With Yakima RibCage, Jeep Wranglers can off-road with a heavy load

Taking your Jeep Wrangler to a desolate, off-road destination these days doesn’t necessarily mean leaving behind the accouterments of civilization. Yakima wants to help you haul it along.

Yakima's RibCage rooftop track systems for the Wrangler’s JL 4-door hardtop and the Wrangler JK models, each retailing for $600, are designed not so much as add-ons as they’re meant to be integrated with the vehicles.

According to Yakima, the cargo equipment company based in the Pacific Northwest, these heavy-duty, externally mounted track systems can negotiate dicey off-roads carrying up to 330 pounds of gear in dynamic loads, and up to 825 pounds of static loads.