Gear/Toy Racks for RV's

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Gear/Toy Racks for RV's

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Man am I bored, cold out, no wind in the forecast so time for some rambling:

Still debating how to mount the best, most efficient roof/board/sail rack system on my RV. I've seen quite a few and some have serious drawbacks for easy theft, difficulty unloading/loading (especially in wind), drilling holes in a perfect roof, interfering with solar panels and hatches, etc. I have attached a few I have seen but I think I may have to build my own as each RV is different.

Dreaming to haul:
I figure a maximum of 4 boards, 2 kites/boards, a sail quiver bag, 2+ bikes, 2 kayaks, 6prs of skis/3 snowboards and maybe even room for a folded inflatable and outboard somewhere on the rig....:P The motorbike support rail will fit in the trailer hitch or the front to balance things better. Anything else I forgot :?: :lol: maybe not all required at the same time but nevertheless things need to be flexible.....like me :twisted: now there's a laugh!

On the roof: I think a roof quiver box (plywood, fiberglass corners, covered in decking vinyl) incorporating solar panels in its construction (panels on top with a hinge so you can vary the panel angle). Stainless marine hardware, mounted directly on a removable rail on the alu roof.
Beside it on the other side of the air cond. 2 sets of simple square/round tube pairs crossing the center to edge of the roof (mounted with a vertical angle into the side of the RV) padded with foam noodles and a couple of eyelets for straps to hold kayaks. 2 Bikes on the roof with a rear wheel rail bolted to the same tube pairs at a right angle and a pair of front fork locks on same front crossbars beside each kayak. In winter obviously skis/snowboards will replace kayaks/bikes here.

A vertical boardrack for the back bumper that is lockable like a ski rack with space for an outboard beside it. The boardrack made from alu or steel tubing (similar to picture attached) with a set spacing for the top, the bottom housing the tails of the boards in a padded tandem set of bars sticking straight back and joined with a cross beam. The one side rail joining the top spacing rack and the bottom at an angle and a similar removable, lockable one on the other side.....maybe I'm gonna have to draw THIS for ya I guess :roll:

Anyways, any other thoughts on this, have you seen a better board rack than the old Gorge Racks? (no longer in business unfortunately) I need an alu welder, anyone any good? I know Wreckless Rick just LOVES to build stuff like this, don'tcha :?: :?: :D We could polish off a lot of beer doing this thing up dood :twisted: Today I thought maybe the roof rack could be lighter and easier to build using 2" PVC tubing :idea: with all its cool fittings resting on the roof with pads and doing it all with a hacksaw and glue sounds quick and painless, attached to alu uprights at the corners only.

Time to start measuring and get a scratch pad, looking for other ideas, anyone :wink:
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Since only 3 pix allowed, maybe this will work for a couple more 8)
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