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    too hot ATM to play with it but all is taken on board.
    main thing is it needs to hold my wheel hoist securely
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    Anyway front bracket cut off, the bracket you see I used onto of a single Rhino rack.
    Not 100% happy with , will need to stare at it longer,
    I would really like to recess it into the front uprights, [big job]

    The more I look at it the more I want to chop the front off
    and just leave two side rails. Then I can mount my hoist on the flat plate on the front.
    the light bar would mount via two bits of flat angled down slightly from the lower front tube.
    I have no idea if I even have enough room to put it under the front.
    I'll put pic to see what it looks like
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    Quote Originally Posted by 04OFF View Post
    Always thought you could maybe mount a light bar "underneath", the front of the rack, my mate has one on top, but its only short as it fits between the 2 uprights
    Thats where I've got mine. protects it a bit too, from all the crap I throw on the roof. And the axe mounted above the light.

    If you keep cutting bits wont it weaken the overall rack too much ?
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    The roof rack could be tigers, powerful 4x4 or an eBay job good luck finding out lol.

    I also cut the front beacon light mount off and used roof flashing as a wind deflector mounting the light bar underneath, I had to put 10mm spacers on the light bars so it hung lower than the bottom tube though.

    Shovel mounts on the left with a bit of tube and nut and bolt.

    My High lift mounts on the left also by threaded rod bolted through the rack uprights and the high lift slides on the two rods through the jack holes/steps with wing nuts and cotter pins for quick release (may need pics to show it better).

    The awning I made wedge spacers to make it sit vertical and it’s bolted straight through the rack uprights



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    Quote Originally Posted by threedogs View Post
    Its just a shite design I reckon each upright between top and bottom loop would hold half a cup of water easy.
    Its fully welded so water has nowhere to go,
    @ Mega do you have this style rack?
    Mine looks similar but may have minor differences ( my sides slope inward more)I'll try to get a close up of the mounts for you.

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    @ Kat its welded in all directions so very solid.

    @ Mega nice to know the light fits underneath, i might
    have the top of the light slightly lower than the bottom loop
    Pic is of where water collects in side supports
    also a pic of the upright where you can see how much water can get trapped
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    Yea I thought that's where you were referring to, mines already got holes drilled.


    Sorry for the bad pics I used the ipad.... Ffs lol
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    thanks Mega mine has no holes, but its a great place for leaves to collect and rot away needs to be checked and cleaned every now and then
    One more pic close up of clearance for the light bar when available please
    I have about 4 different styles of shovel holders so they aren't a problem
    I have 3 x hi-lifts and only really used them for pulling fence posts out lo
    leaves just the flag holder thats easy enough 20x20x1.5 RHS with a roll pin or bolt across the base,
    this only needs to be 150mm long, cause things dont fall up lol.
    But the more I look at it the more I want to chop off the front and back completely but I wont Ha Ha

    EDIT rang one of the shops I know to organise the rubbers
    for the feet, looks like "U" shaped rubber will do the trick
    So light gal sheet for the deflector

    using these two pieces of pipe cut about 19mm wide and one tapped with a 5/16 thread.
    As my shovel holder I'll weld these on the uprights
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    welded on the shovel holder, WTF the steel they use is I have no idea.
    Not easy to weld but job done in the end.
    Next job is to fabricate the rear roller brackets and weld them on.
    Not looking forward to that.
    this will all be sand blasted eventually
    require a rear ladder as well, not too fancy
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    Will weld on this flag bracket tomorrow.
    It's made from 20x20x1.5 RHS all I did was flare the top
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