Well I had some angle steel one that was not big enough, too heavy and well it looked like a basket on top. So I decided to build one on my own. I used 3/4" diameter EMT for the bottom and 1/2" EMT for the top ring. I think it turned out good, I also welded in some flat steel for the light mounts and made a custom 3/16" and 1/4" tire mount for the spare. Here are the pics

Started with this sorry it is not step by step.


Next all the frame was done and I tried out some paint, used rustoleum bedliner, bonded with the galvanized very well


after all that I would grind down the tube to accommodate some flat 3/16" steel to mount the front lights, I did not want any tabs sticking out for the front so I just welded in some flat to the round bar.




Then was the rear tabs which I did have steel sticking out, I am going to mount some of the KC flood/reverse lights back there.


Last was the Tire mount, I used some 1/4" thick steel and mounted wheel studs in them and welded them in, then used two pieces of flat steel to mount between the bars for strength then mounted two pieces of angle to the two flat steel. Then the flat 1/4" was mounted to the two pieces of angle. Here that is


Here are the rest, more will come as well, I am building my own gutter mounts (using a 6 point).

 

That's fantastic. Nice welds.

Just need some mounts on the sides for more "goodies" like the jack, shovel, bar-b-que ... communication devices .... you know, the basics.

 

HAHAHA, yeah I am gonna get the hilift soon and mount that on the side and the BBQ and gas can will be mounted on the rear bumper... of course the satellite dish will go on the roof, LOL, thanks man for the kind words.

 

Great welds, I never have good welds with galvanized unless I grind the galvanize off first. Nice design with the sloping front to clear the lights.

 

thanks man, yeah galvanized is a little tough and it took some practice.

 

Thats a sweet looking rack!

 

I like those light mounting tabs.

 

Great job!!!

I'd really like to see the finished product,
so keep us posted!

 

Thanks, I was gonna finish it this weekend but something came up and I could not finish it, I got a lot of work to do this week at work so I will finish it up this weekend.

 

well due to some family issues I wont be able to finish it till next weekend. UGHH.. I did end up ordering JCR gutter mounts, got 6 since I will have the spare up there and who knows what else.

 

Man it sucks, ordered my gutter mounts thursday of last week and they will not be here till monday... Kind of a BS story, love how I got smoke blown up my ****.

 

got the gutter mounts today, kind of late since I had a pretty big expedition this weekend that I had to leave a lot of my gear at home because I had to put my spare in the back.

 

Nice rack!

I am going to make one in the next couple weeks

 

haha welding galvanized creates gasses, txcherokee what wheels are you running? Im jelous

 

Nice looking roof rack so far. Keep us updated. I'm going to copy your idea to an extent I think. Exeptak the rack just a little lower profile. Same concept though I guess as any emt roofrack. I really like the slope in the from also.