Took off a little extra weight today..

[youngjeeper]

After the last Tellico trip I realized how tippy my waggie has gotten, and after seeing my dad go over I decided to do something about it. I sold off my Tadsal roofrack to another member. Removed it today and realized I forgot how heavy it actually is! I Liked the look with it a lot better, But it's not worth tipping over. I used the money from that to help fund my next mod after the ECI. Look at the pics and you'll understand.

With the rack
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W/O the rack
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And what I will finish up after the ECI..
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[rockjeep44]

Cool. I never understood the whole roof rack thing. Great for carrying gear, terrible for serious wheelin!

[youngjeeper]

Haven't used it for carrying gear since I had a 6" spring lift! I can fit it in the carwash now too.

BTW, Anyone interested in a "cage kit" please send me a PM. The cage is 1.75" DOM and will fit inside of a waggie. Very similar to the one in my choptop.

[tanggod]

PM sent about the cage kit. That would make a good start towards a choptop for me :D

[Tad]

...I can fit it in the carwash now too....
LOL, yea, I hear you Dan, but they were actually never made so 7' tall rigs could throw more junk on top, but, do you actually take your rig to a car wash?
I never have, of course, I have never washed it ever, don't see the point.
Still have my 2003 Ouray ribbon attached, or what's left of it.
Glad the sale went well.

[Stuka]

The car washes around here have 10ft of clearance, you can practically fit a dump truck into them. LOTS of lifted trucks around here though.

I will probably have to ditch my roof rack one of these days, but it will probably be on the same day that I cut the top off.

[scotty]

depeneds on how you use your rig. i agree i wouldnt want to carry stuff on the roof of my trail rig,if i can help it. i like to carry minimal stuff with me to keep weight down-only very basic primitive tools. i leave the welder,big toolset,spare parts,etc. in the tow rig.

now on my suburban the roof rack comes in very handy. i carry tow rig and trail rig spares up there,sometimes other stuff. i wouldnt give it up on my burb :)

[Stu]

Washing is important depending on what part of the country you live in. I made the mistake of not washing cars during the winter and paid the price. I went from a no rust mustang to a rustang in about a year and a half. I will be ****ed if I ever let an AMC rust :) But I own a pressure washer now :)

[youngjeeper]

Hell I barely wash it b.c I hate breaking out the sponges and pressure washer and soaps. But now that It will fit in the car wash, might as well.

[youngjeeper]

Prices for cage kits:

$350, 6 points, bent pieces and spreaders, notched. No base plates.
$258, Bent pieces and notched.

[shimniok]

It doesn't take much weight up there to notice a difference... so I found on Golden Spike. I was already planning on running the rack empty next time I'm on a harder/tippier trail. :D Makes sense to take it off for extreme wheeling, but I didn't build mine for that, so, the rack ends up being quite nice to have.

Michael