jowint

Here's my rendition of a roof rack.
It took me two nights after work and the better part of today to finish it up- had lot's of fun except the materials were not cheap.

It's 48"x48" top and 51"x48" bottom.

1" square mild steel tubing, and welds are from a lincoln 110 flux core mig.

Paint is Roll bar/ nerf bar rattle can paint by HVT.

I did not want to weld the rack to the rain gutter mounts so I ended up using some 1-1/2" exhaust clamps to clamp the rack to the brackets- they worked out pretty good.

I will be stuffing it full with three climbing tree stands this weekend for a hunting trip with my bud's.

JerrytheJeep

Why wouldn't you want to weld it? Looks pretty solid though, good job

jowint

I got tired of welding and already had it painted. LOL.

Plus I will be building a ladder rack and this can be easily removed/ swapped.

JerrytheJeep

Sounds good, where are you gonna put your ladder? I gotta get onto making a rack myself, I've had drawings laid all around for the past month or so...

cosmo11

where did you get the gutter clamps

jowint

http://www.offroadunlimited.com/orus...dproduct=21363

JerrytheJeep

60 bucks for clamps? Jeez, how thick is the metal? I'll make some in metal shop haha

Agent_Oragnge

all great inforamtion he could have used BEFORE HE BOUGHT THE CLAMPS. ( in my best adam sandler impression)

jowint

I love Adam Sandler, but my Wife can't stand him-dunno why ha, ha.

Anyways I'm ready for the hunt this weekend and already put some scratches on my new roof rack paint-oh well if you're gonna use it, use it.

Not a big deal but you can see the wood cage I added to the hitch basket years ago.
Had I had my welder back then I most likely would have used steel.



I hope to see the monster buck I saw last weekend.

Marks2000XJ

Where did you get the 1" square tubing from and how much did it cost? Do they have 1" round tubing? I need a short piece to make a light bar for my front bumper.

Michigan man

looks sweet dude,