rider33 said:
'nice, very nice. Did you use a router to cut the tie-down slots?
No the hard way..
drilled holes then hand jig saw and file.
It would have been simpler to get a hold of a friend of mine with his milling machine and done it right.
But this was a home made project, the large platform was made out of a nice piece of Stop sign ( like the photo) from a local scrap recycle yard $1.00 a pound at 6 pounds.
I did have to take it to a machine shop and have them bend the ends as this was some serious hard grade Aluminum, that was $10.00.
With hardware, Material and machine shop fee came out to around $20.00 to do.
It was simple to design with a small amount of cutting material off, other than the tie-down slots.
I haven't bothered to use the small top case since I mounted this platform, it has become more useful than the case.
Handles a load I have tied down a pair of 80 pound JBL speakers to this thing from a thrift store.
My 90 L OB duffle bag as you can see.
Taken it up into the woods and loaded it down with fire wood and a cargo net.
Taking delivery boxes to FedEx.
If I need to store extra stuff that does not fit in side bags I can tie-down another small Duffle.
I have stuck Diamond pattern rubber skid pads on the top after these photos had been taken like the ones on my gas tank in the last photos so stuff wouldn't slide around.
Been all over the place with this platform..