So around Christmas HF had these top loading cases on sale for under $40 each which I was reluctant to fall for but the design looks very good for hard bags so I thought I'd give them a try. Note the resettable combination lock latches. They resemble aluminum cases but are really some form of masonite covered with an aluminum foil. They do have an aluminum frame. Whether they will hold up to even highway travel remains to be seen. I don't have much good to say about most of my HF purchases.
I've loaded them each with 20lbs of dog food and so far so good. If I'm successful in uploading the pictures you can see I made some stiffeners from Home Depot 4' x 2" aluminum rule. Buying the rule rather than aluminum stock was about half the cost. The rules are 1/8" thick. I have them mounted on the Happy Trails soft luggage racks with their aluminum puck system which works very well.
In summary they are a nice size, and very functional. They don't interfere with a passenger. I doubt they would be waterproof. I doubt they would survive a crash.
Sorry about the small photo size. I've tried to enlarge but keep getting an error message about not being able to enter URLS until I have 15 posts.... that makes a lot of sense....
I've loaded them each with 20lbs of dog food and so far so good. If I'm successful in uploading the pictures you can see I made some stiffeners from Home Depot 4' x 2" aluminum rule. Buying the rule rather than aluminum stock was about half the cost. The rules are 1/8" thick. I have them mounted on the Happy Trails soft luggage racks with their aluminum puck system which works very well.
In summary they are a nice size, and very functional. They don't interfere with a passenger. I doubt they would be waterproof. I doubt they would survive a crash.
Sorry about the small photo size. I've tried to enlarge but keep getting an error message about not being able to enter URLS until I have 15 posts.... that makes a lot of sense....