When I bolt the foot to the casting, there's a slight gap though seems the bolt maybe flexes the foot slightly closer to close the gap a bit. My question is, even after filing the tab locations flat, the entire bottom of the feet is arched slightly such that the center of the bracket where the bolt goes is maybe 1/16" to 1/8" higher than the outer edges. Those tabs must be used for mounting other ways. The feet have little vertical tabs on the outer edges and the instructions say to snap those off and file down any extra raining material. I see some variants of this have the feet mounting to separate little adapter pieces that go in between the feet and the main rooftop cast Al brackets, but my instructions (and lack of those separate little pieces provided in my kit from Northridge 4x4) say to just bolt the feet straight to the castings. I went with the fixed RCL (low clearance) feet, to keep it as low as possible. Old thread, but I'm installing the Rhino Rack Backbone on my JKU, will be using it with 3 heavy duty crossbars to support a RTT (GFC Superlite) and possibly a 270dg awning (Alucab Shadow, probably) eventually. Perhaps not as nimble in town/urban settings as the roof top carrier, the Bantam trailer does offer considerable flexibility along with demanding a higher level of parking skills. I have backed it in plenty of times, to the stop-bar and had the front of the Jeep not stick out as much as the full size pick up next to it, nor the large sedans. Even with the 4' tongue I installed, total overall length will fit pretty close to the length of the usual curb side parking spot, especially if there's an end-zone. In effect the payload is about like a small pick up without the need for another motorized unit/set of wheels. Given there are some down-side to the 'small trailer' solution (as with any choice I've ever seen) the 'ammo trailer' size is convenient and hauls the most load in the smallest package on the market. Nor will the rear-bumper tote rack otherwise a decent solution to some of my needs. I live rurally and have a wide range of stuff needing transport that a roof rack simply won't accommodate. Although I don't have a garage to worry about the headspace for carry racks, after considerable study of options, in my own needs I settled on Bantam trailer for all around service needs.
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