Budget Bed Racks

Boating season is just around the corner and it's time to get shopping. Our tandem kayak is a beast at 90 lbs, so we usually haul it on top of our sailboat when we take the boats on the road for a weekend.

There may be 1-2 times a season that we take the kayak by itself. The Thule racks look awesome, but they're stupid expensive for the 2 times a year that I'm going to move a 16' tandem kayak or a 20' extension ladder.

Am I dreaming? Is there such a thing as a sub $300 bed rack?

 

Yup. Mine was like $80 from home depot online. Holds my kayak fine, it's probably 70 lbs

 

That's exactly what I need. How does it mount?

 

Gotta drill holes in the bed rails, it bolts on there...maybe not what you want to do to a 2015

 

Definitely not a fan of drilling, but I wonder if I could get away with welding on tabs and connecting it to the bed rails on the 2nd gen like the Thule does.

 

If you can spend $500, you can get one that's strong enough to support a tank, and has lots of versatility.

 

http://www.kbvoodoo.com/shop/toyota-tacoma-bed-rack-fits-years-2005-2016

 

Chad, Who is the Texas guy that bought this and mounted his tent and rotopax on it?

I want to see this in person. The bolt up and bolt down feature has me interested.

 

That would be @LunaticConcepts

I had a customer come by the shop Saturday for a bed rack and a tailgate cap. It was the first time I actually saw the bed rack installed on a truck. It is unbelievably strong.

 

I wouldn't know about that. But if it would help I can get some pictures of where it bolts to the truck and maybe you can see if that would work or no.

 

Sup! I live in Georgetown, pm me

 

DIY

 

Very, very tempting and it was one of the first ones I'd looked at. Ive been impressed with your marketing and designs, but I'm not sure I could get that under the wife radar considering it would only be mounted 1-2 weekends a year