Fitted a Roof Rack to my 90 Truck Cab

[liamjordan]

I bought this roof rack off a mate a year or two ago and have been meaning to put it on my landy, as we all know how limited the space in a 90 is .

 

This weekend I had a clear out of my workshop (you can actually walk in there now) so i thought to save some space I would fit it and get it out the way, plus it will come in very handy, only had it on a day and its already had a lot of fencing rails on

 

It wasnt as easy as just chucking it on the roof and clamping it down I had to fabricate two brackets that bolted onto the ifor williams style cattleback, but having said that they were pretty straight forward, made it as simple as possible, the brackets run right down and are supported pretty much on the tub of the truck cab, but to be honest i dont intent to have much weight on there, just fencing rails and my ladders . Just got to cut the bolts abit shorter and it'll be perfect (as far as my bodge standards go anyway)

 

Thanks for reading

[Lorn Logs]

Smart, and practical. I need to get one to put on The Big 'Un....

[PhilBeech]

I'm sure you don't want to hear this BUT... Your going to damage your Ifor back with it mounted like that. Get some brackets made up for the rear corners of the rack and bot it down to the rear cross member so the forces are distributed to the chassis.

 

Don't ask me how I know this lol!

[treequip]

I'm sure you don't want to hear this BUT... Your going to damage your Ifor back with it mounted like that. Get some brackets made up for the rear corners of the rack and bot it down to the rear cross member so the forces are distributed to the chassis.

 

Don't ask me how I know this lol!

 

Unless you are going to put an obscene ammount of weight up there the brackets are adequate, they pass the forces to the top of the tub which will do suite nicely thank you.

 

Nice job ace, find some shorter bolts though.......

[liamjordan]

yeah man thats what i thought i dont intent to have a lot of weight on there, like i said just fencing rails and my ladders mostly i did think about attaching it to the chassis or cross member but i just made it with materials i had to hand (and to be honest im not too bothered about the cattle back, its pretty rough anyways)

 

yeah i'll just cut the ends of the bolts off, but i have been having thoughts of attaching some sign written pannels off those bolts, so they may be the right length