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Originally Posted by tornado_735I keep motivating myself saying that some poor bastard had to do the very same thing during the Camel Trophy and that I'm no different from him.
It looks very Camel. I've been thinking about something like this myself. I found everything I wanted except the stainless cable (I only seem to find galvanized), but upon further thought, I wonder if we don't see them built this way simply because that's how it was done.
They have a useful purpose. Personally I haven't had an issue with limbs striking my windscreen yet, but I've had some pinion pine branches gouge my bonnet pretty good.
I wonder if I could use synthetic rope. 5/16 winchline is overkill, but maybe a 1/4" or 3/16" ATV winchline. Quote possibly just some polypropylene rope would do. I realize they're not so good against abrasion but it's not like I have to winch with it afterward. They have good UV resistance and they don't rust. The tensile strength is more than enough and you can just tie it off instead of having 3 pounds of hardware on there.
The other concern I have is whether gutter mount roof racks are really that secure. The Camel Trophy cars had their roof racks bolted to the roll cage. I wonder if my gutter mount unit would take the abuse of say 70 miles of really corrugated third-world road.
I suppose in some ways the cables help hold the rack forward and in position, but if they're struck then they could tend to pull it off, although I imagine it would take a lot of force. I think I'd be more worried about continual jouncing.
Which brings me to the other item on the agenda: hood latch pins.
Last edited by nevada ben; 06-24-2011 at 06:39 PM.
My new limb risers
