So I've been looking for a Basket Rack to fit in the back of my JK but all I've found are the Bestop Suspended rack and the Warrior Rack. Granted, those seem like great racks but i wanted one that can slide out the back so that i can load it up with ease. And so my mind began to wander. My brother and I began to brainstorm like crazy. In the end we decided to build our own rack.

We started off by buying the Bestop Highrock Basket without the suspension and go from there. We decided we needed to get:
-2 3in pipes about a foot and a half
-8 tubular clamps
-2 48in sliders for drawers
-2 4ft 2in Angle Iron
-1 6ft 1 1/2in Angle Iron
-1 4ft 1in Angle Iron
-1 8ft 1in Angle Iron
-Bestop Highrock Basket


This is a rough draft we mocked up


Here is a clearer image during the build

 

Here is the materials somewhat of the position we were going for to get a picture and idea as to how it would look







SO we decided to start that weekend when we had time which was to be a saturday morning...which ended up becoming an all day project that was way worth it in the end

 

We started getting everything together for assembly




This was the start of assembly

 

Continuing with assembly, mounting to the front roll cage




This is the mounting to the rear roll cage

 

This is where we drilled through the angle iron to bolt on the sliders



for the slider assembly you must also drill through the other angle iron that will be placed on the slider before placing it and bolting it to the main angle iron on the jeep



once bolted on to the jeep the bolts should fit flush and not hit the sliders

 

Sliders should fit as such



Once sliders are attached they should be tied together by two more angle irons going across




The basket should sit across the rails like so, do not remove rails simply measure and pre-drill wholes for basket and then bolt on the basket

 

looking good!

 

The end result (before paint)




After Paint

 

Final product after paint

 

thanks its working really well and can hold more than 200 lbs