Roof Basket
hey guys, I'm planning ahead coz were going away for about a week, so i thought i might need a storage place for some gear.
was thinking about getting this
http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/online-store/products/PRORACK-ROOF-BASK...
but i need a way to fix it to the bars that i already have on mine...
im think of buying the square steel pipe to use as cross beams,fixing the basket to them and bolting the whole thing down
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i was also going to buy this
http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/online-store/products/SCA-LUGGAGE-NET-1...
tell me what you guys think...
ESPECIALLY ABOUT HOW TO FIX IT TO THE EXISTING BARS
roof basket
A friend of mine have lended one for me. I ended up buying an extra set of cross bar to go across as the base of the basket was flexing in the middle and getting close to touch the roof (too close to my taste anyway!). On his Suzuki sierra, he used to put a piece of foam between the basket and the roof. At the time I used some small piece of hardwood to match the inside angle of the existing bar (close to 90° angle) and some U bolt. I now have a Thule pod.
Happy io, and have a good holidays
here they are
hers the link to my build thread as i posted pics of my completed basket on there instead...
I think the links you\\\\\\\'ve
I think the links you've posted look good and I think these kind of roof baskets are really comfortable. I have one as well for transporting all the various sports gear and the serenta hampers when I go for holidays. It's practical to have a good roof basket for this kind of cases. You never know when you will need it!
I ordered this about a week ago
After hesitating for many months I ordered the Rage Powersports basket shown above - 39" wide x 43½" long x 6" high with a 150lb weight limit - these are available with a fairing (or wind deflector) which I did not order, as I figure I can make my own at significantly lower cost
The hesitation is caused by the fact that it needs to be shipped from the US to Guyana - in order to save on the shipping, smaller stuff goes to my sister in Florida and then comes over with whoever's travelling next, but roof baskets are a little too large to be packed in a suitcase, and require different arrangements - I'll be in the US on Wednesday and was going to have a freight consolidator ship it over, but I got lucky, I just found out that a friend is packing a container, so I all I need to do is drop it off at his place, and in a couple of weeks it'll be in Guyana.
Edit
After a number of attempts to both link to an image and to upload the image, I've given up - if you're sufficiently curious you can use Google, the model number is RB-DLX-V2.
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maybe this is a better
maybe this is a better idea.
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Roof-Rack-Ford-Freestyle/
does anyone have any ideas of how to neaten it up a bit...
i plan on painting it but any other ideas
maybe by using a U-Bracket similar to this instead of U-Bolts
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