Bobs BoxTop Camper

[steffen707]

Now being furloughed do to this Virus I have been trying to keep myself busy. Been getting work done around the house and on the jeep when the weather allows. I decided to go with a 2 tone paint on the hardtop. White textured paint on the sides and leave the top black textured. Next will be the Rhino backbone system. I am working on customizing the brackets on top. The only thing that I don’t like on the backbone system is each bracket has only 1 bolt to secure the rack. I am going to change this and add 2 more bolts per bracket. This way there will be 3 bolts per each bracket. I will post more on this later. I am also making my own mounts to work with the customized brackets.

Well what does it look like ON the jeep?

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[bheath-atx]

Subscribed and watching. Looks good

 

[Bobs85Reny]

So its been a while since I posted any update. My camper project is still moving along. With everything going on and having been out of work for many months my financial situation has slowed everything down that is non essential. However It has given me time to to work out some design enhancements.

I have done some work to the JKU so it will support my camper. Hardtop is now installed with the Rhino backbone system and some of the graphics are complete. Next step is my modification to the backbone system. The base structure of the system is fine. The main thing that I don't like about the backbone system is that there are only 6 screws on top that would secure the rack. I feel that this was a weak spot in the design of the back bone. I have some design enhancements that I am going to make.

Instead of using the pioneer rack I am going to create a custom rail system that will attach to the backbone plates and strengthen the mounting points giving it at least 3 screws per plate as opposed to 1 per plate as it is designed now. I will post more on this as I start prototyping it.

Here are some of the current pics of the JKU.

 

[Bobs85Reny]

The old Sahara wheels I put on my LJ. My LJ is more of a DD and tows my boat so I don't run anything really big as far as a tire and wheel combo. This is how I spent most of my covid lockdown time. either on my boat or paddle board.

 

[steffen707]

So its been a while since I posted any update. My camper project is still moving along. With everything going on and having been out of work for many months my financial situation has slowed everything down that is non essential. However It has given me time to to work out some design enhancements.

I have done some work to the JKU so it will support my camper. Hardtop is now installed with the Rhino backbone system and some of the graphics are complete. Next step is my modification to the backbone system. The base structure of the system is fine. The main thing that I don't like about the backbone system is that there are only 6 screws on top that would secure the rack. I feel that this was a weak spot in the design of the back bone. I have some design enhancements that I am going to make.

Instead of using the pioneer rack I am going to create a custom rail system that will attach to the backbone plates and strengthen the mounting points giving it at least 3 screws per plate as opposed to 1 per plate as it is designed now. I will post more on this as I start prototyping it.

Here are some of the current pics of the JKU.

Miss you Bob! Glad you're still plugging away on this.

 

[DeOhYouGe]

I am waiting on pins and needles to see how you can get the total weight of your build to meet your goal with the pool table base. Bravo to you and your "recreational motivations" but, maybe ping-pong might serve (yeah, funny guy, can't help myself) better.

Really, nice work. The saying still rings true, "If you want something done right, do it yourself, then have your wife look at it, post it on the web, take it to work, then promise self never to share anything again. Got it off ebay/yard sale/found it if ever asked again."

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