Waarvan bou 'n mens n dakrak?

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David M wrote: Any chance of a photo or 2 of what he has done/is doing?
Im going to be seeing him this weekend, I'll get some photos of everything then and post them up :thumbup:
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I built my roofrack out of 25 x 25 x 3 aluminium tubing. Bending was done by AM Tubebending (in Bredell) and they also do welding but my welding was done by my Nephew
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:thumbup:
graham1 wrote:
David M wrote: Any chance of a photo or 2 of what he has done/is doing?
Im going to be seeing him this weekend, I'll get some photos of everything then and post them up :thumbup:
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Carel wrote:I built my roofrack out of 25 x 25 x 3 aluminium tubing. Bending was done by AM Tubebending (in Bredell) and they also do welding but my welding was done by my Nephew
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Ek het die fout gemaak en die ding gaan staan en verf met 'n verkeerde onderlaag.
This design is so simple yet so effective...... Well done..... Is the mesh aluminium as well?
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I think it an Aluminium roof rack is the wiser choice to make as apparently the maximum weight you can load onto the Patrol's roof is 100kg and this includes the weight of the roof rack.

Now I do think that it is capable of carrying more and I think I easily double this on our trips, but I am not sure if this limit is because of possible structural damage or road handling? Either way I guess it makes sense to have the roof rack as light as possible.
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X2

Agree totally with Michael.
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Whatever you do, make sure you spend sufficient time and thought to the feet. They are by far the most critical part of the rack.

I have seen roof rack feet collapse on a couple of occasions. If you can stand the extra cost, look at how Hannibal do theirs.
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David, it is galvinised mesh that I used.
Michael, on our trip to Angola I had 4 jerry cans full of petrol and 50l of water plus spares especially driving towards and through the "Doodsakker". So that was close to 200kg on the roof.
The feet (6 off) are made out of 6 x 75mm mild steel bolted to the aluminium frame with 2 x m8 bolts each
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Peter Connan wrote:Whatever you do, make sure you spend sufficient time and thought to the feet. They are by far the most critical part of the rack.

I have seen roof rack feet collapse on a couple of occasions. If you can stand the extra cost, look at how Hannibal do theirs.
That is the plan but for the Patrol will need a slight bend in the front......

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Carel wrote:David, it is galvinised mesh that I used.
Michael, on our trip to Angola I had 4 jerry cans full of petrol and 50l of water plus spares especially driving towards and through the "Doodsakker". So that was close to 200kg on the roof.
The feet (6 off) are made out of 6 x 75mm mild steel bolted to the aluminium frame with 2 x m8 bolts each
Does anyone know if aluminium mesh is available??????
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