excellent job at freeing up a lot of room inside your vehicle. This is going to allow you to get additional gear or passengers inside and to your destination. Something I really like about the looks of this basket, it kind of blends the best of both worlds. It looks very rugged. It looks very durable, but it still has some of the sleek contours that make it a nice looking basket.Now, these are available in four different sizes. You've got two different widths, a 40 and a 49" width, and each of those will have an extension so you can use it either in the normal size or in the extended.
That gives us a lot of versatility and helps us basically fit just about any type of roof out there on the vehicle, so smaller cars, smaller basket, larger vehicles, larger basket.Now, as far as length goes on these, this one can be a 44" or we have the 18" extension in. With the 18" extension in, we're getting up to 62", and that's going to be just about from this front edge here all the way to the back. Now, the 49" version, it's going to be 53" long without the extension. There's a 22" extension available. That's going to get you up to that 75" mark.
So, really very adjustable, or if you got the one with the extension, it's not that difficult to remove it if you need to use it for a smaller car. So it's a pretty modular system.Now just to give you an idea of the space that we've got over the top of our cross rails here, our crossbars are here and this should stay constant. To the top rail here, we're looking at about 6", to the top of our crossbar it's about 6-1/2. They use a very nice clamp system. We'll show you how to install that a little bit later, but it's really easy to set up, really easy to get things combined.
It's all in one kit so you're not going to lose hardware, not going to lose a part of the clamp or something like that. You'll see also, they're going to slide forward and back, so it gives us a lot of options to get that clamp perfectly centered over the top of our crossbar. We don't see that in a lot of other baskets. Usually we have to pick a slot and it's kind of where it's stuck.Now, the OffGrid baskets are going to have a 165-pound capacity. That gives us a lot of range there the amount of items we can pack up top.
You definitely want to keep in mind though the capacity of your vehicle's roof rack system, don't really want to exceed that.Now to add to the versatility, you can see we've got built-in crossbars. It's going to come with two of them. They're designed to clamp anywhere along the length here. As you can see, we've added a rooftop bike rack to ours, but you could very easily use kayak carriers up here or ski and snowboard carriers. Now, something to keep in mind. Whatever accessory you choose, you want to make sure they're compatible with the round bar-style roof rack system. There isn't a T-slot option up here, so T-slot accessories won't be able to be used on the basket.Now, the thing I like about the multiple sizes is it gives us options. You can see here we're using the narrower basket on top of our 4Runner, and it leaves a lot of crossbar exposed here. That could help out if we wanted to add additional bike racks or something like that to the side. On the other side of that, if we maxed it out and got another 4-1/2" on each side, we'd be able to get more gear in there and potentially have enough space to mount our bike rack, like we did, and store additional items.Now, just like any rooftop cargo basket, once you put it up on the roof of your vehicle, it's probably going to generate a little bit of noise. This is one of the better ones, stays pretty q

[@gardenerpdx]

Nice, complete review. Thanks.

[@alphaindustrialsupply]

Great review video. Thanks for the information.

[@etrailer]

We are happy to help! www.etrailer.com/Roof-Basket/Yakima/Y07138.html

[@g-tech3113]

really great video, really informative

[@etrailer]

We're glad it was helpful! www.etrailer.com/Roof-Basket/Yakima/Y07138-08.html

[@kolbykofficial]

Just confirming, does the moonroof and rear hatch door still open/raise on the 4runner with the extension installed as displayed in this video?

[@watthesnacks]

I have a gx460 with OEM cross bars, will the large fit the cross bars, or overhang from the sides? I know the 4runner and GX 460 are close in size, but I haven't seen a 4Runner with large version or any GX with this basket.

[@flipskater1369]

I don’t see why it wouldnt but is the clamps for the basket compatible with the factory 4runner crossbars?

[@etrailer]

If you would like to check to make sure it will fit, the minimum crossbar dimensions needed for the Yakima OffGrid Roof Basket are 40" long x 1-1/8" wide x 1-1/8" tall. I don't any problem with them fitting. www.etrailer.com/Roof-Basket/Yakima/Y07138.html

[@fallguy6558]

great review, what crossbar is that you are using? Can I use this basket with OEM toyota 4Runner crossbars ?

[@etrailer]

The roof rack that is on the 4Runner in this video is the Rhino-Rack Vortex Roof Bars. You can definitely use this rack with your factory roof rack. www.etrailer.com/Roof-Basket/Yakima/Y07138.html

[@4bvenom733]

What size should I get for my 19 4runner no sun roof

[@etrailer]

You can either use the Medium OffGrid in the video or the large version found here www.etrailer.com/Roof-Basket/Yakima/Y07138-08.html which we have confirmed will fit with Yakima. This measures 62" long x 40" wide but you can remove the extension piece if you need the smaller 44" long x 40" wide basket.

[@jferreira414]

can i put a sky box on top of this basket?

[@etrailer]

The Yakima sky box attaches to roof rack crossbars and so does the roof basket. You will not be able to use both at the same time.

[@alphaindustrialsupply]

Any photos of these on a Subaru Ascent?

[@etrailer]

We have not put this specific rack on a Subaru Ascent, but we have put it on a Subaru Outback Wagon and it fit great! www.etrailer.com/tv-review-yakima-roof-basket-2017-subaru-outback-wagon-y07138.aspx www.etrailer.com/Roof-Basket/Yakima/Y07138.html

[@nabsmartinez19]

I have this same 4Runner can I get the link to exact same setup plz

[@etrailer]

Check out this roof basket in the following link to our website! www.etrailer.com/Roof-Basket/Yakima/Y07138.html