misfit8
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Stone Dragon's rack is killer.............
Nope, bad line. A few months later I was up there with one of the guys (Slims XJ) here in the SoCal Chapter. I tried to tell him, keep way to the left, but no, nobody listens to me. He flopped in the exact same spot, crushed his "A" pillar with no rack or spare on top. His rig even sits a couple of inches lower than mine.goodburbon said:Bent, I know your rack saved your a-pillar, but do you think you could have avoided the flop if you didn't have all that extra weight up there?
JEEPZZ said:I was just going to say that; "Didn't Confer go out of business a fews years ago?
cv4wheeler said:I run the Con Ferr 4" Rack, 60 inches long. They used to offer larger/taller racks as well, they were in business 2 years ago, but I can't find them now (lots of used stuff available, however). I have a welded steel mesh floor in the rack. It attaches to the stock roof rack rails. It is extremely strong with 8 attachment points (doesn't even groan under my 250 pounds) but also very heavy and hard to keep from rusting. Taking it off is a 30 minute job. I do make use of it to carry a 2nd spare on long/difficult trips, and for other stuff from time to time. I have been thinking of using it to build a roof-top tent. It is easily strong enough.
CV4wheeler
BlueGerbil said:That´s right, I got mine for half the price on ebay - the guy has ordered the short (half length) one but received the long one, and the company who sells them didn´t want it back - luck for me! :eeks1:
Plays For Jeeps said:This may seem like a total Noob question but ill give it a shot.
How do you guys with lifted jeeps get a 30+ tire to the roof?
I have a 31in spare and was toying with the idea of pulling a Land Rover ladder to mount to my XJ when I do go ahead and get a rack.
You guys ever see that before?
Yea it's pretty slick. Mounts to the factory nutcerts like StoneDragons. I'll see if I can dig up a pic.StylerG said:Just a quick note...
JCR has snuck a preview of their upcoming rack out at winterfest, its the coolest rack ive seen, using the factory mounting holes and was super tough looking! Give them a call and harass them about it before you go buy a rack!
SW_MI_XJ is the one that has the prototype, so track him down but he spoke highly of it!
scoobyxj said:Yea it's pretty slick. Mounts to the factory nutcerts like StoneDragons. I'll see if I can dig up a pic.
dphillips said:Stone Dragon, Do you have any pictures of the mounting rails from the inside? Did you just pass the bolts through and tighten them with a nut on the inside without any other support on the bottom?