Cargo net inside of the 80

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Riley

Riley

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When camping in my 60 series, I had a small rope/net that held the mountain of gear in the back from falling on my kid's heads. I had that 60 jammed to the gills. Now that father's day weekend is approaching, I'm trying to rig up something similar in the 80. I plan to take to whole family into the mountains for my weekend

Anyway after having poor luck find suitable construction materials and mounting points in the 80.... I consulted with my charming wife to see if she had some ideas.

She phones up one of our neighours that builds custom kayaking gear. Perfect idea... they have lots of cool clasps and stretch cables and maybe even some nylon netting.

I'll meet with this guy later this week and I'm thinking of "giving him the complete job" and see what he comes up with.

Anybody else built this "internal wall" to allow gear to piled high in the rear?

Any good ideas?

If I get some cool system from this guy, I'll post pics.

Riley
 
Milford cargo barrier! This is not something to use some netting and cool clasps on.
 
Well it's just a sleeping bag or a duffy bag but I'll check out the Milford barrier. All the heavy stuff is down low at or below seat level.
 
For light stuff, I've simply run light rope back and forth using the roof handles, and third seat forward mounts to create an X pattern that holds that stuff back. If it's compressible, I've also had luck using motorcycle straps from the third seat mounts atop the wheel wells to smush it down for better rearward vision and also to hold ALL the stuff down. If there's something heavy back there (even if it's below seat level), you should definitely use straps to positively secure it to the floor or consider a Milford barrier. That stuff becomes deadly in a rollover or multiple impact scenario. I crisscross motorcycle straps on the heavier stuff (coolers, shovel, toolboxes for instance) so it will be well secured in the worst scenario, and toss sleeping bags, pillows and soft duffels on top that are more lightly restrained with rope or other non stretchy restraints.. I agree that bungee cords and plastic clips are not a worthy restraint system to protect your rear seat passengers. They're "easy" and "convenient", but unfortunately also "deadly".

Guilt trip comments off.........

DougM
 
I'm designing an expanded-steel platform that swings up to form a cargo barrier. I'd like to sleep in the back, store stuff under the platform, and have a cargo barrier when needed. No time to build at the moment, hopefully this summer.
 
got a Milford
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above the 2nd seat I made a bungy net to hold loose stuff, attaches to the grab handles.
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no pic but between the front and rear seats(on the front seat backs) I have a cargo net(aka old school tailgate net) that keep the dog from landing in my lap :)
 
Riley:

Get a Milford barrier - it's the best mod you'll ever do!

I swear I was the first to ever import one to Canada, expensive and a bit of a PITA, but I'm really happy with it and no longer worry about the amazing pile of gear coming into the cabin.

Cheers, Hugh
 
Ditto on the Milford Barrier. The first time you slam on your breaks and hear something slam into you'll be happy you spent the effort to get it installed.

CJ
 
I bought mine from Man-it-aint-Free. If I had to do it again I would have bought it from http://www.midwestlandcruiser.com/ . No affiliation. I just felt raped by man-a-fre's shipping and handeling charges.

Curran
 
I tried to get mine from MAF - they didn't have in stock and so I also bought mine from Midwest (no affiliation, etc.). They are listed as the 'official distributor' but my take is that it's a small one man operation. I was generally satisfied, but it took a bit of time and some prodding to get it shipped etc (over the holiday season).

I think they run about US$400 and closer to C$800 landed for me...I would have paid double that for the peace of mind

Cheers, Hugh
 
Rigged up something custom

Well it's no Milford barrier but it should do for my purposes. As I was probably stating above, I'm mainly interested in keeping sleeping bags and duffle bags from falling on my kids heads.

My neighbor has a home biz making kayak seats and such. Here's what he rigged up for me -
cargonet 001.webp
 
The top makes use of both rear hand holds.

Agreed the Milford would be better but I also wonder about the time to install and remove and reinstall ect.... This is something that I can't leave in as on some trips I'm sleeping in the back (2 person trip) and at other times I've got the whole famn damily.

edit - gee from the looks of these pics, I should use more res or something different in IrFanview.
cargonet 003.webp
 
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Looks nice Riley ! Should do the trick .. and provide that freedom from static enclosures that you desire . FWIW we use an identical webbing setup as a restraint in the ambulances here ... they have them at the end of the bench seats , providing a landing pad for a medic thrown frontwards during an MVC .

Tyler

PS : I can't recall what we were drinking last week ... If you don't like dark beer let me know , and I'll get some of your brand for August .

:cheers:
 
Riley. Get us the ordering info. Have your buddy do a group buy!!
 
We talked about the possibilty of making a few up. We'd probably need to make 4 or 5 to make it worthwhile. PM me if your interested.

I need to be careful to not have this thread banished to the "for sale" forum.
 
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