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How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/27/2008 2:20:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		After a weekend of fighting 3-4 bungee cords and my cooler moving all over my rack, I've decided to research making a more effective cooler holder.

I bought a Kimpex universal cooler/fuel can holder that bolts to the back of the rear rack.  This was a great idea, but it won't fit my back rack and the wheeler won't fit on my trailer with it on.  Sooooo, I'm going to sell that one I guess and make something else.

The only company I have found that makes ANYTHING for this purpose is Savant Mfg. They make an overpriced aluminum contraption that basically looks like a box that u-bolts to the rack.  Sit the cooler in it and run a bungee strap over the top.

I'm thinking about making something similar, but make it out of 3/4" or 1" PVC.  Basically a basket made around the bottom half of my cooler.  I can u-bolt it or ziptie it to my rack and sit the cooler in it.

Has anyone rigged something like this?  If so, pictures would be great!

I originally bought turnbuckles to hold the cooler in place, but I've heard stories of the eyelets on the cooler breaking, handles pulling out, ends of the cooler bulging out, etc. so I have abandoned that idea.

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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/27/2008 2:26:18 PM   
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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/27/2008 2:40:03 PM   
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Some type of box is a great place to start for gentle or "trail" riding.  Even in a box like Savant's or a home made one, bungees are hardly adequate, but a cambuckle strap would make that work quick and easy.

Now, if you're going into something rough, high speed bumps, jumps, possible (or likely?) tipovers, generally more aggressive riding that is more abusive to your cooler-

I use two plain old K-mart red ratchet straps.  Ones that were retired from ATV tie-down duty due to being poorly stored by leaving them in my truck for most of a year if they are in use or not.  No longer adequate for ATVs, but cut appropriately short and they are perfect for a cooler, and hold it very securely.

I have another means, but I'd say that an aluminum angle from the hardware store u-bolted to your rack on each side will limit side to side motion.  (Flats to the outside for the u-bolts, uprights to the inside, cooler would sit directly on the rack, and it need not be the full length of the cooler, just from one rack bar to the next would be fine).  With one strap hooked to the rack in front of the cooler, the strap routed up and over the cooler, and the remaining one hooked behind the cooler, the hooks are pretty effective at limiting fore and aft motion, as well as of course keeping the lid shut, the contents in, and the cooler planted down firmly.

Ratchets are of course not the easiest, but they don't stretch once they're in place, and they can be set just a shade tighter than a cambuckle.  Once you find the system and hook points that work and do it a couple of times, it's just as quick if not quicker than wrestling several bungee cords over the thing, and sits put very well  So long as you don't actually roll over onto it, you can tip th bike and the lid stays tight enough to keep most of the water and ice in.

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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/27/2008 2:57:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		I like the angle bracket idea.  I can put on on each end and run the bungee up and over to hold it down and keep the lid closed.

I can also take 3/4" rubber heater hose and split it to put over the rack tubes where the cooler will sit.

Hmmmm, you got my thinking wheels turning....

Seems like I'd need to slip something over the angle aluminum to keep it from digging into the side of the plastic cooler.

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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/27/2008 3:44:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		since i've got a specific cooler just for ridn. I took a piece of 3/4" conduit, cut the length of the cooler and 2 u bolts and drilled holes in the bottom of the cooler with the conduit on the inside and used the u bolts to attach the whole thing to my rack.  the u bolt holes actually allow water to drip out and act as a drain plug.  A buddy of mine did his like that but put a nut on both the  inside and outside of the cooler and used a strip of rubber bicycle inner tube as a sealant and tightened her down.  Works well for us.  I also went to Academy and bought an igloo latch to put on mine so when I did water wheelies all my adult beverages wouldn't fall out and also so I can reach back while ridn and get a "soda" and latch it back without even stopn.  Sometimes the time betwen rest stops is just too long.

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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/27/2008 4:45:59 PM   
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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/27/2008 5:49:29 PM   
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...the u bolt holes actually allow water to drip out and act as a drain plug.


That's just wrong...  The water keeps the sodees colder than the ice does.

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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/27/2008 5:55:01 PM   
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Seems like I'd need to slip something over the angle aluminum to keep it from digging into the side of the plastic cooler.


If you're not sure what I'm talking about, it's in the stand up bins with the threaded rod and the chinsey tin perforated angles.  It's got well rounded and smooth edges, aluminum slides very well anyhow.  You'll have to smooth where you cut it to length of course.

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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/27/2008 5:57:39 PM   
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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/27/2008 6:10:10 PM   
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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/27/2008 9:41:10 PM   
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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/27/2008 10:15:08 PM   
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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/28/2008 6:31:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		It depends where and how you ride.  Sometimes one is just fine.  I've got one of the bigger Igloo Playmates (with the flip over handlle/lid and the button on the side) and that rides just fine that way with one strap through the handle, but it only holds eight sodas or water and lots of ice, because it's designed for aluminum cans but I typically only take plastic bottles, so it's light.  My bigger cooler that holds about twenty of the same bottles very nicely (little room left for ice) had two older siblings destroyed becasue one strap didn't distribute the bumps over enough area of the plastic.  A good bump and the back of the cooler spread open, the  lid pushed down inside, the hinge broke on the other one in the same fasion...  Two straps to spread the impacts and it's a lot happier if there's any "terrain" involved in the ride.

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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/28/2008 8:45:48 PM   
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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/28/2008 8:51:20 PM   
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I like the angle bracket idea.  I can put on on each end and run the bungee up and over to hold it down and keep the lid closed.

I can also take 3/4" rubber heater hose and split it to put over the rack tubes where the cooler will sit.

Hmmmm, you got my thinking wheels turning....

Seems like I'd need to slip something over the angle aluminum to keep it from digging into the side of the plastic cooler.

I'm trying to respond to your PMs, but your box is full.

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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/28/2008 11:47:50 PM   
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Ratchet Strap.................Never had mine come off and I beat the living **** out of it.


Oh ya agree!!!! Never had mine fall off with the strap and I have been through **** and high water!

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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/29/2008 7:26:40 AM   
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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/29/2008 7:41:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		i use one strap throw the handels and down to the rack, u pull it tight enough it wont go anywheres...only thing i dont like about this is that you gotta undo the strap to get a beverage out of it which is a pain in the bottom...i have also put a bungee over the top of it to hold the lid down and ran a ratchet strap to each handle on each side of it and that was sufficent cept when i got into water it would want to tip forward and backwards...there are some guys that i have ridden with that got some bolts with a eyelet on one end and then some sort of piece for the other end and they drilled a hole in the side of there cooler and ran the eyelet bolt through it and fastened it down and then somehow put another hook type bolt on the rack side and then the middle piece has one of those twisty type things, i know how it was made and they go through crap and back and it looks like it holds up pretty good to there abuse...but i think u just untwist the middle section on each side of the cooler and unhook it from the rack and empty the water cuz we all use those small white igloo coolers that dont have a drain on them at all

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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/29/2008 8:32:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		i made a holder out of a old atv sprayer frame i had laying around, sit the cooler in and a bungee over the top and is good to go. i attach it to the racks with 2 j bolts and has been through a few wrecks, tip overs, and some hard riding (when the cans are all silver bullets and your not drinking coors )





and if all else fails just get some soft coolers and use a cargo box to hold them



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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/29/2008 10:15:54 AM   
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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/29/2008 2:15:45 PM   
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Made out of 1x shelf lumber, rubber coated, and insulated.  Backrest is covered in rubber rug padding we had in the warehouse, and trimmed out the sides with diamond tread aluminum.  It is anchored to the rear rack from the bottom with conduit straps. 

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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/29/2008 2:17:00 PM   
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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/29/2008 2:18:04 PM   
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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/29/2008 2:21:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		i made a angle iron frame that fits tightly around the bottom of my ice chest.  then i use some turnbuckles from the loop on the handle to a hook on the frame i built.  the frame is actually built onto my back rest....never comes off..and if u dont have any good loops on the ice chest, just use some eyebolts with a metal plate on front and back...works great.  i also use a bungee longways over the top to keep it form comin open.  and u dont even have to remove the bungee to get ur coke out...LMFAO

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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/29/2008 9:55:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ok, I have my Igloo Marine 25 quart cooler now.  I also have a box full of 3/4" PVC elbows and tees and some PVC glue.  I'm going to make my own custom cooler rack out of 3/4" PVC pipe.  I am going to dye the pipe and fittings black.  I am going to ziptie it to my back rack with beefy 1/2" wide zipties and the cooler will sit right down in it.  I will post pics when I'm done.

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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/31/2008 2:32:30 PM   
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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/31/2008 2:49:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		well if you have a dedicated Wheeler cooler just drill holes in it with the spacing for you rack use a thin peice of stainless inside of the cooler with the threads of the bolts on the bottom (outside) of the cooler. Seal up the holes and take another peice of stainlessand bolt it to the bottom of the cooler leaving spacing below those bolts (they need to be about 3") then use another peice of stainless (this time with foam tape) that is bent to fit abround your rack and use a set of bolts ot tighten it down thus holding the cooler tightly to the rack.

At this point a simply bungie should keep the lid closed.

I dont know how it will work for an atv im gona have to try it but it always worked for us with the trucks but we never removed them

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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/31/2008 8:25:12 PM   
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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/31/2008 9:21:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		i bought a softpack cooler from academy its camoflage and it has built on straps to strap it to the rack. it holds a 12 pack easy with ice maybe more never tried.
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RE: How to haul cooler on back rack??? - 7/31/2008 9:36:48 PM   
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