8 foot long, by 4 foot 6 inches wide, steel heavy-duty roof rack made by CON-FERR (the best) available at my home in Redding, Ca. .
I used it for years on my '89 Isuzu Trooper, but no longer using the Trooper for trips. The "rack" is in excellent condition, little to no rust, and
has a wooden deck with steel underpinnings. Cost new about $400 in 1993.
Somebody should be using this excellent rack, rather than having it sitting beside my house idle.
See the thread, "Camp Gecho closed: Bahia de los Angeles" in the "Baja Accomodation Reviews" Forum to see a picture of a rack almost exactly like mine
on top of Ken Bondy's Hummer.
BarryKen Bondy - 2-28-2011 at 01:38 PM
Here's a tighter shot of my CON-FERR rack. I'm not shilling for Barry, but this is really a fine piece of equipment.
Barry A. - 2-28-2011 at 04:47 PM
I really appreciate that, Ken. Thank you
BarryHook - 2-28-2011 at 05:01 PM
Are you using it with the rain gutter mounts or would it have to be hard mounted on a vehicle?
So few vehicles have rain gutters any more.............Barry A. - 2-28-2011 at 05:25 PM
Yeah, Hook, and that may be a problem. The Trooper has rain-gutters, so I used the same mounts as Ken Bondy did (in the photo) but not 5 of them per
side, only 4 each side.
It always seemed to me that the rain-gutter mounting hardware could easily be removed from the "rack", and then new hardware for (like) YAKIMA or
THULE bars could be substituted in place of the gutter mounts. YAKIMA sells different mounting hardware that I think would work.
I was going to convert the rack to my X-terra using 3 YAKIMA bars, but it is just too long for the X's existing roof bars (which the Yakima bars
attach to.) So I bought a factory YAKIMA "LOAD WARRIOR" basket that works fine, tho not nearly as big as the CON-FERR.
I already have a CALLEN full steel rack on my CALLEN camper or I would have converted the rack to fit my camper. I think the CON-FERR would be
perfect for mounting on a camper shell, or even a slightly bigger camper and it would come close to covering the entire camper..
Barrybajaandy - 2-28-2011 at 06:13 PM
OH MAN! I wish I was closer to you Barry. I'm looking for a rack for the camper shell on the old ford and that would be PERFECT!!! DOH! Any Nomads
coming down from up north want to help a brother out?willyAirstream - 3-1-2011 at 07:53 AM
ck ur u2u Barry
An option !
djh - 3-1-2011 at 09:42 AM
Years back, I used to own a canoe, kayak, and watersport store ~ and I sold Yakima and Thule products. I used to do LOTS of installs, often requiring
slight modifications or custom work... which was often a fun challenge.
Yakima makes a "Raingutter" kit that provides a raingutter like mount on your rig (canopy, raingutter-less vehicle, etc.). It requires drilling into
your rig, which some folks understandably don't wish to do, but once mounted, they look ok and if mounted correctly, are watertight, etc. The
individual sections are black and about 6" long each.
IF you leave a rack permanently mounted, as you would likely do with a rack the size of Barry's, the Yakima raingutter adapter appearance wouldn't be
even a minor issue for you.
Just thought I'd offer the option. You can likely find these at any bike / kayak / all-sporting-goods store that sells Yakima products - or on-line.
Best,
djh
Quote:
Originally posted by Hook
Are you using it with the rain gutter mounts or would it have to be hard mounted on a vehicle?
So few vehicles have rain gutters any more.............
bajaandy - 3-1-2011 at 10:56 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by djh
Yakima makes a "Raingutter" kit that provides a raingutter like mount on your rig
Which just happens to be the exact thing I did to my camper shell years ago. Works like a charm. They even have two different styles of bracket to
choose from. (At least they did back then...)mxmikie - 3-2-2011 at 09:27 PM
so how much for that old used $100.00 roof rack ????Barry A. - 3-2-2011 at 11:41 PM
Stay tuned---------I already have two NOMADS interested. If they fall out, then I will continue this thread.
