roof rack

anyone have any pictures of their truck with a roof rack? tryin to decide if i wanna do it or not. not the racks that come outta the bed and over the roof but a legit roof rack. or does anyone know a good place to buy one?

 

Use the search function on here, cause I've seen a lot of threads pop up in the past few weeks on this topic, more than likely one of those will have what you need. I'm not totally sure what you mean when you say legit roof rack though, if it comes off the bed its not legit

 

lol just a roof rack not attatched to the bed i mean. i need the bed clear cause i carry two dirtbikes in the back. ill search again i couldnt find exactly what i was lookin for

 

Oh gotcha, what are you putting up there? Check out Bajaracks, they are very highly regarded

 

cool ill check them out thanks. and figured i could put my gear bag and some other misc stuff up there to free up some bed space

 

I have a baja rack. Check my pics. Bought from southeast overland. I would reccomend the rack and SouthEast overland!

 

I made mine part of my bed rack. Its not attached to the roof at all. Just supended over. Made the lights fold down too.

 

^ nice! Havent seen most of those pics! I'm having billy at brute force make something for me, when funds arrive of course. It'll be similar in function to yours, but way different in form. I love TW idea of them being tied together, gonna try and build mine modular so that the roof rack can stay attached and the bed rack can come off in the winters if needed.

 

Yea i thought of trying to do that too. Woulda probably done that had i had more experience with tube bending..but i don't..nor have a tube bender haha so i just used square.

Turned out good.

saved my truck when i rolled it so can't complain haha

 

I'd say that passes the test then haha. Looks good man, definitely functional and that's what counts right?

 

Yep! im pretty happy with it. I mostly just use it for the lights tho..anything up there kills power and mpgs but it does come in handy..

 

Yeah, do you notice a difference in mpg's with your RTT mounted there versus level with the top? I'm assuming there's a drop I'm just trying to figure out how drastic it's gonna be on mine.

 

actually its pretty close to level..the only part that really sticks up over the roof is the ladder part, only like 1-2'' about the cab for the actual tent..

and believe it or not..saw no change in mpg..when i still was rebuilding the roof rack from the roll over i still got 15-18 hwy. Which might seem low but when you consider im on 33x12.5s on stock gears with a ton of heavy armor and such..its not bad really. haven't had it on the hwy yet with the roof rack rebuilt.

i got 18mph going to and from a meet set up like this..

 

can anyone link me of one to buy? i cant find one for the life of me! i can only find accessories for racks already installed

 

Don't think any one does.

 

really? no one makes a universal mount or anything? im a little upset now

 

Well not for extended cab. I mean there are roof racks but you'll have to drill for them.

 

And with my temporary roof basket i build last minute for a trip



I used the landing pad 7 and Yakima Q towers

 

thats exactly what i want thats sick man

 

Just a qwik pic of my roll bar/roof rack setup..... jus one option of getting a roof rack seeing that the Xtra cab doesn't have roof rails to facilitate easier mounting of racks....



Will post up more pics soon