Luggage Rack ideas

[Rod-Bromiley]

Hello to you international travellers.

I’m going to get a friend to make me a luggage rack for the back of my Westfield.

A simple clamp around the roll bar and a leg that rests on top of the spare tyre to support the weight.
I think I can make one that comes further back than my boot lid so in effect comes over the top of the spare wheel, that makes sense ?

Before I start sketching for him I thought it smart to ask you touring guys and gals what you have


So here’s your BIG OPPORTUNITY lol

Post a shot of yer rear end fully loaded with tents etc lol

I’m looking for ideas.

[kenton]

Hi this is my car on tour. No luggage rack, everything is in the passenger footwell.

[Rod-Bromiley]

So if you take a passenger do you strap him/her to the roll bar ? Chuckling

Maybe I should have also added that it’s for use when I have a passenger

[leegav]

hi Rod, this is waht i did for mine and the mrs trip down to lake como last year. previous trips to the alps and Europe ive done what kenton did and stuck it in the footwell. Used U bolts with big washers inside the roof rack drilled through. no problems at all.

[leegav]

fully loaded.

[locost220]

''A simple clamp around the roll bar and a leg that rests on top of the spare tyre to support the weight.
I think I can make one that comes further back than my boot lid so in effect comes over the top of the spare wheel, that makes sense ?''

A bit like this you mean from our 2013 tour of Wales
plus the stuff inside


i also have a coffin where the pass seat should be now as well,.
Richard

[Larkingabout]

When we did our Europe trip last year I had a soft bits bag which clips onto the down tubes of the roll bar. In addition we had two barrel bags which were a godsend. Managed to keep us both sweet smelling for the 17 days we were on the road. Neil (Nash) has I seem to remember has one got his MK Indy.

[steve m]

The reason Richard has to have everything wrapped around the roll bar, is because in his passenger compartment, he has a full set of tools, welder, spray compressor, two post car lift, pop up gazebo, tyre changing post, and balancer

He even has the tools to make a spax shock absorber, "just to get home with"

[leegav]

What that man doesnt have in his passenger seat isnt worth having

[Fury1630]

OK, I'll be the sensible one

I have a light rack made from Alloy extrusion, at the front it attaches through two brackets bolted to the upper seat belt mounts, at the top a couple of pipe supports hold it to the top of the roll bar. It's made just the right width to poke through the zip-out rear window in the soft top & because it's all on quick-release fittings it goes on & comes off in seconds.

Full details on request - particularly good if you're having trouble sleeping.

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