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Homemade rack

v8eater
December 14, 2009
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Checking all before finish welding.  Also setting mount heights.
Checking all before finish welding. Also setting mount heights.
0 2009/12/14 13:55:46 v8eater
Checking all before finish welding.
Checking all before finish welding.
0 2009/12/14 13:55:46 v8eater
Checking all before finish welding.  Also setting mount heights.
Checking all before finish welding. Also setting mount heights.
0 2009/12/14 13:55:46 v8eater
Finished rack after spraying with bedliner and mounting lights.  Still have to finish running wire inside and wire switches for lights.
Finished rack after spraying with bedliner and mounting lights. Still have to finish running wire inside and wire switches for lights.
0 2010/01/21 08:08:55 v8eater
Finished rack after spraying with bedliner and mounting lights.  Still have to finish running wire inside and wire switches for lights.
Finished rack after spraying with bedliner and mounting lights. Still have to finish running wire inside and wire switches for lights.
0 2010/01/21 08:08:55 v8eater
Finished rack after spraying with bedliner and mounting lights.  Still have to finish running wire inside and wire switches for lights.
Finished rack after spraying with bedliner and mounting lights. Still have to finish running wire inside and wire switches for lights.
0 2010/01/21 08:08:55 v8eater
Front with lights wired to run either two outside, two inside, or all four.
Front with lights wired to run either two outside, two inside, or all four.
0 2010/01/21 08:08:55 v8eater
Top facing forward.  Rack actually is about 3/8 of an inch off top of roof in center.  Roof is not flat.
Top facing forward. Rack actually is about 3/8 of an inch off top of roof in center. Roof is not flat.
0 2010/01/21 08:08:55 v8eater
Rack mount as viewed from the passenger side.  I kept the small tie-downs just in case I needed tie down something through the rack.
Rack mount as viewed from the passenger side. I kept the small tie-downs just in case I needed tie down something through the rack.
0 2010/01/21 08:11:09 v8eater
I made some longer and thicker T-slots that are twice as thick and three times as long as the stock ones.
I made some longer and thicker T-slots that are twice as thick and three times as long as the stock ones.
0 2010/01/21 08:11:09 v8eater
Plenty of room to tighten the bolts even at the shortest center rack mount.
Plenty of room to tighten the bolts even at the shortest center rack mount.
0 2010/01/21 08:11:09 v8eater
I made some longer and thicker T-slots that are twice as thick and three times as long as the stock ones.
I made some longer and thicker T-slots that are twice as thick and three times as long as the stock ones.
0 2010/01/21 08:11:09 v8eater
Tack welding and fitting rack.
Tack welding and fitting rack.
0 2010/01/21 08:11:09 v8eater
Set-up I used to notch tube ends.
Set-up I used to notch tube ends.
0 2010/01/21 08:12:59 v8eater
Bridgeport Knee Mill set-up I used to notch tube ends.
Bridgeport Knee Mill set-up I used to notch tube ends.
0 2010/01/21 08:12:59 v8eater
Back of rack with Utility/Back up lights.
Back of rack with Utility/Back up lights.
0 2010/01/22 06:20:49 v8eater

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