Cheap/easy cargo net idea

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futurshox

Discussion Starter · Oct 31, 2012

I got a pair of coat hanger hooks with my Jeep, I think they are standard with Saharas and/or 4 doors. I'm very unlikely to be hanging clothes from them any time soon, and I like the cargo net that sits in the back of my husband's Grand Cherokee; it is great for holding 6-packs etc so they don't slide around the back of the vehicle.

So I figured that if I got a cargo net ($8.99 from Amazon) and put the hooks on the bottom of the rollbars, I could use the rest of the tie downs to replicate this kind of net... or have any old net position I liked.

Anyway, just an idea, if anyone else has these hooks lying around doing nothing.

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kramer2k

· #2 · Oct 31, 2012 (Edited)

Fantastic idea! I tossed the hanger hooks in my tool chest and I didn't have any plans for them.

I like your idea but I'd like to find a storage cargo similar to the Toyota storage net. It has a pocket to store things or you could put hooks on all four corners to replicate the "net wall" effect. I think I might just buy the Tacoma net, but then again it may be too wide.

Or these are some others...

http://www.amazon.com/Highland-9501...=1351704618&sr=1-1&keywords=cargo+storage+net

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lee indy

· #3 · Oct 31, 2012

ive been doing that since my tj. they work great. i run one on each side to hold sutff up to the fenderwells so theres room for the dog when i go camping

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kramer2k

· #4 · Oct 31, 2012

That's a good idea to use them on the sides. ^

But I can't really see over the side of my Jeep into the tub. It's sort of tall. Or I'm sort of...height challenged. :hide:

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futurshox

Discussion Starter · #5 · Oct 31, 2012

kramer2k said:
Fantastic idea! I tossed the hanger hooks in my tool chest and I didn't have any plans for them.

I like your idea but I'd like to find a storage cargo similar to the Toyota storage net. It has a pocket to store things or you could put hooks on all four corners to replicate the "net wall" effect. I think I might just buy the Tacoma net, but then again it may be too wide.

The Tacoma net might well be too wide; there's only 32 inches or so between the tie downs in the back of the Jeep.

I should add that the net I bought comes with about three thousand hooks; I took most of them off, but you won't have any trouble attaching it to things. I do wish it had smaller netting holes but there you go; most of the ones I found online were designed for bigger truck-type usage and too wide for my purposes.

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kramer2k

· #6 · Oct 31, 2012

futurshox said:
The Tacoma net might well be too wide; there's only 32 inches or so between the tie downs in the back of the Jeep.

Ahh, good to know. I was just wondering what sort of width we're working with back there. I'm off to search the internetz for an appropriately sized storage net.

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lee indy

· #7 · Oct 31, 2012

both of mine came with the wifes old car when she bought it. they were wrapped up in the trunk. i have no idea what size there supposed to be but they work well for hold windows too.

i also use it to keep the mutts in the back

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