Does the All Pro Pack Rack Interfere with Light Bar in Bed?

Specifically this:

http://www.pelfreybilt.com/#!light-bars/c1piq

Thanks.

 

Yes it would. You could notch out part of the rack pack's lower brace to accomodate the bracket for the light bar. But the all pro brace runs the length of the bed.

 

I had this exact same question about the exact same light bar lol. So ive been looking at the pack rack on AP website trying to determine the answer to this and now that you said yes I am a bid confused. Does the pack rack require that you REMOVE the bed rails? Or does it bolt OVER the factory bed rails?? I dont get how it attached to the bed.

 

The L bracket covers the rails and uses sections of flat bar with threaded holes to bolt onto the factory track. check out the additional pictures and you can see the insert they offer.

 

Gotcha. So i saw that picture but it wasnt too clear how it actually installed. It looks like the rail is removed in that picture. But that makes since now. So on the Rack itself it has basically an "L" bracket that rests on the bed and then folds down and over the oem rails and covers the entire length of the bed... Then their are periodic inserts that it bolts too? (hopefully that made sense). Do the flat bar inserts also extend the entire lengh of the rail or are they sporadically placed? Hoe much distance between each insert? So essentially I could just notch the "L" bracket where the bed bar connects to the factory rail then?

 

Yea they are L brackets that drop down over the channels. They're not the full length, just inserts to be placed wherever. I'm willing to bed 4 would suffice. 1 in each corner. I'm not sure on the space between each hole. I'm sure All Pro could chime in if they read this and give us the dimensions. Or someone could send them a message.

 

Since the Pack Rack is weld together...I could just have it cut and shortened so it doesn't take up the entire length of the bed before welding it correct? Then it would work with the light bar?

 

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Here are some pictures of how it mounts.



and another

 

so the mounts are 3/16th thick on either side. you would have to notch out the mount plates for it to fit right or else the light bar would be to wide. it would not be able to fit in between our mounts. Hope this helps. i would be happy to answer any questions you have though.

 

Before assembling the whole bed rack, I could cut it shorter so that it's not the full length of the bed - so that it wont interfere with the light bar???

 

This x2 , Just cut a notch the length of the light bar mount.


I'm no expert at microsoft word drawings.. but you get the idea..

 

I'm going to try to shorten the length all together. That way I don't need to remove light bar when taking on and off the rack.

 

You wouldn't need to.

 

This is what i was thinking as well. Just notch out the section where the light bar would go. just on the side. The front bar is almost to the front of the rail so cutting it shorter would be a little hard to do. the bed is not straight it does angle in as well so that is how our mount rails are designed.