Homemade Roofracks.

[Craigwhitton]

Thanks Mark!

Yes it does -- it disconnects at the light bar and folds on the bushings right near where the tub meets the hardtop. It's nit a functionality I use/need as the freedom panels come off as is but it's nice to have the flexibility if I ever go to a softop.

[JacksonRally]

Here is mine, I made it for my Subaru. I made it from 1'' x .095'' steel tubing and welded it to the roof (yes I know how to do this properly)

Here it is almost done. I finished it off a 3 piece bolt on aluminum floor. Im running 4 Hella 500s and have tabs for rear aux lights, cb, and buggy type whip.









Action shots!

[bobDog]

Here is mine, I made it for my Subaru. I made it from 1'' x .095'' steel tubing and welded it to the roof (yes I know how to do this properly)

Here it is almost done. I finished it off a 3 piece bolt on aluminum floor. Im running 4 Hella 500s and have tabs for rear aux lights, cb, and buggy type whip.









Action shots!

Very nice rack!!!


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[redveloce]

Not homemade, but you could call it homemodified. I welded the front uprights on the Kargo Master Congo Cage, then eliminated the upper front bar on the Bushman rack. Removing the upper bar lowered noise levels considerably. The lower bar is out of the windshield airflow, but there was no way to get the upper and lower bars both out of the wind. The limb risers are easily removable with wing nuts on the fender mounts, and hooks on the rack end. I don't have any close ups, because I'm teaching myself to weld and my welds are very ugly!

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[theksmith]

just recently posted a thread about my customizations to a Rola basket: http://www.expeditionportal.com/foru...ad.php?t=34715

i think starting with the Rola cost about the same as I could have built the actual basket for, and then i just needed to provide more secure roof mounting and some accessory mounts.

this was done in 2009 and i had my first issue start to surface with it now (2012). one of the nutserts in the roof that it screws into started to come loose and so the rack was making a creaking sound when i would hit big potholes (because it could flex just a bit off the roofline).

i just took the rack off today and i'm going to add more nutserts to better distribute the load. i originally only used the 5 factory mounting points on each side, which are unevenly spaced and left a long un-attached gap. i'm going to add 3, maybe 4 more per side to remedy this.

also there is some rust on the bottom of the rack rails and the the roof-line where they sit together, nothing major, just going to rattle can it with a rust primer first and then the body matched coat.

[Containerized]

theksmith: What hatchet is that?

[LaOutbackTrail]

Looks like a Gerber axe, to me.

[theksmith]

yes it's a gerber axe, which i believe is actually made by fiskars

[Texan1983]

mine... not pretty but works.

[6x6pinz]

I went with something really light and capable of getting me off the ground. I have 2.5" alder wood slats that I bundle and lay flat inside the rack when I want to sleep off the ground. The rack and its brackets weighed in at just under 70#'s. The ladder stores under the rack and can be placed anywhere along the sides or back of rack. The front portion is no longer on the truck. It was a little too small for my needs.