Custom roof racks, safari racks

[Whitson Metalworks]

Made of 1" and 3/4" STEEL tubing, fully welded, one solid piece. These are extremely sturdy and measure 40"x50". I have measurements to bolt it directly to a 3rd gen, others may have to attach to factory cross bars. Powder coating is optional, as are light tabs, axe/shovel mounts and bolt on or permanently mounted tire carriers. I am trying to build a few of these on the side while my wife is in school, so if you need a nice, solid rack, drop me a line.

Basic rack, bare finish and no tabs or mounts is 225, thanks all!

 

[Nickdsvt]

Wow, man!! Looks great! How much does it weight? Could you ship one?

 

[NachoPitt]

Interested as well - looks good. How much to fit it to a 3rd gen?

 

[Whitson Metalworks]

thanks guys, the weight is about 30lb and fitment is included in the price, i just need measurements for however you want to mount it. i can ship them but the only way anyone can afford it is via greyhound (yes, the bus lol) i figured up shipping one from florida to california and they quoted about 65 bucks, ups and fedex were about 155!!

 

[Whitson Metalworks]

made another one, flat all around, more of an original look. also tacked on a few light tabs to give an idea.

 

[Djrashonal]

wow, these look great! Could you make one that mounts directly in the C channels? that way the rack sits as low as possible?

 

[Whitson Metalworks]

that shouldnt be a problem, just need some measurements. here is a picture of blee1's truck with one mounted to the factory tracks. the only thing to worry about here is the crown of the roof, outside of that it can be as low as you want.

 

[revenantdead]

i've trying to find a cage for my lights. it would mount to the front of a yakima load warrior and protect my 4 hella 500's something like this.

i guess i'd like it to be just as wide as the yak rack. you get the idea. what kind of $ would we be talking about?

 

[Whitson Metalworks]

maybe $75, just have to work out bending that tight of a radius if you wanted the corners to look like commercial products. also, how would it mount to your rack? would you have someone weld it up there? it would take some good measuring but i may could devise a bolt-on method...

 

[Mellow77]

WOW, these look great! I really want to get one that sits as low as possible so something that could utilize the existing channel would be awesome. I'm not quite ready for one but should be in the next few months. I'll check back to see if you're still doing them.

Trying to keep my rig under 6'10" or even 6'8" if possible (to fit into parking garages).

 

[revenantdead]

the lights themselves are roughly 6 inches in diameter. as far as connecting it to the rack i have a buddy with a welder but we have no tube bender, ya know? if you finished front of the cage and sent another pair of two foot sections of tube along with it, i could cut the pieces that run from the cage to the rack.

 

[revenantdead]

like that i suppose

 

[Presta24]

i would be interested in something like the rola rack for a 4th gen.............

 

[Whitson Metalworks]

revenant you inspired me to see what one would look like with a cage, i dig it! would fit 4 6-7" lights like a glove

 

[jham]

I can't tell from the picture above.. Can you make these to mount directly to the factory channels? I can't tell if the one above is mounted to them, or simply sitting on top of the oem crossbars.

I'm looking for an affordable rack that will sit close to the roof line. Sitting it on top of the cross bars isn't my thing.

 

[jham]

I can't tell from the picture above.. Can you make these to mount directly to the factory channels? I can't tell if the one above is mounted to them, or simply sitting on top of the oem crossbars.

I'm looking for an affordable rack that will sit close to the roof line. Sitting it on top of the cross bars isn't my thing.

 

[Whitson Metalworks]

yes the one in the picture is mounted to the tracks and can be as low as needed (to the point of it hitting the crown of the roof anyways)

 

[revenantdead]

cage looks AWESOME whit. i should have a paypal payment headed my way later, which will swiftly be on its way to you.

 

[04RunnerLimited]

These racks look great! I'm going to shoot you a pm tomorrow with a few ideas I have for a rack.

 

[jham]

yes the one in the picture is mounted to the tracks and can be as low as needed (to the point of it hitting the crown of the roof anyways)

shoot, I just re-read your first post and saw I missed the part where you said it can mount to the tracks. My bad, haha.

Knowing that, I'm now very interested. Sending you a PM