Just trying to mentally picture my dream jeep. I am pretty sure it would end up including a marine aluminum rack, capable of supporting multiple people on top. It could carry canoes or kayak's with ease, have a ladder to make climbing up easy, and could be used as a tall fishing platform (a type of fishing I like is greatly enhanced by being able to keep the line out of the shore break). In honesty, I have already talked to 2 fabricators that make custom racks such as this. The problem is, they make them for trucks. Most are bolted/clamped to the bed rails - some probably are fastened to the bed's themselves (plus the companies make them for various other beach vehicles).
Now most of the racks I see for Jeeps are either body mount, or body and frame mount. I question if body mount would be strong enough. Body and frame mounting would force the whole rack to flex - which can not be a good thing. I had considered mounting it to the bumper and frame mounted sliders - but there is very little love for frame mounted sliders. In theory I could do a through roof mount - but that is a whole other can of worms. Well technically jeeps have bed rails, but if I were to do that - then the whole roof becomes a mess. Pretty sure I don't want to fab a new roof to fit as well (abet perhaps through body mounts that allow to connect to the bed rails is an option). (FWIW would be for an LJ).
Just curious about insight and opinions of people who use their jeeps more than I have done to date.
Now most of the racks I see for Jeeps are either body mount, or body and frame mount. I question if body mount would be strong enough. Body and frame mounting would force the whole rack to flex - which can not be a good thing. I had considered mounting it to the bumper and frame mounted sliders - but there is very little love for frame mounted sliders. In theory I could do a through roof mount - but that is a whole other can of worms. Well technically jeeps have bed rails, but if I were to do that - then the whole roof becomes a mess. Pretty sure I don't want to fab a new roof to fit as well (abet perhaps through body mounts that allow to connect to the bed rails is an option). (FWIW would be for an LJ).
Just curious about insight and opinions of people who use their jeeps more than I have done to date.