I took the design I did for TRE and corrected several things I discovered to be deficient over the years.
The major one is the aluminum base plate lost the battle every time the owner forget and smacked the holder into a rock. That ripped the crossbars out of the latch slots.
I bumped up the thickness of the base plate, converted it to stainless steel and increased the width of the crossbar.
The second issue was lack of adjustability for the height of the plate carrier above the deck. In the delivered configuration, the front of the bumper had to be behind the plate. I removed the two side tabs, added flanges to them and then added an extra set of holes to shift it 1" up or down from center.
The tabs also allow me to pack it in a smaller box. Last thing is to add notches to the ends of the tabs that register on the base plate to prevent it from moving up or down.
Final assembly.
Currently, the prototype is done above, hardware is here, latches are on the way and I'm waiting on the laser shop to get the order out. After that they go to anodizing.
The major one is the aluminum base plate lost the battle every time the owner forget and smacked the holder into a rock. That ripped the crossbars out of the latch slots.
I bumped up the thickness of the base plate, converted it to stainless steel and increased the width of the crossbar.
The second issue was lack of adjustability for the height of the plate carrier above the deck. In the delivered configuration, the front of the bumper had to be behind the plate. I removed the two side tabs, added flanges to them and then added an extra set of holes to shift it 1" up or down from center.
The tabs also allow me to pack it in a smaller box. Last thing is to add notches to the ends of the tabs that register on the base plate to prevent it from moving up or down.
Final assembly.
Currently, the prototype is done above, hardware is here, latches are on the way and I'm waiting on the laser shop to get the order out. After that they go to anodizing.