Bed rack

[kidd666]

Has anyone made one or thought of doing it. Looking for opinions on it. Thinking of doing one want to do a roof top tent on it and be able to store my spare and camping supplys. Possibly a couple jerry cans too.
Looking at doing one like this

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But with the light type set up like this

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[great white]

First one looks cool beans but expensive. Not a fan of the spare placement but looks a fairly practical spot all things considered. Would work well for the ground search rig I'd like to eventually build.

Can't say I like anything about the Toyota one...

 

[kidd666]

The toyota one just give me kind of an idea on how to do a tent on top while still haveing lights up there. But I'm probably going with the first one as my starting poing. I wouldn't put my spare there either its just the shell I like. Want my spare to be on tge bed itself. Probably up towards the front so I have room to put othe stuff

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[Jason Glover]

So, I realize this was all several years ago... but did anyone go through with building on? There is a huge market for the bed racks and stuff now but not really for my long bed, and I’ve already got a rack/basket on the roof (crew cab)

 

[boy&hisdogs]

Those things look cool but I just don't see how they are any better than a normal lumber rack, aside from the side-mounted stuff, which can be added to an existing rack much easier than building one from scratch. Also, despite these things being all the rage lately, there are still far more used lumber racks out there for just a few hundred bucks that would be more useful anyway.

I've kicked around the idea of welding a grate to the underside of the part of my lumber rack that extends over the cab so that I can have a "roof rack" section while still maintaining it's use as a lumber rack.

I've even seen guys with both a roof rack and a bed rack and wondered why not just get a lumber rack?

Also that spare mount would be nice since you can still put stuff under it in the bed, but I think that it would severely reduce your rear visibility.

 

[Chevyguy78]

I know this is a hella old thread but has any one found or built a bed rack for their trucks yet?

 

[Chevyguy78]

I was looking on car ID and found this. They show it on a new Silverado. It is a universal fit so I wonder if it will work on ours.

Body Armor 4x4® - Overland Bed Rack

Universal Overland Bed Rack by Body Armor 4x4®. From an Authorized Dealer.

www.carid.com