So here is an idea,single cab roof rack.. very rough drawing and its not all
perfect but open to anything you got to say about it.

 

i like how its tied in, and i believe it was uhmmm conferr? who use to make the single cab roof racks.

 

I think it's pretty cool but I think I would move your rear support bar back to give more support to the rear of the basket like this this , IT IS PAINT SO IT SUCKS BUT YOU CAN GET THE IDEA

 

i think that would be sooo sick! looks like a lot of work though
i say go for it!

 

If going for roof rack like that you might aswell design it to act as an exo too. Just a little more bracing, better check legal side of it though. Heard some states really started cracking down on exos though.

Like the idea though.

 

Id put some tubing on the back of the rack near the corners angling down into the inside floor corners of the bed near the tailgate so you could mount your spare tire and a high lift...but thats just me..

 

i think that'd be pretty freakin sweet!

 

hey, I actually did some research/planned up a project like that when I had my single cab chevy 1500 AND I actually found a picture of a dude who did one... let me dig it up.... But this is what I had to think about when doing it. 1. are you going to want to spend the time and money to do all that tube framing on the cab of your truck? and will the construction of the sliders be able to withstand the weight of your load on the rack as well as the beating from the rocks...
The idea that My dad threw at me was why not think up something that you can attach to to your bed using the stock holes at the corners.... and i'm not sure if your bed has holes halfway down the bed.... but I came to the conclusion to use some kind of angle iron that sits against the inside edge of the railing and have 4 posts run up to approximately 2 inches above the cab (because your frame flexes and you dont want to mess up the roof of your cab) plus you can have more of the roof rack hanging over the front portion of your bed and not as much over your cab (cab and bed are made separate because they flex independently of each other so having it all connected would concern me)..... so put more weight in the back.... and I'm guessing you don't want it too far back because you like having an open space around the bed... I also incorporated a toolbox that sat over the angle iron... but heres that picture

 

thats your truck?!!

i saw it in, uhm whats that magazine, off road adventures, actually i just looked it up and im looking at it now. the 2004 easter jeep safari, ive always wondered whos truck that was, its sick!

 

no dude, not at all HAHA... i just found pictures of that truck

 

dang, it thought you were saying that was your truck D:

i cannot figure out whos truck that is!!!!

 

If you tie into the frame DO NOT tie into body as well, they flex differently..

So what bain suggested would be a bad idea IMO

 

i think it looks freakin sweet!!! but paynemw has a good point with mountin it to the sliders

 

Yes i like that better!

 

he could go through the bed to the frame

 

If you go with the first design you could rig the slider mounts with pins so you could remove the basket when you did'nt need it. That kind of thing adds so much wind resistance it will kill your fuel economy.

 

Thats awsome, I was thinking of making up a rack to go above the roof a few inches but bolted down to the bed with something like 3 or 4 inch square tubing so I could mount things to it and have it double as a roll bar, with the rack hanging from it.

Any how, I really like your design too. How about adding diamond plate to the "floor" of it, might make putting things up there more secure?

 

If you're just doing this for the extra cargo space and not the exo, couldn't you put a yakima bar over the cab and a moveable, clamp-on type bed rack in the bed but have it slid foward to support the basket? I'm thinking about the same thing right now but I need something that can support a canoe but be moved foward to also support a basket if needed. My problem with the bed rack is that I haven't found one that will also work with a Supertop.

 

I was thinking of a way to do something like that to my 90 single cab.
My idea was to build a cab exo (planned on it eventually anyway) then extend it out much like the pic that was altered in paint. Once completed then run relatively thin thule mounts and bars on top (in the event of the truck being on its side, it would not completely destroy the bars/rack hanging over the sides) things like lights, gear carrier, rack, ect. could be mounted on thule rack for camping trips and such, but everything would be removable leaving just the exo for rock climbing and day trips. Also looking into dimensions of rooftop tents, not sure tho.

 

so did he ever do it or? did he just stop getting on