Been laid off for a little over a month now, in my free time i started cleaning my garage and came across some steel i had laying around. below is the result... at this point in the build i have about $1.00 invested. In case you cant tell, the lower frame is some angle from a heavy duty garage shelf and the round is steel tent poles. vertical supports are also from the shelf unit and are welded in place (hence the $1.00 investment.) I have been running around with it on for a couple days now and it is holding my full size 235 spare tire. For now it is being help on with ratchet straps. will be painting it flat or satin black later this week as well as getting something to attach it more permanent. once i am back to work i will be adding some lights fore and aft. Main purpose is to haul my ice fishing gear like sleds auger and pop up shelter this winter.

 

Heavy duty shelving supports - I know you said you had it laying around, but it does make great sense to use it. The last shelving set I had held 1,000 lbs per shelf, so it would be plenty strong!

 

Not my style but it looks much better than the bed frames on top of some of these guys junk.

 

agreed, and its not wood or PVC.

For random stuff laying around its pretty good!

 

Better then the conduit roof rack to

 

Thanks guys. I have already looked into using new angle and thin wall cold rolled steel tubing that i can bend using a conduit bender and making another one for my dad to mount on his vehicle.

 

Better than what I got laying around!!! All I got is a few old rusty spare parts. Lol

 

The price is right and you got your garage cleaned out... Win Win!
Can't wait to see it painted and mounted.

 

weld it all together and have... One giant old rusty spare part.

 

well, paint may wait a while. we are just to cold around here lately to do it right. I'm not sure how i want to permanently mount it either. I know i am leaving factory cross bars on and i don't want to tie into the gutters either. anyone have pictures of how you mounted yours? i have seen the hose clamp method just want other options to pick from. been running it for a few weeks now just strapped to the roof with a pair of ratchet straps.

 

How about little U bolts?

 

I didnt want to mount to the gutter either but after doin so im happy with how strong it is

 

Yea an old rusty welded up statue of my a man are something man out of all jeep Cherokee parts, and put him siting on the hood of my parts jeep at the road. I bet my land lords would love that!!!

 

call it modern art, give it a funky name, and sell it for a million. Then you wouldn't have landlords

 

Lol easier said than done! Who wants a pile of old junk rusty Cherokee parts? Are even a better question who would pay a million for some old junky rusted parts. Hey they might be junky and rusted but they came in handy a few times as something that'll get me by till new parts came in.