Bed Rack

I've been wanting to buy a roof-top tent, http://trdparts4u.com/PD-RTT-9007.aspx?MakeID=1, here real soon and was going to mount it to my trailer (still building). Thought it would be nice to mount to the truck if I didn't want to tow a trailer if I was going out of town and camping. Then I installed my OBA and mounted the tank right in front of my rear bumper.



To me it was the best place for the tank but it could be moved. Anyways, I can no longer lower my spare with the tank in the way of the tool that lowers the spare. So I figured once I get the tent it wouldn't be mounted all of the time and could throw my spare, coolers and such up on a bed rack. So I decided to make one. Tell me what you think.

 

Cant believe no one replied to this, Bed rack is BADASS! I would like to try to fab something like that up, Nice work.

 

Looks a thousand times better than the first rack I made for my Jeep. Great Job. I just have one critique though. I would keep an eye on that red hose. I have been through thousands of feet of that stuff and it deteriotes and cracks with little time. I would just keep my eye on it. Maybe even wrap it. Otherwise, awesome. Your fab skills are a work of art.

 

looks pretty nice! not too tall not too short, great work

 

Thanks guys! Hope to build something similar for the offroad trailer. For now this adds alot of storage room.

 

^ Im goin to have to try to fab up sometime like that, I really like that you still can use the bed and see out the back windows, I had a set up for a wile but halling large stuff didnt work to well.

 

awsome fab work now i want to make one. thanks for the great idea

 

whats that you say??? you want a bed rack huh??


to the OP looks great man!! had thought about doing something like that for my truck. but think i'm just gonna fab up a custom roof basket instead..

 

^You know anyone?

 

how did you actually attach the rack into the bed rails? did you just screw it in? i want to do the same but i want to still have it removabal.

 

Probally just put a t-slot into the rail and and bolted it up that way.

 

by doing it that way, do you have any idea how much weight the rack can hold? i know all the weight is on the bed and not on those pathetic rails but just curious on to what the average wight is that a rack can hold?

 

Well, i know those bed cleats can apparently hold 200lbs, so i would think atleast that much. Some guys tie down there mtorcycle using the rail. It has to be somewhat strong lol.

 

Wow. Haven't been in a while. To answer the questions I have no idea how much weight it would hold. I think I may have had 300-400 at one time. I just tweaked the tied down cleats to secure to the bed rail. Just didn't use the cleat and subbed in a grade 8 nut and torqued it down.