Roof rack ideas...
Ok so here are some simple drawings of how I'd like to mount it. Ha and sorry it took so long to add the pics, took a little while to freehand em...
Had to freehand em? Have you ever done any work on ceilings of chapels?
I think your design will work well, but you should re-draw my rear bumper design just so others might get a better look at my idea...I cheated and used Visio
Thats actually not a bad idea... ill look into that after i get the tubing. Which leads to another question. I was debating between 1/2", 3/4", and 1" pipe, roughly schedule 40 maybe less. I wana keep it kinda lightweight since the toolbox I made kinda weighs like 125lbs... I cant have it saggin.... haha so please enlighten me on tubing materials I should use...
I plan on building my own. One of the things that I plan to have is a steel tube design and then cover it with a steel mesh like in the pic. I also want to have a top made of the same material that I can place over the top and lock into place. That way if I want to leave gear in it and go for a day hike or overnight away from the jeep everything will be secure. It also is where I can keep food if we are camping in the woods where bears won't be able to get at it.
bdunnam:
Go to a metal supply house in your area & look. 3/4" tubing will hold most anything you would want to have on the roof......Schedule 40 is water pipe and is a rough exterior finish and would be my last choice.
DOM tubing is a better choice and comes in all the sizes you listed and is sold by the outside (OD) diameter and Inside (ID) diameter which makes for a better choice of wall thickness and weight. If your handy even Aluminum or Stainless tubing could be a choice and can be found used at metal recycle / salvage houses.
Well I do intend to look, DOM is kinda scarce and hard to come by here in north mississippi... Especially for broke college students... haha Im gona see what I can come up with, the closest metal place is 25 min from my town, and I know they dont carry DOM tubing. But I was on Fastenal's website the other day and saw something about tubing, so I'm gona go the store in town and see what they can get... DOM would be nice, but the closest place to get it is 1hr 45min away... Worst case scenario I know some folks that work in SMS metal management scrapyards and ill see what they can scrounge up...
I plan on building my own. One of the things that I plan to have is a steel tube design and then cover it with a steel mesh like in the pic. I also want to have a top made of the same material that I can place over the top and lock into place. That way if I want to leave gear in it and go for a day hike or overnight away from the jeep everything will be secure. It also is where I can keep food if we are camping in the woods where bears won't be able to get at it.
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