Boat rack options for 16 tacoma

Looking for a set of boat racks for my 16 Tacoma TRD DCLB to carry my Lowe 1236 jon boat. Any good options out there?

 

Isn't that 140 pounds?

 

Yes 140 lbs

 

Thule XSporter or Tracrac Trac One should work for you. The Tracrac should be about 2/3 the price of the Thule. Thule has adjustable legs, but not much room to lower in the Tacoma beds. I believe they don't go below cab height because of the bed design. I got a TracOne and modded it to sit at plane with the roof rack. You may want to keep the extra height/width so you can load your boat top side down.

 

Bought the tracrac rack one with the 34001 rail adapter kit for the 16 tacoma. Waiting on the rail adapter kit to come in before I can mount it on the truck

 

Rack works great

 

Nice work! Great setup you got there!

 

I use a half/half set up

 

I'm impressed you can lift the boat up there. Glad you like your rack.

 

Looks good. What type of fishing do you do? I assume you have an outboard motor for the boat, how are you hauling it?

 

Outboard is a yamaha 2.5 four stroke. It goes in a tote in the box of the truck. Flyfishing is all I do. Here is a nice one I got yesterday

 

I like your jon boat set up w/ your trackrac one DB. Just wondering, cause I like to plan ahead, after I buy my dbcb OR...would I need a trackrac w/ slide out extension bars in or to load my 125 lb. snark 12' sailboat? Does track rack even make truck racks w/ side out extensions to load heavy boat one side at a time? If they don't make them...do you know what outfit does?
Thx in advance for any help that you or anyone else out there in TW can give me.

 

Made this for the motor

 

How heavy is that boat? How heavy is the motor?

 

Boat is 130 and 9.9 is 90. I have a trailer that I use most of the time but this works in tight areas.

 

I went with Rhino Racks, removable on the cab, and a tilting t-bar in the hitch. Makes loading solo very easy. I drove this rig 2500 miles a while back, canoe was solid as rock up there. The t-bar has a large bolt for the hitch pin that you snug up with a wrench, so no wobble at all. I called them and got a better price than posted on site.

http://www.autoanything.com/roof-racks/rhino-rack-aero-bar-roof-rack
http://www.autoanything.com/roof-racks/69A6612A0A0.aspx

 

Yea, lifting that boat is probably no fun. I certainly could not do it by myself.

 

No fun is right. Takes 2 for that. Don't use the rack often though.

 

Is there a way to just get one of those towers for the back? Or did you buy both?

I've already got a roof rack, but I'm a little nervous about putting a long kayak or sup board on the roof alone...

 

Dirty Harry-

You can try searching Craigslist for a TracRac TracOne ladder rack. I picked one up on CL for $100 and modified it following the directions in this thread (see post #37 and #38 for my experience with the TracRac mod):

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...l-review-build-for-05-tacoma-bed-rack.294147/