ADD Custom Bed Rack, "BigJ" style

[Squatting Dog]

I also saw it, pictures do not do it justice! BigJ machine is one very thought out, and organized tool.. Everything has a place, and a use..

-Greg

 

[Boss Hoss]

Hell I thought this was a "sex" thread!!!! No pictures of boobs!!!! I am reporting this to the Mods!!

 

[BigJ]

I got to see J's bed rack in person and it is pretty cool and well organized. Good to know on the jerry can vs Rotopack. Where did you get your water jug?

Don't get me wrong; the Rotopax are very very cool tech. But in my particular case, I think they're too cool, if that makes sense. To really use them as designed, I'd have to crawl around a loaded to the gills bed, or unload it first. That's not ideal, given how easy other solutions could be. On the other hand, I could see these REALLY kicking ass on a Raptor with a chase rack, or some such.

I got the can from DSTactical out of Canada. At the time, they were pretty much the only one's with any left on the shelf due to the earthquake relief effort in Japan. I'd assume they're eaiser to find these days? If it helps, they call them "Scepter Military Water Can 20L" and they come in tan, black or UN blue.

DS Tactical

I also saw it, pictures do not do it justice! BigJ machine is one very thoughtout, and organized tool.. Everytging has a place, and a use..

-Greg

Heh thanks Greg. I gotta admit that after seeing some of the REAL monsters at the Run, yours included, my little open diff'd 5.4 was feelin a bit inadequate

Hell I thought this was a "sex" thread!!!! No pictures of boobs!!!! I am reporting this to the Mods!!

Been a while for ya, has it?

 

[BOJANGLES]

BigJ, all in all your setup came out awesome. You are an innovator my friend.

 

[BigJ]

Thanks Bo! I take that as a real compliment coming from you!!

 

[Fozzy]

BigJ, Thanks for the awesome wright up. I almost pulled the trigger on the Rotpaxs, but thought I would wait for your review. I was wondering how you would get them out. I was thinking on my cage to leave enough room for you to unlock the mount and slide one can out at a time so you did not have to unscrew them. Then I would through lawn chairs in the gap. I still may go that way, but as you know their very expensive, thanks again.

 

[BigJ]

Glad to help Fozzy. You have the exact right idea; leave enough room so all that you need to do is flick the lock a quarter turn and you can slide them right off... no unscrewing all the way off required. If you've got the space (I didn't) these used that way are an ideal solution.

Which reminds me... I don't see needing these any time soon. I wouldn't mind passing them on to a fellow forum member, mounts and all. Shoot me a PM if you're interested and I'm sure we can work something out.

 

[RAPTILE]

Hey Big J,

Awesome write up and from the looks of all the stuff going on in the bed of your truck, I think it's safe to say that there are some really great functional thought processes going on in your crainial vault.

Based on that assessment, I have a quick question for you, or anyone else who has experience in the following area:

What locations exactly are you using for jackpoints when using the highlift jack?

I bought a highlift and ended up getting rid of it for lack of good, stable, chassis based, jack points. I do most of my off roading in deep sand and I didn't want to ding up my truck by having the highlift lean into it.

I have a custom built baja style front bumper which prohibits setting the jack in a good close vertical position at the front of the truck. The rear bumper is stock and seems too weak to use for a jack point.

I was considering having 4 jack extension recepticals attached to the frame; 1 behind each of the front fenders and 1 in front of each rear fender, then attaching an extension of some sort to the highlift so it would reach under the truck and slide into the recepticals on the frame.

Any advice or photos of highlifts in action would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Madcowranch]

Hey Big J,

Awesome write up and from the looks of all the stuff going on in the bed of your truck, I think it's safe to say that there are some really great functional thought processes going on in your crainial vault.

Based on that assessment, I have a quick question for you, or anyone else who has experience in the following area:

What locations exactly are you using for jackpoints when using the highlift jack?

I bought a highlift and ended up getting rid of it for lack of good, stable, chassis based, jack points. I do most of my off roading in deep sand and I didn't want to ding up my truck by having the highlift lean into it.

I have a custom built baja style front bumper which prohibits setting the jack in a good close vertical position at the front of the truck. The rear bumper is stock and seems too weak to use for a jack point.

I was considering having 4 jack extension recepticals attached to the frame; 1 behind each of the front fenders and 1 in front of each rear fender, then attaching an extension of some sort to the highlift so it would reach under the truck and slide into the recepticals on the frame.

Any advice or photos of highlifts in action would be greatly appreciated.

I remember seeing a pic of these big balloon things that you can air up under your truck to lift it off the ground. May be a good application for you in the deep sand?

 

[RAPTILE]

Yeah Madcow, I have looked into those. A couple of draw backs. 1) They hook up to your exhaust, so you have to run your truck to fill them. 2) They don't pack down too small... too bulky. 3) I just don't feel comfortable trusting a fabric bag as a primary means to get me out of a jam. I'm looking for more of a mechanical, hardened-steel solution.