zman32006

ok this is what I started out with so far...

these were scaffolding rails that some nice person decided to put into a dumpster for me to grab

zman32006

I then cut off the ends to make tubing...

zman32006

tried to bend it with a conduit bender and ended up bending the bender haha

zman32006

I tried to use my torch to heat up the pipe so I could bend it but low and behold my tank is empty. just my luck haha so I improvised and cut 45 degree angles on each end of the pipe.


I just need some type of triangle like brace right there to weld to. any ideas guys?

Hommersimpson

well ? update? can you straiten out bender and put another pipe on outside or inside .. beaf it up ?

zman32006

By the way here is every piece cut out and ready to weld minus the triangle like brackets I need. and Im gonna coat it in herculiner. I have some left over after I did my floors in my jeep.




The outside pieces are the top part of the rack and the inside pieces are the base.

zman32006

I was gonna use my torch to heat the pipe up to bend it easier, but its out of gas and im out of money till friday. This scaffolding is a lot stronger than thin wall conduit I realized so I improvised which I explained in other pictures

tannerp89

get some 2" flat bar and make traingles to weld on the top and bottom of the tube. will give you a flat surface to mount a post in the corner as well.

zman32006

That sounds like a good idea I think I'll do that, thanks! I dont know why I didnt think of that...

zman32006

So I know its been like 6 moths since I first started this thread but I finally got around to finishing this dang thing. I got a welder for my birthday in August and ended up cutting the 45s off and just butting the ends together. and this is how it turned out after I painted it with herculiner.



Here are some with it mounted...

ProudXjOwner

Looks good. Is that zip ties holding it on?

krawlthis

man looks good and it was free material. sweet. i have a chance to get my hands on about 500 ft of fence posts. do u think i could use it for a rack. i have been debating on if i should take some cuz i cant really think of any thing to use it for till now.

zman32006

ahahahah yeah it was at first because I wanted to see how it looked and felt up there. but then I put the floor on it and now u-bolts hold it on. Ill prolly get some gutter mounts or make some soon. Its tough and rugged with it being on the stock rails but I want that added security lol

zman32006

yeah cant beat free material. all in all I think I spent like $20 on it mayb if that. Oh yeah that would work well. most people on here make there's out of Conduit and I found out that stuff is pretty weak. so you should be good with fencing rails. you can bend them or just butt them like I did.

krawlthis

awesome. ill probly just copy your design i love it. mine will probly be a little higher due to 2" post. but it looks solid. what do u have in mind for gutter mounts?