Today I started fabricating a front rack. I got the bottom eyelet mount brackets made and the front arms cut and bent to shape. Forgot to take any pics, but I will tomorrow as I make more progress. I’m pulling inspiration from the Cetma Cargo half rack but went with aluminum vs stainless. I also want to incorporate finer details in areas such as mounting brackets and use sweeping bends vs all straight tubing. I think a slightly taller back stop will be useful. I’ll also be adding eyelets for straps and bungees, and want to use local mesquite between the aluminum on the actual rack part. I have some very nice beryl mesquite limbs that I will cut into planks to use. The welds on the Cetma racks look quite cheesy and my tig welds should come out much nicer!

This is the rack I’m using for reference: