Topper Rack Ideas needed!
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Schattenjager
Expedition Leader
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Heck yeah - Please forward some photos here so we all can take a look at your setup!
I am just about to go to REI and get a Thule or Yakima two bar setup for the topper - then I can I have a custom basket made just like I want it and for a lot less than the $600 for a Yak Basket with extension. The rack will also have other uses too - canoe etc.:ylsmoke:
Heck yeah - Please forward some photos here so we all can take a look at your setup!
I am just about to go to REI and get a Thule or Yakima two bar setup for the topper - then I can I have a custom basket made just like I want it and for a lot less than the $600 for a Yak Basket with extension. The rack will also have other uses too - canoe etc.:ylsmoke:
mountainpete
Spamicus Eliminatus
Just thought I would throw up a few pics of my rack setup. The pics are a couple years old, but the rack hasn't changed (except I have a third crossbar on the cab for carrying a canoe). Personally, I am NOT comfortable with having a tent up there without extra reinforcement of the shell.
Pete
Pete
DenCo40
Adventurer
Rack pics...
Ok here's my shot at some pics. (Taken with my phone) I originally built it for my old regular cab Taco, I liked it so much that I modified it for my DC. I have built several now for people that I know. I am planning on building a new version this summer. But as far as I am concerned anyone can build this....
Ok here's my shot at some pics. (Taken with my phone) I originally built it for my old regular cab Taco, I liked it so much that I modified it for my DC. I have built several now for people that I know. I am planning on building a new version this summer. But as far as I am concerned anyone can build this....
Grim Reaper
Expedition Leader
FYI for the cheap skates like me. The roof rack tracks are cheap items at the Junkyard. Look for 80's and 90's Jeep Cherokee's They have the longest tracks by far. Pretty standard on older Troopers as well but they are not nearly as long. The pictures show the roof tracks on my 88 Suburban. I used A good quality Nutsert to attache them to the body without having to drop the headliner.
The Kargo Master Serengeti had really cheesy gutter mount brackets that were easy to bend. I took some scrap 2 inch x 3/16 stock and fabbed up some brackets that allowed me to keep the rack very tight to the roof.
Got the tracks from $20 from the junkyard (bring TORX bits to get them off the Cherokee think it was a #30).
Few bucks for the Nutserts and stainless bolts I used since I already owned the tool to install them. So I was in buisness for around $30-35 as I recall.
The Kargo Master Serengeti had really cheesy gutter mount brackets that were easy to bend. I took some scrap 2 inch x 3/16 stock and fabbed up some brackets that allowed me to keep the rack very tight to the roof.
Got the tracks from $20 from the junkyard (bring TORX bits to get them off the Cherokee think it was a #30).
Few bucks for the Nutserts and stainless bolts I used since I already owned the tool to install them. So I was in buisness for around $30-35 as I recall.