Tilting cargo shelf

[ElDoc72]

After couple of months of design, building and gathering components, I finally installed a tilting cargo shelf in the back of my jlu.
I was inspired by a design I saw somewhere else in this forum.
I used sendcutsend.com to fabricate the support brackets that bolt on to the roll bar. In Amazon I found lockable gas springs to allow the shelf to tilt down for loading and unloading while allowing it to stop anywhere along the way.
Finally, since I couldn’t find a cheap aluminum tray or cargo rack to reuse, I ordered regular aluminum angle stock and expanded steel sheet to make the shelf. I still need to do some welding for strength, but bolts would do for now.

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[Recoil]

Interesting idea. What do you plan to carry on it? I assume the point is to tilt it up and out of the way when empty?

 

[ElDoc72]

Interesting idea. What do you plan to carry on it? I assume the point is to tilt it up and out of the way when empty?

Right now I put there the freedom panel bag, a camping table and chairs. It keeps all that up and out of the way.

 

[ChuckQue]

Huh. That’s pretty nifty. I like the idea of using it to store your freedom panels. Let us see some more photos once you get it welded up!

 

[Qurtyslyn]

Nice, I've had the same idea floating around in my head as well. Looking to build it this summer.

 

[Beachcomber72]

After couple of months of design, building and gathering components, I finally installed a tilting cargo shelf in the back of my jlu.
I was inspired by a design I saw somewhere else in this forum.
I used sendcutsend.com to fabricate the support brackets that bolt on to the roll bar. In Amazon I found lockable gas springs to allow the shelf to tilt down for loading and unloading while allowing it to stop anywhere along the way.
Finally, since I couldn’t find a cheap aluminum tray or cargo rack to reuse, I ordered regular aluminum angle stock and expanded steel sheet to make the shelf. I still need to do some welding for strength, but bolts would do for now.

Looking forward to a complete write up.

 

[manapiko]

Nice work!

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