I’m not the one making them personally.
I reached out to a friend who has been making awning brackets, fj parts and other off-road parts for a while now and he was all on board with building some new product for the GFC platform.
He’s already produced more than 100 track nuts and is shipping me some to try. Once I say “they’re good” he’s going to throw them on the website ASAP.
Talks are he’s going to make it to where you can order individuals and price will be adjusted per quantity purchased. Bolts will be stainless steel.
Nuts will be cut from 6061 or 7075 aluminum and clear coated.
Haven’t set a price yet but it will be wallet friendly.
I have also not had issues with my twist track nuts. But having an alternative at a good price point will be good. I plan to do a diy rack and other accessory mounts so these will be good for that.
For the new aluminum track one can take a 1" piece of aluminum pipe. Drill and tap a hole for a SS eyebolt to thread into the pipe and insert the pipe with the eyebolt into the aluminum track. It fits perfectly and works great for a pull down to close the top. The screws to the left and right of the eyebolt hold the pipe in place so it does not move or rattle.
@2ayne I was wondering how long before someone in a manufacturing friendly state would actually start to produce GFC products. Happy to see something more affordable. If you want to ship some up to Detroit for me to try I’m in need of a few . I can paypal no issue. I’m working on a similar side project but for platforms since goose gear is a lot of a rip off.
You’ll need to see one of the new aluminum channels, there is no extrusion below the channel to hook a pull down on.
I’m in NC and as you found out in Pisgah National Forest a lot places are still closed. The pictures you posted from your trip to the coast were really good. I’ve got the GFC setup and ready to go but I’m pet sitting a Doberman and Min-Pen for a neighbor who had a major plumbing issue and out of their house for a few weeks. I’m not up to tackling 3 dogs in the GFC.
The Aliner is in the garage. I’ll be listing it for sale soon.
The story…
I reached out to Greg about two weeks ago with some of my ideas on developing some stuff that I wanted for myself and my own camper that I couldn’t buy. I keep seeing guys either making their own things, complaining things are out of stock or priced too high for them so we decided to produce enough to go around.
Greg was super onboard with it and jumped right in. He literally had 3D prints made the next day of several items.
Greg has all the tooling, know how, ability to ship things out quickly and knows the logistics behind keeping folks happy and making some quality stuff so I knew he would be a good fit. He’s also been in the Toyota/Off-road world for quite some time now.
I don’t have time with work, a new house and two crazy dogs to take on anymore work with packaging products for you guys.
So, the plan going forward is that Greg will make and sell all the products on his website with a easy online checkout process. He’s a much better fit for this task.
Track nuts will be available in singles at a very affordable price point. You choose the quantity.
I will be receiving some of the products today to test fit. Once I okay them then they’re going to be thrown up on the website hopefully next week.
Track Nuts will be first. With other products to follow. Hope you guys enjoy!
. I can paypal no issue. I’m working on a similar side project but for platforms since goose gear is a lot of a rip off.