cronk said:
Those look pretty good. I'll be curious to see them mounted up if you get them.
A cheap alternative that I used was some grab bar components and used fence post. Worked great, is solid and most importantly, was super cheap. You might have to make some mounts for the Trooper though.
I really like your setup !
I already had these sitting around, though, so I'll make it work with one of these.
I am simply going to center it on the roof of the trooper.
And like I said, I'll use unistrut for crossbars.
The secret to carrying a LOT of weight on these things is to have the extra crossbars, mounted right on top of the triangular shaped pieces of these racks.
And when you load it up, keep the weight centered on top of the long sides of the rack, as much as possible.
In other words, don't just toss a bunch of lumber up there, down the middle of the crossbars, and head for home.
Separate the lumber as much as possible and stack it on both sides.
Then tie the load down so tight that it becomes a part of the vehicle.
If you are bringing plywood, lay it down flat, before any other lumber. And, very important... Once the load is tied down, pull a couple of ropes over the top, from the back of the vehicle, and crossing over each other, on top of the load, then pulled off the front of the load at about the "thirds" marks.
Pull those town as tight as you can get them, to the front bumper.
You want to do all that with plywood, because otherwise it WILL flip up and cause damage, or a wreck.
Do NOT skimp on ropes and tiedown straps.
