Rodger's M109 camper & roof rack

[Rodger]

Hello All

I have wanted to post pictures of my M109 camper roof rack for a while.
The guy who built it is usually in central New Mexico.
If you want one, I can pass your name & number on to him.
The space near the center is for a roof vent, swamp cooler or air conditioner.

You will also see one of the school bus mirrors & the vice.
The mirrors are great for the blind spots & seeing in front of the truck.

The front window of the box has been modified into a emergency door. Photos later.

Rodger
Placitas NM

 

[m109a2]

This will suit my needs to a tee,About how much did this cost.Also what is the height of this fine looking rack.Al

 

[Rodger]

I bought the tie hooks, square tube steel & expended steel. I had the landing mat already.
The work was a partial trade of a motorhome I sold, so the price is not easy to figure out.
Roughly: Steel $350. Spray paint $60. Labor was three or four days, by someone who had made a similar rack before.
The roof is curved, so it is about two inches above the center and about 7 above the sides.
One of the tool boxes has a handle bolted to it so I can hold on when I walk around it.
I bent in the short front edges if the landing mat because they would catch & rip my pants.

-Rodger

 

[wsucougarx]

That is an outstanding rack!

 

[Deucelander]

That's a lot of extra space. Nice job! Is the leg of the roof rack sitting in the gutter and the outer plate acts as a clamp or is outer plate welded to the gutter?

 

[Stykz]

Very interested in how this is mounted, what gauge steel did you use for the square?

 

[machinist75]

Almost looks like some old landing strip material. Looks good.

 

[Rodger]

It is old landing mat.
Clamps attach to the rain gutter.
I also like the view from up there.