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Headache rack for use with a cross bed box

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by krcaddis, Oct 8, 2022.

  1. Oct 8, 2022 at 5:04 PM
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    krcaddis

    krcaddis [OP] New Member

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    99 Tacoma "John Elway" orig. from CO
    bedliner, lumber rack w/rust
    Actually I have a 3rd Gen, but there are more people here!
    I'm looking for a sound structural headache rack that I can use with my aluminum cross bed tool box. All I see advertised are twin bars, bars with braces, or bars without any support against folding over.
    I'd like to get one with a well constructed attachment to a base angle that bolts down, and wide enough on a long enough piece of angle to let me use my cross bed box - without losing a foot to diagonal bracing.
    It needs some uprights above the cross bar to stop loads from shifting off the sides, and /or a smaller bar below the top for tie-off. I don't need or want a screen or grill.
    A box wouldn't fit close to the cab on my Chev 2500, but my current box worked even with the lumber rack on my 1st Gen Taco. That rack would fit my 2022, but the powder coat is peeling, rusting, and it weighs more than a couple hundred pounds. I don't expect to need the full rack nowadays, it'd need to be about 2" wider, and it's weight I don't want to carry.

    Does anyone know of a commercially built one?
     

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