Anchoring Pelican Cases... other than a strap?

[Rezarf <><]

I have seen the Caribou Cargo system. It is a nice design that I might consider.

I was wondering what some of you have done to secure Pelican cases that don't use a strap or at least do not prohibit the opening of the lid in the "secured" position.

Thanks, I am looking at making some cases work in the rear of my FJ40 that I have aquired over the past few weeks.

Really, any suggestions around making the pelican cases more accesible while secure would be great.

 

[trump]

I was going to start using turnbuckles securing it down by the side handles, but never got that far. You might want to look into that route.

 

[Karma]

HI,
I devised a clamping system for my four Pelicans on my roof rack. They work super well. But, I don't think they would work inside a vehicle where you are clamping to the floor.

Sparky

 

[Rezarf <><]

Sparky, I'd like to see what you've come up with. Thanks!

 

[mhiscox]

James Roy (Trail Monkey) designed a very secure and trick securing system created for the four Pelican cases he put on the roof of the ex-Expeditions West Tacoma:


James Roy's photo

The fore/aft metal straps lock on to the front and rear rack rails and then lock into place when the disc lock is put through the center. A very nice piece of work and totally secure, and the same sort of fab work could be done for cases on the rear. But the straps do have to be removed to open the cases. On my Sprinter's roof rack, the problem was solved by drilling through the bottom of the cases and bracketing them to the roof rack, which lets them open by just unlatching the cases.

But probably the more relevant examples would be where I drilled some holes through the case to the case to attach threaded isolation bushings, and then attached the bushings firmly to something on the truck. I did this with the grey Storm Case on the rear of the Sprinter



and on the rear of the XV-JP (hidden under the Trasharoo)

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On the Jeep, the hole pattern was drilled and the bushings chosen to thread into the holes in the rear from the Wrangler's stock spare tire carrier. Works great.

 

[Rezarf <><]

Thanks Mike, I like what you have done with the rear box on the jeep. I have considered something similar on my rear tire carrier. Got a lead on the isolators you are talking about? I was considering just drilling a few holes and using some rubber backed washers to keep the box dry.

Anymore info on Trail Monkey's setup? I searched around but didn't find anything on it. Thanks!

Great looking rigs BTW.

 

[Karma]

HI Drew,
After we PM'ed I remembered some pics. Here is a sample.

Sparky

 

[mhiscox]

More on James's roof rack mods here:

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/18607.

I'll try to track down the isolation bushings and post up a link. They are a better way to go on the rear, as they provide a gap to keep the case away from the sheet metal and paint.

Thanks for the compliment on the trucks.

Mike

 

[mhiscox]

Well, I couldn't figure out exactly where I got my mounts, but you can turn up a whole bunch of them with a search for "rubber isolation mount."

As an example, there's about a million choices here:

http://www.sdp-si.com/estore/CoverPg/Vibration.htm

You're looking for something that looks like this:



Good luck.

 

[762X39]

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Up here you can order those from Spaenur (in Kitchener I think).

 

[Rezarf <><]

Sparky, that looks great, I can see the unistrut ends poking out. Great idea and execution! Hope your back gets feeling better, thanks for the pic!

 

[Rezarf <><]

Thanks for taking the time Mike. I appreciate it.