Hey everybody I am wondering if anybody out there has ever tried or even considered making a roof cargo basket out of metal grocery cart material?

I am thinking of cutting up the grocery carts (maybe 2 or 3) keeping just the actual basket parts and then using various sections of that metal welded back together using some measurements I got from actual manufactured baskets.

Has anyone done this or is there any reason why this would not work?

As far as I know if I am just picking up stray carts found in alleys and abandoned on the streets I am not stealing them so no legal issues should be involved. Also some of the scrap yards around me usually have some they will sell for very cheap/scrap value if I can't find any stray carts.

Please let me know your thoughts, thanks!

 

Remove the identifying marks and you should be good to go. I've used shopping carts for several projects. For the price, they're almost always the right material to work with

 

PM or look at 96xj's rack. He used shelving material, it is a little heavier than shopping cart stuff, but same basic idea, and it turned out pretty good.

 

this is 96_xjs post, its a great mod
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f58/ro...fferent-40153/