72 blazer/jimmy roof rack ?

[zachjans]

Anybody put a roof rack on the removable top of a jimmy/blazer? If so, how'd yea do it. I need it to pretty load bearing so I can put my CVT tent up there for camping/offroading. So how would I reinforce the top to wear it could support that type of weight?

[72DFORESTR]

The soft top rack is not going to be strong enough to support that kind of weight. Please do not try this.

Perhaps someone else can weigh in on your options.

[Senorx]

Originally Posted by 72DFORESTR

The soft top rack is not going to be strong enough to support that kind of weight. Please do not try this.

Perhaps someone else can weigh in on your options.

I don't think he was talking about a soft top. Nonetheless, I still can't see a hard top supporting a cvt tent.

[zachjans]

I was referring to the removable hardtop, I'm trying to come up with a way to reinforce it. My ARE campertop on my tacoma supports 2 people, my dog, and my tent up there at the same time, and they're similar concepts IMO. So I was wondering if any body has made their top reinforced with metal rods, thickened the fiberglass in some places, or maybe just made it so the top was resting on a roll bar. Something along those lines.

[cleszkie]

Your best bet is to build an exo-rack that mounts to the bed rails, and has four exterior legs that can support an overhead rack to mount the tent on. You would have to notch the hard top where the bed rail mounts (feet) run under it, but that would be easy to do compared to adding structural steel and fiberglass to the interior of your top. I did this very thing for a rack I made to go over my soft top.