Roof Cargo box Options?

saburai · Jan 2, 2009

Hi Gang!

I'm needing o put a cargo box up on the roof rack of my Jeep XJ.
It needs to hold a 32"X37"X10" box as well as have some space left over for a few duffel bags. I've got a Yakima gutter mount rack and have been looking at the boxes they sell as well as the offerings from Thule.
I'm just wondering what other viable options are out there...

Many Thanks

Rich

Muddy Beast · Jan 2, 2009

Search is your friend.

Just go with the Yakima rack if you have no special requirements. Since you already have the gutter bars you'll save money. If you got the Thule one you'd have to get adapters for the Yakima bar and Thule uses square bars and Yakima uses round ones.

~Scott

saburai · Jan 2, 2009

Muddy Beast said:
Search is your friend.

Just go with the Yakima rack if you have no special requirements. Since you already have the gutter bars you'll save money. If you got the Thule one you'd have to get adapters for the Yakima bar and Thule uses square bars and Yakima uses round ones.

~Scott

Thanks Scott!

I did search and did not find what I was looking for:banghead:

I have owned both Thule and Yak, I don't mind spending more or using an adapter if one box is better than the other.

In case it was not clear, what I'm asking is "Are there any good/better alternatives to Thule or Yakima out there?"

Many thanks...

badandy · Jan 2, 2009

I've got the Surco basket w/ gutter mount and it's been good to me:

saburai · Jan 2, 2009

Nice rack!

However, I'm looking for enclosed, dry storage, i.e. some sort of "box"

If I didn't already have a Yak rack I'd get something like your set up and figure out how to put a box up there too...

Many thanks

Rich

badandy said:
I've got the Surco basket w/ gutter mount and it's been good to me:

Hackmeister · Jan 2, 2009

if you want thule stuff on a yakima rack, you're going to have to make your own adapters. they're not going to sell you adapters to use their competitor's products! I have a thule snowboard rack on my jeep wuth yakima cross bars. I modified mcmaster's PN 9746T5 to get mine to work, since yakima cross bars have a 1.125" OD, which is hard to find intentionally for adapters.

smccollamjr · Jan 2, 2009

If the duffel bags aren't up there all the time I would leave the tire out in the open and get one of those bags you see on top of SUVs for the duffels.

Markos · Jan 3, 2009

smccollamjr said:
If the duffel bags aren't up there all the time I would leave the tire out in the open and get one of those bags you see on top of SUVs for the duffels.

Agreed.

I purchased an 'extreme boat bag' from Bass Pro. It holds my CO2 tank, air tools, and gear. A few of these waterproof bags would solve the need for a closed container:

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_15895

saburai · Jan 3, 2009

All good but I need a roof top solution to keep a massage table safe and dry. It's 37"X32"X10"
Find me a dry bag that will fit it and I'll put it in a cargo basket on my rack...

Many thanks

Rich

srimes · Jan 3, 2009

saburai said:
All good but I need a roof top solution to keep a massage table safe and dry. It's 37"X32"X10"
Find me a dry bag that will fit it and I'll put it in a cargo basket on my rack...

Many thanks

Rich

So I guess you only massage "little people"?

saburai · Jan 3, 2009

Hackmeister said:
if you want thule stuff on a yakima rack, you're going to have to make your own adapters. they're not going to sell you adapters to use their competitor's products! I have a thule snowboard rack on my jeep wuth yakima cross bars. I modified mcmaster's PN 9746T5 to get mine to work, since yakima cross bars have a 1.125" OD, which is hard to find intentionally for adapters.

I disagree

eace:
The mounting brackets on my Yak Kayak and bike carriers have little knock outs that you can break off if you want to use them on square bars.

It seems that Thule cargo boxes are pretty universal too. They grab most any rack.
Check it out:
http://www.orsracksdirect.com/thule-603-ascent-1500-roof-box.html

Many Thanks

Rich

Markos · Jan 3, 2009

Doh! I read 37" and assumed it was a tire...

saburai · Jan 3, 2009

srimes said:
So I guess you only massage "little people"?

Very funny:laugh2:

MT tables fold in half :moon:

law.74 · Jan 3, 2009

Thule makes an atlantis 2100 box that is 92x36x18". I suggest finding a distributor that can let you test fit your table before dropping $5-600 on a cargo box.

76ANTHONY · Jan 3, 2009

this ones close and there are more on here
http://www.prolineracks.com/spec-side-cargo-carrier.html

smccollamjr · Jan 3, 2009

Do you do trail massages? I think my wife would go wheeling with me if she got a massage out of it.

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