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Spent the morning @ Custom Trailer Mfg. in Coombs watching Chris size/mount deltron's new roof basket.
Chris has been welding aluminum for 10 years and makes all Custom's baskets, super friendly guy.
he worked from drawings I gave, except that he modified the wind faring by boxing it in.
and used a prefab piece of aluminum for the corners which adds strength and looks slick.

I'll be adding a home made awning and strapping down a 6'x8" abs pipe as well.

heres another story with the pics to go with it:
deltrons rear hatch doesnt stay up anymore,
here is a solution in lieu of expensive new struts
Chris welded it up out of scrap and threw it in.

Leaving for the summer in 10 days... back out to the shop I go.
colby

Very nice! And a cool and simple solution for droopy door struts.

Wow, that's a nice roof rack! The seams a very clean as well. Looks like a very good place to go for custom fabrication on the island.
Neat detail with the little wind deflector.

What's the price tag?

Very Nice!
Is that the place on the road into Coombs on the right,
before the turn off to Coombs Country Auto?

Right On!

Luna-Sea wrote:Very Nice!
Is that the place on the road into Coombs on the right,
before the turn off to Coombs Country Auto?

Right On!

that's the place, a bunch of aluminum trailers out front
had a highroof l300 exceed rotting away in the back!
also saw a 3 different JDM bush bars in a pile. one was a nice aiba works stainless probably for a pajero.

fexlboi wrote: What's the price tag?

kept it to the triple digits but not by much.

cobsweb wrote:

fexlboi wrote: What's the price tag?

kept it to the triple digits but not by much.

That's what I expected, but for this quality work it's totally worth it.

I wanted to be able to use the rack as a deck for tenting/couching/viewing.
so it was designed with that in mind. the rack itself should hold atleast 600lbs.
its super solid to walk on. I was jumping on it yesterday.
I'm sure 8 towers with this type of rack could easily support more weight than you'd want to drive with.

also the spare tire mount is removable, ie. leaves a completely flat deck.
and inside dimensions are 4'x 8' to make carrying lumber easier.

FalcoColumbarius wrote:Colby, nice hat. In my down the road to-do list is a full scale aluminium rack/deck. I was thinking of using eight towers for weight distribution ~ the idea being having the option of putting table and chairs on the deck and watch the show, &c.. What sort of weight can you get into your basket with six towers? Would you feel comfortable using your basket as an observation deck? It looks pretty skookum!

Cheers!

Falco.

Very very nice job!