hmm homemade roof rack...
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hmm homemade roof rack...
i would like to make a roof rack for my cherokee im thinking of using square stock has anybody made one out of square stock??
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I'm not sure if your interested in buying a rack, I was thinking about fab too, but I finally found a rack that is cheap enough not to fabricate.... It's a little over 5' long by just under 4' wide, and only $110. I will be buying one soon, but I can't tell you at this time if it is sturdy enough for what you need. At $110 bucks its hard to ignore though, fab is gonna cost you at least half that and 5 times as much work. Just my tc
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i made my own roof rack out of mostly 1/2 inch steel tubing. i have some pictures in my thread. hope this helps.
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f46/19...roading-65867/
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f46/19...roading-65867/
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Really nice roof rack for dirt cheap...60 bucks cheap..
Hey man, I used 1/2 inch rigid conduit tubing and it was very easy to work with and cost dirt cheap at Home Depot. I made the roof rack from start to finish in 1 1/2 days. It ended up turning out really good, and is super strong, I drove it out at ocotillo wells desert for 3 days straight with over 2 hundred pounds of gear in it, and it help up like a champ. I got a video of my jeep on youtube and you can see the roof rack and how awesome it turned out! It only ended up costing me grand totaly of 60 bucks for all the metal and it looks better than the $1300 Gobi roof racks. I have had a million compliments on it. Heres the link to the video.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http:...?v=odqOZKOJpHI .... Hope you figure out what your going to do. Its really nice having the extra gear storage area.
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