first attempt roof rack

[Bergger]

Looks great! I wish I had the skills to do that.

 

[BajaTaco]

Nice! Give yourself a pat on the back, it looks great.

 

[LUISJG]

thanks guys, im preety exited about the rack,,never welded before so im amazed, now im thinking about gas tank carrier....:wings:

 

[OverlandZJ]

Really does look good....and you have the right to brag..."i made that" which is priceless. Congrats.

Now...if i can only settle on a design for my rear bumper swingaway...and fab it up myself i'd be in your league.

And your rig has come a long way in a short time...i dig that.:bowdown:

 

[p1michaud]

Tres cool!

thanks guys, im preety exited about the rack,,never welded before so im amazed, now im thinking about gas tank carrier....:wings:

Wow, that came out great. Do you have any idea on how heavy it is?
Cheers:beer: ,
P

 

[G35Vortec454]

LuisJG

Very good looking rack!!! Congratulations.

I'm interested to know if you hear it (wind hitting the rack) when you're driving above 60mph.

Also, what's the weight of the whole rack?

 

[LUISJG]

well no ,, i was afraid i was going to have wind noise but believe it or not i have cero noise,, I got lucky i guess.
the weight i dont know but is light .

here are more pictures http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2184&page=4

 

[G35Vortec454]

My homemade rack

Only 35 lbs. but very noisy - wind noise.

 

[dieselcruiserhead]

I don't think the milk thing is practiced much anymore, but they used to believe it helped.

I would grind as much of the galvinizing off as you can and have a fan blowing it away from you- it is actually dangerous to your health.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_McCandless

I don't get this reference.. What about Christopger McCandless has to do with welding to galvanizing, "stupidity?"

 

[robert]

I just noticed that- I must have had that link in my "right click, copy" thing when I was trying to post a link about breathing zinc fumes from welding. Thinking back, I vaguely remember a discussion on him in another forum so that must have been it.

I added a generic zinc and your health type link to my other post.

I'm just going to chalk it up to one of these
:beer: