Simple Rotopax Roof Rack Mount Build

[ser3nitynow11]

I'm very pleased with how this Rotopax roof rack mount turned out! I'm leaving tomorrow morning w/ my dog on a trip from LA to Chicago. I needed a gas container, so I bought a 3 gal Rotopax w/ the deluxe base mount and had a friend fabricate a roof mount for it. It's a really simple design, and extremely sturdy!

 

[hg1027]

Looks good, I like the way you worked around the curved bars.

Any reason for the gap in the channel under the mount? What you had on the shelf?

 

[krick3tt]

Don't know his reason but it looks to a place for the bolts to be tightened easily. Admire the work, it looks like a champion bit of fabrication. I am curious about vibration, hope the tabs keep that from happening.

 

[ser3nitynow11]

Don't know his reason but it looks to a place for the bolts to be tightened easily. Admire the work, it looks like a champion bit of fabrication. I am curious about vibration, hope the tabs keep that from happening.

So I did end up having to strap the Rotopax down bc I discovered that the wind/vibration was unscrewing the handle on the Rotopax mount bracket... When I get back home, I'm going to have my friend make a cap with brackets inside it to hold the handle in place that will also lock into place somehow on the rack itself to reduce vibration and serve as an anti-theft mechanism