Once upon a time, in a land.....well right here actually....unistrut used to offer a roof rack system. It was not cheap, but damn, it was the only roof rack that would stand up to anything. These things would not let go, shift, vibrate, rattle, or fall off no matter what you did.
I know, I tried to almost rip it off my roof on a tree once, luckily I failed
The cool part is that you could bolt on unistrut and make anything you wanted out of it and bolt it to anything you wanted. Add any kind of setup you could think of. 01052011_Unistrut_US Only catch, and the reason why they stopped making them is because it needed a gutter rail on a vehicle. How many vehicles come with those now.........
none.
I think I remember they were being sold for $145 a rail (so 2 gutter mounts and a cross bar), they were not cheap but I've had mine on the truck for the past 7 years and they are rock solid. I've changed the configuration over time and have put way too much weight on them and no issues.
Since they are discontinued, I was looking at possibly fabricating the mount system, it would be inexpensive enough because it was actually fairly simple. Then you can either get the strut and other hardware yourself or through me.
Any interested parties?
Now, this is also the roof rack system that Greg used on his 74 to Alaska, other than a custom rack like Glenn had made, there is nothing that is as strong andversatilee as the unistrut setup.
I shamelessly stole the pic from somewhere else, they are actually almost impossible to find anymore even used. I found 2 for sale, one in Australia and one in New Zealand.
I know, I tried to almost rip it off my roof on a tree once, luckily I failed
The cool part is that you could bolt on unistrut and make anything you wanted out of it and bolt it to anything you wanted. Add any kind of setup you could think of. 01052011_Unistrut_US Only catch, and the reason why they stopped making them is because it needed a gutter rail on a vehicle. How many vehicles come with those now.........
none.I think I remember they were being sold for $145 a rail (so 2 gutter mounts and a cross bar), they were not cheap but I've had mine on the truck for the past 7 years and they are rock solid. I've changed the configuration over time and have put way too much weight on them and no issues.
Since they are discontinued, I was looking at possibly fabricating the mount system, it would be inexpensive enough because it was actually fairly simple. Then you can either get the strut and other hardware yourself or through me.
Any interested parties?
Now, this is also the roof rack system that Greg used on his 74 to Alaska, other than a custom rack like Glenn had made, there is nothing that is as strong andversatilee as the unistrut setup.
I shamelessly stole the pic from somewhere else, they are actually almost impossible to find anymore even used. I found 2 for sale, one in Australia and one in New Zealand.
The problem is that all the other maintenance tends to get in the way, especially if you set a precedent. Wife maintenance trumps them all. So listen up you young single guys. Buy your toys before you get hooked. If you ever get womanwinked into selling them to pay for a wedding/nesting, then you are screwed. 
