Melissa and Jerome asked, "Can anyone recommend a good roof rack for a Vanagon for carrying lumber and or luggage??"

All, I am now just finishing up my roof rack.  I made it out of 1" od schedule 40 aluminum tube.    All the joints are "Structural Rail Fittings" from McMaster Carr.  I used 3 pairs of "quik-n-easy" rain-gutter mount brackets.  The rack is 10' long and 4.5' wide.  It looks very safari-basket like, which is the look I was going for.

It's going to be used to carry mostly kayaks, including a 22' sea kayak, so it had to be pretty robust.

One thing that I noticed was that it's important to get the proportions right.  I originally had it 5' wide, and it didn't look right...not enough of the "safari-basket" look to it.

Including the brackets, tube and fittings, I probably have about $250 into it.

Bob
East Haddam, CT