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This sturdy, lightweight aluminum rack clamps securely onto your truck bed side rails and lets you carry ladders, lumber, supplies, and equipment. Adjustable load stops included.
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Notes: This rack cannot be used with tonneau covers. If the truck has an over-the-rail liner or OEM sliding tie-down anchor tracks, modifications will need to be made.
This truck bed ladder rack offers 400 lbs of raised, cargo-hauling capacity. This workhorse ladder rack hauls ladders, lumber, pipe, and rebar, freeing up your truck bed for other equipment.
The aerodynamic design of the crossbars creates less wind drag and helps to promote fuel efficiency. The included load stops can be loosened and changed to the desired position by sliding them along a channel. Then simply retighten them to lock them into position.
The MaxxTow rack system is constructed of durable, lightweight aluminum with a powder coat finish.
Because aluminum is lighter than steel - the material most often used for truck racks - only a small percentage of your truck's cargo capacity is taken up by the rack itself, enabling you to pack on more weight than you could with a steel system.
This ladder rack installs quickly and easily on your truck bed side rails. Simply position the bases of the rack where indicated in the included instructions and secure them with the provided clamps. The clamps are padded to protect your truck's side rails from scratches and scuffs.
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (122 Customer Reviews)
This sturdy, lightweight aluminum rack clamps securely onto your truck bed side rails and lets you carry ladders, lumber, supplies, and equipment. Adjustable load stops included.
I purchased these "easy to install ladder racks" about a year ago for the purpose of hauling long tent poles. I am an auctioneer and we occasionally need to set up tents on the location of the auction. I did not want racks on my truck permanently. I wanted some that could be installed quickly when needed. After much research I purchased this set. The racks arrived quickly. I read the instructions before installing. The first time it took about 15 minutes to install and about 5 minutes to remove. The second time it took less time to install. They are heavy duty and look very nice on the truck. I am very pleased with the quality and the all around experience with the purchase. I would recommend etrailer.com and this particular product.
Gary B - 05/22/2021I was going to provide a rating of 3, primarily because the ladder rack was received in damaged condition. There were two dents on one of the rails. The damage was clearly there before the ladder rack was shipped because the rails were wrapped in bubble wrap when they arrived and there was no exterior damage to the box they were shipped in. We chose not to return the ladder rack because it took so long for it to arrive, we needed it, and the damage did not affect the functionality of the rack. Other than the damage and one missing bolt, the product is fine and is being used as intended.
Sierra K - 06/08/2021I buy lumber once every month or two and this rack works well for my purposes since it's easy for one person to take on and off. When I need the full bed or when I use my tonneau cover, I use a power impact driver to take the bolts off in seconds and each of the two racks are pretty light so they're easy to handle. If I need to haul my dirtbike, I only need to take off the rear rack, so half the work. I can carry 12-ft boards no problem on the highway and the forklift at the lumber yard can easily load the boards right onto the rack for quick and easy loading. I live in Santa Cruz where there's a lot of theft crimes and park my truck outside, so for peace of mind I replaced all the hex bolts with M10 x 40mm "tamper proof" torx bolts that I got on eBay (see photo).
Ordered these racks because they are Aluminum so they would last and not rust. But the mounting brackets are metal and are extremely rusted after just one year of use. Other than that they were easy to install and have worked well for me.
This rack has exceeded my expectations and worked perfectly for my purpose. I bought it for the sole reason of being able to transport kayaks. I'm impressed by the quality of it as it's very sturdy (and it also looks great as it's made from aluminum). The fact that you don't have to drill holes in your truck also makes this a winner! Made our first successful trip yesterday, removed the rack in less than 10 minutes and...no damage to the truck rails. I can now safely haul 5 kayaks in a 5.5' RAM. Love it!
Rob - 02/10/2018The Maxxtow MT Ladder Rack is just what we were looking for. Good product for a good price. We use it primarily for carrying kayaks, and it works perfectly for our needs. Lots of compliments on how it looks. Easy to remove in just a few steps in winter to put a tonneau cover on, and then to re-place back on for summer.
Still using these frequently, after a year. Other than some rust discoloration around some of the welds, they still look and work great. Only minor annoyance (not a dig on the racks), is if you want to a “j-hook” carriers for your kayaks, you may neeed to get a longer bolt for the j-hook mounts. Seems they are designed for smaller crossbars. It’s minor and I don’t mind having stronger crossbars holding the cargo. Glad I purchased these and if I needed another set, I wouldn’t bother shopping around.
I bought this to haul my Kayaks I have a 2010 GMC Canyon and tow a Travel trailer for Camping. Racks for RV's $$$$.$$ insane! This was easy to put together and sturdy! I can take it off and put my trifold cover on when not using it and no drilling = no hole in your truck bed!!!
Ladder rack appears sturdy. It's what I expected. I'm satisfied with this product in spite of the assembly difficulties. It was a little difficult to put together. First find a 6-mm allen wrench since the one included didn't fit very well. Secondly, attaching and adjusting the crossbeam gusset was a pain. The short bolts (8x15) with the flat and lock washers barely allow enough clearance to slide into crossbeam. If the bolt unscrews out of backing plate when adjusting you have to take crossbeam gusset out of crossbeam to reattach. This happened to me when assembling and when adjusting to span my truck bed. So I had to take down the whole bar and pull apart, again. I found that first tightening and loosening the bolt to compress the lock washer helps slightly. A longer bolt would be wonderful. If I recall correctly the assembly part was left out in the review video. Now I understand why.
I purchased this for hauling my kayak while utilizing my bed for my mountain bikes and camping gear. The rack looks nice but the hardware is spotty probably will rust over time. Installation is not hard took me about 30mins by myself. It’s gets the job done but my biggest complaint is the WHISTLE. Man is it annoying. Honestly is I payed more than $195 I’d be upset. Should have just went with the Thule one for an extra $150. Drew
Very happy with this sturdy rack to carry my kayaks while towing a travel trailer. A small park was missing when received, but the folks at etrailer handled the problem and shipped the missing part. Have bought several times from etrailer and will continue to use them.
Good 400lb light duty rack. Came with broken plastic cross bar end caps. Informed E Trailer and they sent an entire cross bar in 2 days time with shipping label for the return of affected bar. Wow! Great customer service! Please note, cleats do Not come with rack, they were an add on. Will use this rack for kayak and surf fishing poles.
its ok at best. The bars have bent down with only about 300lbs of weight on them. Also, all of the steel parts rusted.
I bought these to carry my kayaks when we go camping. They wok great. I can install them in about 30 minutes and I’m ready to load the kayaks. When we get back from our camping trip I can remove them and put my bed cover back on until next trip.
Gary R - 08/16/2020Fits great on my 2014 Ram 1500 quad cab 6.4 bed very easy to install and comes apart very easy when not in use , It can of hums a little bit when on highway when driving ..Over all I like this ladder rack and for the price it's a great buy .
Just installed these on my 2016 F150. They look nice and everything went together without an issue. I was surprised that the bases were not aluminum. Not really a issue! I did go out on the highway for a noise test. 60 mph and no issues, even with the Yakima kayak carriers attached.
Fantastic product. I put it together by myself and it took me an hour and it fit great. I will recommend this product to others.
Ronald B - 07/26/2018Mostly satisfied, easy it put together and install on truck. Disappointed at how quickly it rusted at the welds (within days) so now they are in my garage!
I would not buy it again, The rack looks great in pictures and it works good but It took one rainy night to start rusting and running rusty water down my brand new truck.
I got the package on time as stated. The rack was very carefully packaged and it good shape. Once I read the instruction it was fairly easy to install. I do have a bed liner but no mods were needed. When it was all put together it took less than a hour. I took it for test down the free way and there was some slight whistling. I put my 28ft extension ladder and my 6' ft ladder on and there was a lot of howling going on. That may have nothing to do with rack though I need to figure that out. Another thing that I think that needs to be improved is the instructional photos were hard to read since it was B&W and small. Overall it is a good looking rack and would by from this company again!
Eric C - 01/28/2018perfect for what i need goes together easy and is solid and hold my ladders great sorry don't have it on my truck at the moment so i cant supply a pic
Gene W - 11/07/2020received my ladder rack today, as usal was delivered as promised,really enjoy shopping with etrailer they are the greatest..
The MaxxTow MT70423 truck bed ladder rack is exactly what I needed to carry my 2 kayaks while pulling my Casita trailer. It has worked perfectly with no negative issues. I did use J&B Weld to glue the end caps to prevent them from coming off and causing noise, as some reviews warned. I am extremely satisfied with the workmanship, and especially the price. Comparable racks available cost much more.
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