@lee can you share the part number or pictures of the 25.4mm clamps? I am not sure I have seen them that small.
It does look good. You should enjoy it. I did see some other 500 with packout, but I wondered why they had the plates reversed. The latches were towards center. I wasn't sure why it was done that way.
The 1" ROPS clamp was created to mount to P500 cargo tray to the rack.
So it has a 'HL5' part number, Honda part # 08L00-Hl5 -A01.
Does anyone know where to get the locking clamps that come with the cargo tray # 08L79-HL5-A00 . I'd like to use them on my own rear box in a quick connect type of mount. A bit of searching comes up with the larger roof type mounts and their part # ....but nothing for the small diameter bar...
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FYI, the cargo rack on honda ATV's are a different size so this part has really limited application.
A few notes on making the board.
The board is 3/4" plywood, holes where located based on the needs of the Milwaukee Packout base plates with T-nuts installed.
And the board was covered in Herculiner roll on truck bed liner.
I wasn't really paying attention when I started applying the Herculiner.
The can said something about not shaking so I stirred it.
After coating one side of the board I flipped it over and ran out of goop.
Apparently you have to stir it aggressively.
I had half a can of rubber crumbs compacted in the bottom of the can and only half a coated board.
As I had left this whole project till the last weekend, and I needed to attend a wedding on Saturday I scurried around trying to find Herculiner on the shelf.
I found it but it was touch and go for a bit.
T-nuts.
I ordered all the nuts and bolts from Amazon (china).
The quality is s***.
The black 6mm bolts are rusted already.
The black washers are zinc plated silver and painted black - so the corners of the bolts wipe the paint off and you can see a ring of silver around the bolt head.
I dropped the T-nuts in the holes and knocked them in with a hammer.
But, probably 1/3 of the T-nuts where pushed so tight against the side of the hole I could not start the bolts.
I ended up knocking them out with a punch and inserting a longer bolt to draw the T-nuts in, then replacing the bolt.
I placed washers under the Packout base plates at each bolt hole.
The base plates have a T-washer to transfer the load of the bolts to the substrate the base plate is mounted on.
As I was using a soft wood the extra washer will spread the load in to the plywood board.
The 1/2 base plate do not have this feature.
I found this amusing, why dose one have good design practice and the other dose not.
Oh-well.
I need packouts. And we need some pictures inside the snackle box.
Add me to the “I need Packouts” list. Did someone say snack box??? Where?? I wanna see???
@lee loving your spare gas setup. Did it work well there? Any issue? Can you give me details on the tank & mount?
The snackle box is a nice size and it has several handles to make carrying it easy.
But I find myself garbing the aluminum corner braces.
Inside the snackle box is a nice little tray that is always easy to access.
So this tray is stocked with trail necessities and important paperwork.
However the snackle box was packed by a male (as biologically determined by a trained medical professional at birth) so there is no port-a-potty or privacy tent.
Picture shows the contents sans snacks (post trip picture).
Finally, the gas can holder.
There is not much to it.
Basic aluminum angle frame with a strap.
The strap has a hook on the side you cant see and an over center toggle device.
Gas can stayed put the whole weekend.
