coleman safari roof basket

[etlsport]

here is a good alternative to a yakima loadwarrior.. the coleman safari basket, its the same dimensions as the loadwarrior (without extensions, and extensions for this basket arent available as far as i know) but it feels very sturdy, its rated at 110 lbs.. but i was standing in it with no problem (im only 135 though lol) comes with a fairing and bolts right up to your factory crossbars, or lowrider crossbars, its all very easy to take on and off.. but i changed that by using 1/4 fine thread bolts to hold it on instead of the hand removed pieces it came with.. i got mine on ebay for 130 shipped.. as it turns out costco also offers it for 130 shipped

heres some pics

[nfpgasmask]

Cool, so you don't need any mounts or anything to hold it on? Everything is included?

This is a lot cheaper than the Load Warrior!

Bart

here is a good alternative to a yakima loadwarrior.. the coleman safari basket, its the same dimensions as the loadwarrior (without extensions, and extensions for this basket arent available as far as i know) but it feels very sturdy, its rated at 110 lbs.. but i was standing in it with no problem (im only 135 though lol) comes with a fairing and bolts right up to your factory crossbars, or lowrider crossbars, its all very easy to take on and off.. but i changed that by using 1/4 fine thread bolts to hold it on instead of the hand removed pieces it came with.. i got mine on ebay for 130 shipped.. as it turns out costco also offers it for 130 shipped

heres some pics

[etlsport]

yep, all included, there are 4 mounts that clip to the underside of the basket that rest on your crossbars, then a metal U shaped piece that comes up under your crossbars through the mount under the basket, then it all bolts together from on top.. surprisingly the mounts can be attached the right width apart for the VX crossbars (the install instructions said you will have to adjust your crossbars to be the right distance apart and my heart fell.. then i checked it and it was a perfect fit) ill post some closeups of that when i get home

[SilverBullet75]

Just double checking.. I'm a little slow today (I blame it on the allergy meds)... So, you do or don't need to have a stock roof rack to mount this?

[CrnCnn]

can you get the spare tire mount for this as well?

[etlsport]

silverbullet - i have mine mounted to a non stock rack.. i was thinking about it earlier and thinking.. im pretty sure i could mount it directly to the rails that are on all VXs even without the roof rack.. but not sure yet, im going to try this weekend cause that would be cool

crncnn - i dont think coleman makes any acessories for it.. when i get a full sized spare i planned on taking a square plate with a threaded rod welded onto it, pushed the rod up through the bottom of the rack and through the center of the tire, then taking the plate that holds the stock spare in and putting that over the threaded rod, drilling a hole through the rod and putting a key lock in the hole so prevent the nuts from being taken off... ive also designed a light rack for it already that ill be building when i get my lights and also plan on getting a yakima mount for a shovel/axe and seeing how well that fits on there

nfp - sorry i didnt get the pics of the mounts yet.. it was a long night.. hopefully tomorrow