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Dec 15, 2004 | 09:17 PM

davidbickle

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bronco cargo rack

does anybody have pictures of racks that go on the shell only,I made one.some people say it looks good some dont, maybe i can look at some pictures and see what some of the other ones look like?

Dec 15, 2004 | 09:45 PM

sfitzgerald351

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See the following websites for how my rack is done.

Installation instructions I made up for the folks over at bigbroncos.com

http://home.comcast.net/~stf351/Roofrack/

Pictures of it in action on a 40,000 mile road trip, loaded with a ton of stuff

http://home.comcast.net/%7Estf351/Alaska/

Cheers, Scott

Dec 17, 2004 | 12:07 PM

SproutW

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Sfitzgerald351,

Awesome trip!!!!! Tell me what you did to prepare your Bronco for that long trip.

Dec 17, 2004 | 12:33 PM

sfitzgerald351

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I really didn't do much to the truck. Got a 2nd spare tire. Changed all of the belts and hoses and kept the old ones as spares. New fluids all around. Toolbox full of misc fluids, hose clamps, tire plugs, etc... But for the most part I got in and drove. It held up pretty well. Had 3 flats and totally destroyed 1 tire. But they were junky Dunlops (great for highway daily driving, but terrible for carrying a load on rough road). Had a u-joint go out on the rear driveshaft. Had a vacuum line to the EGR melt. Saw quickie oil change places in all corners of America and Canada (they all look the same). Other than that the only other bad thing was continually bumping my head into the dome light when I would get up in the morning! I'm hoping to do it again this summer, but if I do I'm getting a big pickup and putting a camper in the back. There will be 2 of us and the Bronco really isn't all that comfortable. But it was cheap!

Jun 7, 2013 | 04:15 PM

bigzirb

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It's Alive!

Time to bring a REALLY old thread back to life for any of you guys looking for more storage outside of the Bronco. The links are still active and his install is a good writeup with pictures about adding racks to the roof of the Bronco. Enjoy!

Jun 9, 2013 | 03:27 PM

GruesomeJeans

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Wow really grave diggin aren't ya? I had wanted to get a roof rack for TGM to put extra stuff but I soon realized the fault in my thinking. I need a place for a spare tire so I thought "great, I can mount a roof rack and store it up there with a jack" I didn't think about how heavy 1 35 inch tire on a steel rim is, but luckily I didn't do any modifications. I thought about it more and decided it would be easier to have the spare lower down than to try getting it up on top of the bronco much less down.

Jun 9, 2013 | 06:39 PM

bigzirb

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Originally Posted by GruesomeJeans

Sometimes I go way back in the threads to be reminded that most of the problems we have now have been had by others long before.
As far as a tire on a roof rack, the hard part is not getting the spare on the roof, it is getting the flat tire back up there when the cargo area is full of stuff. My Excursion has the factory spare in the back but since I upsized the tires, I have an actual size spare tire on a factory rim on the safari rack. I put it up there at home with a helper and a nice ladder, easy as pie. Putting a flat tire up there on the side of the road, not so much. I broke 2 vent shades putting the flat back on the roof. But it can be done if you want. The Ex has the tire on the roof in my sig pic.

Plans on the Bronco are for a full size spare on a swing out carrier built into the rear bumper assembly. No way am I trying to lug a 40 inch tire onto the roof of anything.