Bed Racks and RTT Recommendations

How bad is the rearview? I like the mid height but I'm not going to use an RTT so why not get the extra clearance?

 

damn. looking to get a mid height short bed rack

 

Love my relentless bed bars and my freespirit tent

 

Quick question(s): Did your truck come with a tonneau cover? If so, did you have to remove the pegs for the bar install in the bed?

 

subd

 

Didn't get the tonneau cover

 

What bars do you have that rack mounted on?

 

I had to go outside and make sure my truck was still there...looks like a doppelgänger

I went with the AllPro rack and ARB RTT

 

Are you asking about the Defenderrack or the allpro?

 

Defender rack. What bars do you have it mounted on? Thanks

 

I fabricated mounts out of some angle I had laying around. They were meant to be temporary till I got longer material, I havnt got around to building the longer ones. They have held up under some pretty good loads tho.

 

Lol pretty close brother. I would have thought the same thing, and would check out the window as well lol

 

Aah. Nice. If they work that's awesome. I will need to figure something out as I like your idea of using the rack to keep folks with sticky fingers off my stuff.

 

I'm running the same bars and I don't have to remove the pegs. In fact I don't even have to remove the tonneau at all. Bars fit fine with my RTT

 

So you have the bars at https://www.relentlessfabrication.com/products/2016-tacoma-bed-cargo-cross-bars-pair ???

 

Correct.

 

Cool. Last question I think. Are yours the standard height or did you get the tall which adds another four inches?

 

I got the tall ones. The standard height won't fit my tent while still having my tonneau cover folded to the front. Plus I prefer the look of the taller ones, also allows me to fit more gear in the bed height wise.

 

I'm considering going to a bed rack but still going back and forth. Right now I've got a canopy and like the idea that everything is locked up in there.

How are you guys securing your Hilifts & shovels from thievery? Cable lock?

 

I had some plates welded to my bed rack for mounting purposes. I drilled a hole for a lock to pass through for the hilift. I use a cable lock when I mount my shovel/ax. My bed rack was a TW/Craigslist find, minus the mounting plates. So I purchased some angle iron and was able to make it work with my tonneau by mounting behind the bed rail and using the bed rail mounting bolts.