Pole carrier setup

Mines a 6" water pipe with a fitting for a screw cap.
you could use 4 " or 5" if you don't have many poles

Hi stan
I have a 150mm storm pipe 1500 long with a cap on one end and a screw cap on the other you can get all your bits from bunnings or plumbing store.
Cheers
Matt

I did the same for my camper. Went down Billy Goats Bluff in dark. The poles slapped from side to side in the pipe carrier because of the rough track, big steps at the time. Smashed through one end and lost the poles in the dark. Didn't hear or see them go. Now I pad the ends with a bit of towelling to make sure they are tight and not sliding back and forth.

Well I'm about to set mine up which will be under my tray with 3 supports which i will have padding on and as said above I will also have padding at the ends and I was going to wedge a sponge in to stop some of the movement.

As for the ends one will be glued and the other screwed and pegged to prevent coming undone.

Brian

Hi I use two 4" pipes. They are full width of my caravan. One is across the draw bar and the other across the rear bumber. One end of each pipe is capped and the other end has a scew head. They are held on with "U" bolts and as a precaution I have fitted a circular piece of wood at each end to stop the poles from smashing through

Just went through the same for my Camper Trailer, got a few more poles to carry than most who tent it, but used 100mm sewerage pipe. Have a look at the difference between sewerage and stormwater - much stronger, storm is made of recycled and is much thinner whereas sewer is made of virgin materials and is thicker, very little flex in shorter lengths. Plenty of fittings available. I used rubber strips to line the saddles which I attached, to make it firmer and prevent slippage. Hope this helps

D-Jack

When you do make them cut out some gal sheet to fit inside the end caps and glue them into the caps this will save the problem of the poles bashing there way out.

Thanks guys,

This was very helpful. Will see what come out of it on weekend.

Stan

As D-Jack mentioned, 100mm (or 150mm) Sewerage pipe is much stronger than stormwater pipe and the reinforced screwed end fittings are purposely designed to fit this pipe. You can buy end fittings with an orange screwed cap with a safety wire (like you see on Telstra, or Plumbers Vans) or you can buy more expensive "turn and flip" lockable ends from places like Roof Rack World and Roof Rack City.

I have one of about 2 metres long I have mounted inside the camper trailer to contain the annex poles and another I use for fishing rods which is mounted (and removable) to the roof racks with purpose designed clamps, also available from RRW and RRC.

You can do it "on the cheap" or buy quality and long lasting components.