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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 01:54 PM
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Default HomeBrew roof basket ?'s

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!
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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 03:46 PM
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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
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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 09:30 PM
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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.
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Old Jul 21, 2010 | 12:02 PM
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this is 96_xjs post, its a great mod
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f58/ro...fferent-40153/
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