Wow I loved the video....The Video scene transitions to still photos were smooth and artsy especially at the end. What camera? Were you holding the camera? I would like to see the picture of you while you were filming the video. Great Job Mike...thanks for sharing!

The tread inserts would, as you say, weaken his Rack. I will stick with the 'U ' bolts. I am away on business but when I get back I'll mount Moose and send pictures.

Made a video of the memorial ride. The video camera I am using is new so I did not have a lot of time to play with it. I found out AFTER I shot the video that the image stabilizer was turned off 😆 but the video didn't turn out too bad.

Looking back at the picture you posted of the quad, yeah I see what you mean. The rack is bare (no pun intended) In my case I drilled through the plastic cover and did not have to drill into the rack itself. If you mean those thread inserts used to repair a stripped out hole, two things. They may not be long enough , hard to tell from your picture, the rack tube may be 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch. The insert would have to be that long. Second issue is the thickness of the rack metal is probably 1/16 inch. Not sure if there is enough meat there to hold the insert in place. Would not be an issue when the box is attached, but when removed, they may slide out. What you might get away with is drilling and tapping a hole in the rack for the screws, I would use fine thread screws such as 1/4-28 instead of 1/4-20 or use metric screws. Then when you go to screw them in coat them with red loctite. If in the future you had to remove the screws, heat them with a torch to break the loctite bond. Mike Why not use some heat shrink tubing, slip it on over the u-bolt and shrink it for protection? If the u bolts are larger then the rack, the garden hose idea will work.