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MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
Nov 17, 2014

A Roof Rack For A Toad ?

The thing has no gutters, just four doors. A '95 Dodge Spirit. I also need a "cut resistant" cargo net to defeat the legions of "mice" down here. Sadly my budget is not Space Shuttle grade. But looks like all the light stuff needs to go atop the car. The rig when moved is stuffed with gizmos and toys, and tools and all the junk needed to keep an old tinkerer from going completely nuts. So the toad needs to bloat.

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  • MEXICOWANDERER's avatar
    MEXICOWANDERER
    Explorer
    Nov 17, 2014
    The stupid car is unibody. Beer can technology. The bumper brackets look like a Borg cube structure. 18 gauge is damned near impossible to weld to. It took a machine shop owner a week to make a box similar to what you have. It now rests in Las Penas. I got hung up a half dozen times leaving the highway and damaged the bottom. Mexico is the land of off-shoulder highway clearances befitting a
    HumVee.
  • rockhillmanor's avatar
    rockhillmanor
    Explorer II
    Nov 17, 2014
    I had the same problem with my toad no gutters nowhere to put a roof rack on.

    Go cargo carrier! You can carry 10 times the weight on a simple cargo carrier out the back of the toad. Great for lawn chairs you name it!

    50 bucks at Tractor Supply when on sale. Carries up to 500 lbs.

    If you need to just build a box to secure the stuff you needed secured and bolt it to the carrier. I've just ratchet strapped a rubbermaid tub to it when needed. Walmart has tubs large enough to fill the whole width of the cargo carrier.




    It's the best thing I have ever bought for my RV was the carrier for the toad. Amazing all what you can get on it. I even moved a washer and dryer on it!

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