Attaching rack to frame, quick connect/disconnect. (1 Viewer)

[kybishop]

I am looking for ideas and products out there for attaching a boat/bike and gear rack to a trailer frame. It is a heavy duty frame on a 1964 pop up camper. The frame is a completely boxed frame. What I want is to build a rack that will haul several boats, cargo boxes and such.

The rack will hopefully be a light and stand alone rack that I can just sit down on the frame, connect it with pins or something. Load it and take it to the campsite. Then unload it and disconnect it and lift it off to pop the tent camper up. Before I start the rack I was just wondering what is out there as options to connect/disconnect it to the frame. Something tight and secure that would not rattle etc.

I have searched on line but can't find much anything. Just looking at options at this point so I can get ideas on how the rack can be fabricated. Rack will sit directly on the boxed steel frame front and back at four corners.

Thanks.

Kevin

 

[rusty_tlc]

My first though was a pin in socket arrangement with clevis pins to secure but that would rattle to much.
Maybe toggle clamps, similar to those used to secure swing out tire racks.

 

[2mbb]

take a look at the bumper pictures on the 4x4labs.com website. He has a modular attachment system for the rear bumper swing arms. Essentially it is angle iron that wraps around half of the swing arm square tube (top and side). A couple of bolts through the side hold the attachment onto the swing arm. It's not as quick a using pins, but if you had four vertical attachment points you could probably get away with one bolt per attachment point.

 

[kybishop]

take a look at the bumper pictures on the 4x4labs.com website. He has a modular attachment system for the rear bumper swing arms. Essentially it is angle iron that wraps around half of the swing arm square tube (top and side). A couple of bolts through the side hold the attachment onto the swing arm. It's not as quick a using pins, but if you had four vertical attachment points you could probably get away with one bolt per attachment point.

Thanks, I'll take a look. Always like looking at all the 4x4labs goodies anyway. Hoping one of those rear bumpers is in my future...

 

[Patineto]

How about some pictures of your trailer..?

If they can do it, you can too.