The Confers are nice but unfortunately, I don't believe they're available any longer.

Mine's a Wilderness Trails rack from Garvin Industries.


dd that that custom bumper you linked to is schweet. Glad you posted the pic up. I recall seeing it but couldn't recall who made it. I need to build one up for mine. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Did you ask the Rover owner if he ever "Lead a Expedition" or "protected royalty" <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Ain't it though! Former member Camster made it. He sold his truck a couple of years ago. If you ever do get around to it Ray, I'm definitely in for one!

I have finally decided on a solution for storing all my recovery gear and stuff that I would like to always have with me (in the truck). I use the back of the truck for work on a daily basis, and often have aggregates dumped into the bed....so I needed to keep it open and available. The girlfriend and I also sleep in the bed of the truck when we camp.

Whenever I wanted to hit the trails, it was a royal pain in the because I would have to head home first, load up the truck, then hit the trails. Now I have my tug straps, spare, high lift, shovel and 4 ft pry bar all stored and locked on my tiny roof, so I can head out on a whim. I also have other gear behind my front seat.

It's a Surco rack, $200 plus $200 for the vertical Yakima pieces over the bed. Watch out....these Surco racks claim to hold 350 pounds, but I wouldn't trust the rating. With the Yakima cross bar along the back it has totally improved it's weight handling. The Surco rack itself is a good price, but then they get you on all the accesories like the high lift mount, shovel mount, and tire holder...mucho $!

Here are a few pics, please lemme know what you think, and give me any feedback that could improve it!

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Edited by shorepig (12/05/07 04:06 PM)

Hey Ray,

Your rack looks good. I don't think that you had that on when my friend Brian and I met up with you at Big Bear back in May. He was driving the "Europa" version of the Montero. The Wilderness look really good. I am with you too on the bumper. If you find out who makes those, let me know as I may be up for an order. I'll be sure to post some pics of my rack once I get it finished. It is too bad Con Ferr is out of business. They made a good product. ORU makes good racks, but they are a little pricey.

Yeah I remember you. Thanks for the compliment. I don't remember why I wouldn't have had it on then. The pic is from Pismo which was a month before Big Bear so it should have been on by then. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

As for the bumper, that will have to be a custom one I think.



I actually prefer my Garvin to the confer simply because it's different plus it has a large variety of accessory parts such as a shovel holder, max/axe holder, hilift holder, spare tire holder, etc.

*******Mexico has some great off roading. Any favorite trails?

I have not done much trail riding lately, My last event was a 60 mile Night Poker Run at rancho San Antonio at Ojos Negros on September 22 (Check www.rsa.com.mx), to race you pay 32 USD and get a t-shirt, hamburger with fries and soda, it's a 12 mile course and you get a poker card inside a sealed pouch on each finished lap (5 total), the race started at 6:00 PM and you have 6 hours time limit, the winners are not determined by the speed, but by the three best poker hands when you open your cards in front of the judges, there's only one class so you get to race together with class 7, class 5-1600, class 11 beetles, open wheel buggys, 4x4's, stock pickups, even some crazy passenger cars dare to hit the dust, you don't have the pressure of a time based race so there's no bumping, dangerous passing or rude manners, you define your speed and just have fun, you do get loose sand, bumps, trees, dips, rocks , ripple bumps, ups and downs, a small water crossing, silt that makes a dust cloud and you can't see at 3 feet and reflects the light, at about 1 AM the official finish results where given with trophies and 1000 USD in prizes.

What i got was a bended worklight bracket, broken fender flare, loose upper balljoint and bended the steering stabilizer even with the skid plate while getting a cherokee out stuck on silt and falling on a ledge.
Silt was really loose because part of the course was used on the previous Baja 500, when you step on the fine powder your boots sinks about 4".

Since the 2006 Poker Run i have been fixing many things and now i have more work to do to keep it running.

********If you are ever in LA, let me know and I'll show you some local highlights around here.

Do you think i can drive my car on the highway and not be like honey for the bees when a highway patrol gets close?

********I would love to see any pics of peoples racks, especially those with accessories like Hi-lift mounts, shovels, gas and water cans, etc.

What i did to get heavy duty cheap mounts on the ConFerr for the Hi-Lift and ground anchor was simple, removed one of the 2 nut & bolt sets that are on the side of each bulldog clamp and got one of those long stainless threaded bolts, nuts, pressure washers and flat washers, and made spacement measurements to make sure the accesories wouldn't touch the vehicle's body, when you cut the threaded bolt with the grinder you must use a nut that will be sacrificed placing it where you want to cut, grind it flat until the bolt and nut face look like one piece, the purpose of the nut is to protect the threaded portion of the bolt, remove the nut and use a file to debur sharp edges until you can thread a new nut easily, now for the assembly, insert the bolt on the bulldog clamp hole, place on the back a flat washer, pressure washer and nut, now on the front install the flat washer and nut and thigthen, to keep the accesory separated from the body (offset adjustment) use 2 nuts twisted one against each other turning them until the accesory fits, insert a pressure washer, and a bigger flat washer to spread the pressure over the accesory, on the front of the accesory insert a bigger flat washer and wing nut, you can tighten using an adjustable wrench.
Now you can use the holes on the Hi-Lift to mount it on the bolts or make holes on the accesory you want to mount.

Why aren't the pics showing on this thread?

Hi-Lift mounts