Making A Roof Rack Basket

165 pounds the xtray pro is a rooftop cargo basket that offers extra carrying capacity to your roof rack for luggage and other gear including up to two bicycles.

Making a roof rack basket.

Pvc roof rack. 50 ft of 3 4 inch schedule 40 sprinkler pipe 20 3 4 t connectors 8 3 4 pipe to 1 2. I ve always wanted a roof rack for my land cruiser but the commercially available options didn t fit my needs so i made a custom one come see how. To attach the.

The roof rack roof basket wil. Making adjustments is actually very easy. Cut the channel into lengths. Lift your spirits with funny jokes trending memes entertaining gifs inspiring stories viral videos and so much more.

Discover the magic of the internet at imgur a community powered entertainment destination. In this video i show the first part of my custom roof rack build. My 4x4 needed a roof rack so i built one. If you have factory roof racks that run from front to back you can build your own steel crossmembers using one inch square tubing cut to size and secured to the factory racks using carriage bolts.

You may opt to adjust the mount by pulling a strap tightening an allen screw or turning a knob. Homemade roof rack with accessories step 1. Specifications at a glance. Using a flat head screw driver assemble the roof rails to the top of the car by sxrewing the side rails and the cross bars together.

57 x 44 5 x 5 9 inches carrying capacity. After a couple of hours of looking at what lowes had to offer i chose these. Avoid drilling too deep into the roof of the car. In the companion instructable i used re purposed oak from shipping platforms that.

These four aluminum blocks will be the base points of the rack. Hanahou7 jan 29 2020 5. Expose the bolt holes. Firstly the idea to do this came from terribly overpriced roof racks.

Do you know how high the sides are. Would you be able to mount monkey fists to mount a shovel and axe. You have to adjust a specialty mount that is attached to the base roof rack such as mounting points of cargo carriers bike racks and roof baskets. Ensure that the roof rack is in position and properly adjusted leaving good space at the centre.