how do you have it secured? mine cant hold any weight without bouncing or shifting on the stock rails.

 

could you post pics of the mounts themselves, lookin for ways to stabilize my rack.

 

Well it's not 100% done yet, but I'm going to have straps with an isolating pad between the strap and the rail made of this truck bed cover pad stuff I got at the hardware store. Then just have a bolt on either side of the strap. That was just a mock-up so I could weld on the front mounting bits. I need just a bit more metal to finish the last two straps, then prep and paint it before I can put the isolating pads on.

 

I'm not positive but they look like the JCR gutter mounts. I have the same setup on mine. Works very well.

 

If you have stock roof bars then just U-bolt it to those. That's what I did. It's better than spending 50 bucks on the gutter mounts. I spent about 7 bucks at Home Depot.

 

Actually, it's not better. Gutter mounts will carry more weight then the stock rack.

 

I think the weak point of the stock rack would be the cross-bars.

 

I have a full size spare, and hi-lift up top. That thing isn't going anywhere. I haven't had any problems with it shifting/moving.

 

I have the flu, but will get pics later.

 

I like it. I think I'm going to try to make one this summer after I freshen up my welding that it haha. Why kind of welder did you use? a tig?

 

We used a mig 110

 

Mig 220

 

I was inspired yesterday. Watching this post i went and spend 170 in steel. Went a little thicker walled also bought some 1/2 inch for other projects. Real simple after 2 hours i had the base all done. just need to work on the upper and pointing tabs. Might just order them.

 

Mocked up for a couple days of test driving. Obviously needs to be painted, and I still need to find somewhere to get some mesh.



Here's the mounting hardware.

 

the one i just made i took off the stock luggage bars. welded 1 1/2 inch spacers to the bottom of the rack bought longer bolts and used the metel tabs inside the track to mount mine. if i wanted to i could move mine back and forth a little bit each way