not towing but carrying

[Mirror]

My 03 tb lt hase the front to back factory roof bars but no load bars, what will fit in these or do i have to find factory ones?

I do want to get a baja rack later on. I emailed them if their racks cime with load bars but never got an email back.

 

[IllogicTC]

Factory ones should be fairly easy to find, there's been plenty of 360/370s made and so they have their fair share in a junkyard. If nothing else, custom ones can be fabricated with the know-how and proper measurements.

 

[BlazingTrails]

I have a set sitting in my garage.

 

[Mirror]

Where you located?

 

[Mounce]

Where you located?

You should be able to see from the main site.

But, Newnan, Georgia.

 

[SmokeyMcBlazer]

Don't most of the guys who have roof baskets have to rig up some straight load bars? will stock bars hold a baja rack, i'm not sure it will

 

[Mirror]

I dont know, baja racks wont email me back (neither will green filters)

 

[SmokeyMcBlazer]

The stock cross bars are curved so the don't offer a flat mounting surface for roof baskets I believe. Hopefully someone with a roof basket will chime in...

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

They will hold it but we switch to square tube bars and different mounting for strength. Stock setup w basket can't handle as much weight.

 

[Playsinsnow]

Once you get over 200lbs on top you start to compromise the safety of the ride. Just a thought. Don't want someone thinking it's an explorer when it tips. Stiffer springs and shocks too?

 

[SmokeyMcBlazer]

They will hold it but we switch to square tube bars and different mounting for strength. Stock setup w basket can't handle as much weight.

and there's your answer...

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

If you are using a basket and light stuff...say under 100 lbs. You are fine with stock crossbars. I had mine that way for good while. The curve of stock bars doesn't matter with typical mounting clamps baskets come with.

 

[The_Roadie]

I swapped my roof rails and crossbars for industrial unistrut.

 

[Mirror]

Will the cross bars from an 05 equinox fit my 03 tb?

 

[The_Roadie]

I would predict they wouldn't, because the evil design team on the GMT360 platform made as many things as possible incompatible with every other platform GM made. And then the team's parents discovered them missing from the nursery and came and took them all back home, so they could never commit the same insanity to another platform.

 

[Bow_Tied]

If the curvature of the cross bars is an issue for things sitting flat could they be installed upside-down? Just a random thought, I have no idea.

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

No. Just no.

 

[flap00]

Well, I went this route...

 

[Capote]

Well, I went this route...

TB_Rack.jpg

Looks great man [emoji106]

 

[Mirror]

Cool, how does it mount?

 

[Mounce]

Mmmm beefy

 

[flap00]

Thanks. We made 4 rectanglar plates that would fit into the stock rail tracks, then drilled and threaded a hole into each of those plates. They can slide in the stock rail track to line up with each of the 4 plates welded to the bottom of each of the four legs of the rack. Those foot plates have a slightly larger hole drilled in them (unthreaded). Then a machine screw (w/ washer) goes through each top plate down into each lower one. So basically, the rack is one solid welded piece of anodized aluminum. It can be removed from the truck in about 3 to 5 minutes by unscrewing those 4 screws....and reinstalled in about the same amount of time. I haven't weighed it, but it's light enough to be carried with one hand. I've carried several hundred pounds on it.

I'll have to take some more photos.

 

[Mounce]

Was the rack custom made or just the mounts?

 

[flap00]

Was the rack custom made or just the mounts?

Whole thing was custom made.

 

[Mounce]

That's awesome. Nice work.

 

[flap00]

Thanks, man. I didn't do the welding personally, but I did everything else, as far as creating the design and making it work. I'm very happy with the result, and I still have a few little things I'd like to do to it, such as lighting and some air dam experimentation.

 

[Capote]

So awesome that you designed this man!

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Can I get a pic of mounts and price....

 

[flap00]

Unfortunately, I had to pop it off today to get my TB into a friend's garage, to do some work on the truck. (Superrr cold here in NJ lately!!) So, it may be a few days before I can take some photos. I'll check with my buddy who does the welding to see what he'd charge to make one. Don't quote me yet, but I'm thinking it might be in the $800-1000 range. I can't go off of what he charged me, because we did a pretty much barter deal where I did some other work for him.