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Yeah the bulge in the center it the ladder. It's around 12 at the corners. That said the roof has a good bow to it so even with the highest point and even with the back are 2 different things.

 

Here's some pictures of mine with the tall Relentless bed bars.

 

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Thanks guys. Looks better than I originally thought.

 

Thanks guys. I'm not too worried about getting one that's the lowest profile, I just wanted make sure my rack was the right height. That info helps a lot

 

Tent looks great David!

 

It depends on your set up. I have 2 large plastic boxes that holds most of my stuff so sliding them in and out the back is no big deal. I keep axes and a couple other items on the sides and can access them no problem. I have a first gen but the concept is the same, just smaller.

 

Thanks! Updating the backend of my truck now.

 

I had mine built to 13 1/2" high. SOS Concepts did the work. I needed custom height and spacing to clear my tool boxes. Also if it was any lower I would have a hard time crawling under there when I need to get into the bed

 

David, What welder is that?

 

It's a Miller 212.

 

You do your own fabbing?

 

A lot of it yeah, but Eric at Relentless is cool about letting me use his bender and drawing things up for me in cad so it can be cut out on his cnc plasma. It makes things much faster that way!

 

OK now that is a bed rack on the bedsides done right! Replacing the plastic cap with a nice steel one. Is that completely custom or is it something you produce now? Also how did you end up attaching it to the bed sides.

 

I am gonna ADS a try next if I meet with anymore unfortunate mishaps with my Toytec BOSS coils again.

 

Eric at Relentless actually sells the steel bedrails, but they are usually out of lighter gauge steel so I had it cut out of 1/8 inch instead. It's still light gauge but with the angled breaks on the outer edges it creates a pretty strong bedrail. It attaches to where the stock tie down rails bolt to the inner bedsides. When I'm finished it will have the stock tie down rails installed back in place as well as down tubes that go to the floor of the bed and attaches to the bed bolts.

 

Sorry what I meant last night was that it's a Miller 251, minor brain fart. Here's some more progress pictures

 

Here's a few more pictures of the rack after today's progress.

 

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David looks real good!