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Vic,
On the old MHF site I started what ended up as a very long thread about rear boxes and rear racks. You can mount a box or a rack on wall fixings (as you already have), chassis frame extensions or a towball.
For rear boxes there is very little choice out there now. Quite a few people used Sporty Trailers for a custom box, perhaps £750 to £1000, but they are no longer trading. There are the Fiamma and Omnistor boxes, variants of their topboxes, which mount on wall fixings. If all you foresee desiring to carry is indeed as little as 60kg, and they are big enough in volume, then get one of these.
Chassis extensions are custom, on which you can then mount a supporting frame, on which goes a box. Add up the weight of the 3 and scare yourself before you put anything heavy in there .....
There is a relatively new offering to this country, though established in South Africa since the early 90s, in the form of the Autobox, which fits onto a standard towball, a flexible accessory in itself. They exhibited at the recent Peterborough and Newbury shows, and stimulated a lot of interest.
http://www.auto-boxcarrier.com/
With one of these you can have bulk and weight when you need it, and easily remove it when you dont. And your cycle rack fixings could still be used for bikes should you wish, possibly simultaneously depending on fixing height.
As it happens I mounted mine last night. When it stops raining I'll velcro the number plate on! I will also be getting the GRP spray painted at my local body shop to match the van.
No connection other than as customer, etc.
Dave
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On the old MHF site I started what ended up as a very long thread about rear boxes and rear racks. You can mount a box or a rack on wall fixings (as you already have), chassis frame extensions or a towball.
For rear boxes there is very little choice out there now. Quite a few people used Sporty Trailers for a custom box, perhaps £750 to £1000, but they are no longer trading. There are the Fiamma and Omnistor boxes, variants of their topboxes, which mount on wall fixings. If all you foresee desiring to carry is indeed as little as 60kg, and they are big enough in volume, then get one of these.
Chassis extensions are custom, on which you can then mount a supporting frame, on which goes a box. Add up the weight of the 3 and scare yourself before you put anything heavy in there .....
There is a relatively new offering to this country, though established in South Africa since the early 90s, in the form of the Autobox, which fits onto a standard towball, a flexible accessory in itself. They exhibited at the recent Peterborough and Newbury shows, and stimulated a lot of interest.
http://www.auto-boxcarrier.com/
With one of these you can have bulk and weight when you need it, and easily remove it when you dont. And your cycle rack fixings could still be used for bikes should you wish, possibly simultaneously depending on fixing height.
As it happens I mounted mine last night. When it stops raining I'll velcro the number plate on! I will also be getting the GRP spray painted at my local body shop to match the van.
No connection other than as customer, etc.
Dave
