I finally found someone locally who can sand blast and refinish my rusty full length w/mesh floor, Tradesman roof rack with LineX. When I showed it to him, he just assumed that it was built by someone locally because it is just square tubing, nothing really especially great. He said that to sand blast and refinish it, the cost would be somewhere around $250-$300. Or, he said that he could build me a new rack identical in size dimension but build it with round 1.5" steel material with all rounded corners for around $400-$500. I probably would want him to make the sides a little higher than the Tradesman, similar to PhotoMan's rack. He said that he would probably just cut thr bottom mounting section from the tradesman and weld his on top of that so I would have the same mounting utilizing the rain gutters. He would also be able to put in a wire mesh floor as I have now. He will also weld in tabb for mounting lightd etc and what ever else I might need as far as accessories. I have seen his that he built and it does look very well made and extremely durrable but I just wonder how much it will end up weighing? I am not sure of the weight of the Tradesman but I emafine it is somewhere around 80-90 pounds.
Does this sound like a good deal and how much should I tell him as a max weight limit? I will take some pictures of his rack and post them if anyone is interested in seeing his workmanship. He also builds custom bumpers atc, and they don't look like the back yard type we see all of the time...
Mark
Does this sound like a good deal and how much should I tell him as a max weight limit? I will take some pictures of his rack and post them if anyone is interested in seeing his workmanship. He also builds custom bumpers atc, and they don't look like the back yard type we see all of the time...
Mark