[stevezero]

I made mine in a hurry before a beach camping trip. I used some commercial cabling ladder rack (hubbell or chatsworth i believe is the manufacturer). I had a bunch of 12 inch wide ladder rack, and cut the ends to length. I bolted those sections together with stainless hardware, and fastened them to the yakima bars with 10 stainless ubolts. It doesnt have high sides, but it supported about 250lbs of camping gear, and me up on the roof(200lbs).

The coolest thing about my rack is its totally modular. It can be 12 inches wide, up to 5 ft. It is 72 inches from front to back. I built an awning that folds out using other pieces of it (sorry i didnt get pics of that). And in a worst case stuck situation on the sand, I could break it down and use it as sand ladders.

The best part about it is I have about $12.00 in it (the cost of all the stainless ubolts).

I'll try to post up some pics. I have it off the truck now. It weighs about 45-50lbs.