Homemade Roofracks.

[jesusgatos]

Lots of nice racks. This is the roof-rack / cabover rack that I've built for Mah Deuce. It's not finished yet, but will eventually be fully enclosed over the cab, and will have solar panels and a rooftop patio with fold-up guard-rails and an easy-up-type awning on top of the box. It's made out of 2" x .120-wall HREW tubing and 16g sheetmetal. Designed the sheetmetal parts in SolidWorks and then had all the pieces laser-cut. Went together pretty easily for such a big assembly.

 

[BigAl]

did you butt weld the expanded metal in? looks really cool but i can't figure how you did it

 

[evldave]

A few roof racks I've made over the years...

Now on my Hummer, selling that and getting a newer Suburban, already looking forward to building the rack for that! (would be my 7th roof rack...2 for the Cherokee, 2 for the old Sub, 1 for the Hummer, and one for a friend's truck). Yay! I love building roof racks!

 

[Desert Dan]

evldave

I thought I carried alot of stuff on my H3

what year Suburban are you thinking of?

 

[evldave]

evldave

I thought I carried alot of stuff on my H3

what year Suburban are you thinking of?

hehe that was a light load, didn't include rocketbox, sea kayak or mtn bikes (all of which can fit at the same time)...needless to say, I've got a M416 trailer I'm in the process of fixing up (it'll have a rack, of course)...too much crap up top

Currently looking 2003-2006 Suburban...I like the newer interiors and on longer trips it's a lot more comfortable to have leather, DVD, etc...somehow I went from total minimalist to glamping in what seems like no time at all lol

 

[4307]

did you butt weld the expanded metal in? looks really cool but i can't figure how you did it

I took my sweet time and welded a Double-V butt weld.... Bottom right example....

The expanded steel was cut to fit the inside edge of the angle iron frame.
I welded both sides (top and bottom), welding the expanded steel to the angle iron, then a once over with a grinder.

 

[Rev]

I did not build this rack. But the guy who did, Dephep, built one for himself, and the next thing you know he is making them in his garage for a dozen people. He built this one custom for me.

 

[TRDFAN]

cool idea's REV. I like the hi-lift mount. Also wondering how you are doing your wiring for all those lights?! I plan on doing lights on the sides as well, can't wait to see how yours turns out.

 

[R_Lefebvre]

Rev, can you show some more pictures of the rack? I think I really like that, but it's hard to see the rack itself. I've been wanting to build a rack that works with the factory 2.5" tubes on my Land Rover, similar to what you have.

 

[SafariPacific]

Here's my first roof rack. Held at least 200lbs at any given time.

 

[BigAl]

I took my sweet time and welded a Double-V butt weld.... Bottom right example....

The expanded steel was cut to fit the inside edge of the angle iron frame.
I welded both sides (top and bottom), welding the expanded steel to the angle iron, then a once over with a grinder.

:ylsmoke:Nice

 

[UK4X4]

wind deflector added as it hummed way too much

 

[Box Rocket]

Forgot I had this one on my old '85 pickup. It was welded directly to the roll cage. The rear part of the cage however was removable. The main hoop directly behind the cab was welded to the flatbed with tabs across the top where the runners and rear hoop portion were attached. By removing the rear part of the cage/rack, I could still have an open flat deck to carry larger objects if necessary.

Simple 1" tube for the rack with expanded metal floor.

This photo shows the attachment point for the rear of the cage. You can see the mounts on the main hoop and also the bottom of the rear legs that unbolted from the flatbed.

 

[Every Miles A Memory]

That's a pretty slick set-up Adam!!

 

[cruiseroutfit]

I loved that truck. You were building that rack at the old shop when I was finishing my Cruiser