Roof Rack Pics

spencevans · **Posted:** Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:10 pm

I want to some pics of the tent on top Respectmylibertay.

Big D · **Joined:** Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:08 pm **Posts:** 349

Just be carefull with the plastic roof rail mounting points. I don't think they can handle that much on the road.

RespectMyLibertay · **Posted:** Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:57 am

I never had more than 300 pounds up there, and I always spread all the cargo out evenly. I want to be able to carry 500, since that's what the rack is rated for, but we need someone to fab :twisted:

steel roof-top hardware for serious rack mounting points. I've already seen one take on the idea, but it wasn't very long. I'd really dig something that ran the length of the roof-top so as to accomodate my oversize Garvin.

Gris · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:05 am

Here's some pics of something inbetween. Not as huge as Respect's but big enough for a LOT of stuff...

lots of pics of the thing on my site...

http://jeep.allgris.com

Respect, conder what I did to mount it...

I made 1/4 steel plates drilled and cut to fit into the same nutzerts that the stock rails bolted to. Then I welded 1/2 blackpipe to the plates.

The rack itself is made of 3/4 electrical conduit. I welded 4 "sleeves" onto the rack. The 1/2 black pipe just fits inside the 3/4 stuff I made the rack out of and holds it nice and snug.

I welded the 1/2 blackpipe to the plates with a very slight angle on one of the plates. When I looses one of the mounting plates, it lets the angle piece sit straight up and the rack just slides right off. when you tighten that plate down, it forces the 1/2" to wedge against the sleeve so tightly the rack can't move.

I drilled some small 1/8" holes straight through the sleeve and post to hold a cotter pin. The pins hold no weight, just there for safety.

I can take it off or put it on in less than 5 minutes by myself. total weight is about 30 lbs.

so far, the most weight I ever had up there was about 20 2x4s in the bottom and 10 sheets of plywood on top. What's that? maybe 200lb? not sure.

That was moving.

It actually held a lot more than that a few times. I cut a sheet of plywood to drop in. Wife and I sit up there when we go to the drive in.

csukoh78 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:34 pm **Posts:** 501

Those Moab rims just look so frickin good on Liberties. I just wish I could decide what tire I want on my rims

callaway · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:57 pm

csukoh78 wrote:

riptricket wrote:

is the black widow pretty stout? or does it feel as if it is a little bit flimsy?

The thing is really solid. I just carried over 100 lbs of firewood up there, a tent, a tool box, folding chairs and a small cooler no problem. We were shaking them up really good at Mammoth Cave. Its light too, only 25lbs

I'll second the black widow.
All this junk (Cooler, 4 folding chairs, 2 air mattresses, 3 big tarps, 2 tents, 4 sleeping bags, 2 foam sleeping rolls, 1 bag of clothes, Collapsible camp grill, bag of misc camping stuff) + a hi lift mounted on the side, lived on the roof for a 2400 mile trip I made last week.

packed...

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