Custom interior racks

[Pugsly]

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Take a look at what I've been working on lately. These are my first custom fab efforts, so please be gentle!

[ISUZUROVER]

Looks good. Can't believe how much weight you have on the roof though. You need a diesel, so you don't need to carry as much fuel.

[Pugsly]

Looks good. Can't believe how much weight you have on the roof though. You need a diesel, so you don't need to carry as much fuel.

Yeah I wish...but it is an expedition vehicle. If I'm just running trails I pull the tanks down, and then my weight up high is the same as if I had the stock rack (which was tubular steel - the roof tent is lighter than the stock rack)

Also, the significant weight down under helps. Lots of underbody plating...

[aloharover]

Looking good.
But yeah that weight on the roof is very scary.
By pull them down, do you mean remove entirely or store inside?

I know many folks are reluctant to store fuel inside a vehicle, but the style cans you are using have a very positive seal. I have the same thing and have never had a leak.

I would move the fridge further back and place the four cans standing up right in that same position, or directly behind the seats.

So are you going to be marketing these items or they were a one-of for yourself?

[Pugsly]

Looking good.
But yeah that weight on the roof is very scary.
It's actually not that bad, like I said without the fuel cans it is less weight on the roof than the stock NAS 110. I've done a lot of Moab with it like this...Monitor and the Merrimac, Seven Mile Rim, parts of 3-D, Kokopelli Trail from the Dewey Bridge, Top of the World, Seven Mile Mesa and Waring Mesa on the Rose Garden Hill route, Onion Creek, Tortoise Loop off of Little and Bull Canyons, Metal Masher with Mirror Alley, Devil's Punch Bowl, Gemini Bridges, Tiptoe Behind the Rocks, the Sand Dunes, Strike Ravine (night run), Klondike Bluffs, Tower Arch Road...

By pull them down, do you mean remove entirely or store inside? I know many folks are reluctant to store fuel inside a vehicle, but the style cans you are using have a very positive seal. I have the same thing and have never had a leak.I've carried them inside in the past, but I meant that I would just leave them at the campsite. Again, this is an expedition vehicle and it will go to at least 40 degrees on a side slope as currently equipped, and I don't have the intestinal fortitude to driver at a steeper side slope angle than that!

I would move the fridge further back and place the four cans standing up right in that same position, or directly behind the seats.

So are you going to be marketing these items or they were a one-of for yourself? I don't have any plans to market them - I just did it for myself. If someone else wants some racks I could probably make some up, but I would probably do it just out of interest to try some different racking configurations.

[aloharover]

I've carried them inside in the past, but I meant that I would just leave them at the campsite. Again, this is an expedition vehicle and it will go to at least 40 degrees on a side slope as currently equipped, and I don't have the intestinal fortitude to driver at a steeper side slope angle than that!


I think the racks came out really great, you might want to consider marketting them. Contact EE and see if they would be interested in distributing.

Not going to argue the weight, but that is amazing that it can go that far over with 160# that high up. Pretty damn cool.
Are you running stiffer then stock springs?

Pete

[Pugsly]

I think the racks came out really great, you might want to consider marketting them. Contact EE and see if they would be interested in distributing.

Not going to argue the weight, but that is amazing that it can go that far over with 160# that high up. Pretty damn cool.
Are you running stiffer then stock springs?

Pete

Appreciate the comments about marketing the racks, not sure that I want to get into that level of complexity - this is just play for me (when I should be working). I'll probably make a few for folks that ask, but not sure I'll pursue it any further than that.

I hear you on the weight concerns, its just that for what I do it's not my biggest issue. I'm running heavy duty springs and dual bilsteins each corner. Works well for desert washboard, two lighter shocks running a lot less hot than one real strong shock.

Someday I'm going to have to put it on a scale and see how many hundreds of pounds of extra steel are hanging off of it now (ARB winch bumper, Warn M12000, custom box sliders, cat guards, Southdown plates, etc). It's very much a brute force vehicle, just point and drive ... compared to my RR, which requires a bit more dainty approach :)