roof rack

[59bisquik]

Here is the only pic I really have of the roof rack. It is as low slung as possible and also designed it to protect the rear windows. Its made from .60 wall 3/4" tubing. The lowest bar is solid and braced with the crossbars to act as a tree slider. It is very light weight otherwise and never carried more that 150 lbs or so. Originally I was gonna throw my little yamaha generator up there too!

 

[straycat]

It does look cool!! I would move it forward a foot. My rack was mounted closer to the rear of the doors to distribute the weight more. Maybe that is the cause? Not sure but it could be. Better shocks?...lol

 

[59bisquik]

Moving it forward might help distribute the weight better. I guess it would be trial and error. But after that, I am pretty set on building an offroad trailer sporting 35's. I can carry alot more gear and dont have to get on the roof!

As for shocks... I doubt its my Fox shocks!

 

[4.0B2]

off road trailers are the way to go... maybe even a rooftop tent lol, i'm dreaming big!

 

[59bisquik]

I might not get it right away, but the rooftop tent to mount on the trailer is on the list!!

I am thinking of something like this one...but with a hardtop to mount the tent on.

 

[4.0B2]

i'm gonna make one, eventually... i got to much going on right now with the bumpers and axle swaps.. but all good. lol. i'm gonna just throw some treadwrights on the trailer. but i'm still doing a roof rack, even if i don't use it a lot. i love the look of them and the options to mount lights and all that suff

 

[straycat]

I might not get it right away, but the rooftop tent to mount on the trailer is on the list!!

I am thinking of something like this one...but with a hardtop to mount the tent on.

That's looks like my old trailer I had some time back!!!! I had KO 33's on it to match my Ranger's KO tires. It was just to shiny for some of my friends..but I liked it. I built a flip top out of diamond plate to match the outer trim. I gave it away one day to some folks that lived near us. They had lost their home to a fire and lost all their pets. But they still had each other and a trailer to put stuff in to get them back to California.

 

[feellnfroggy]

Go to the autoparts section of the Knoxville, TN craigslist. There is a company here making them damn cheap. I think 200 for a rack. FUlly welded.