Video Transcript for Thule TracRac TracVan ES Van Ladder Rack Spec Review

Hello, neighbor, Steven here with etrailer.com. Today, we're looking at this Thule TracRac TracVan ES Van Ladder Rack. Now, it is a two-bar system rated at 500 pounds, and it does fit a wide variety of Freightliners and Mercedes-Benz Sprinters with fixed mounting points. Now, folks, I do always tell everybody, please, please, check our fit guide here, homepage, etrailer.com, top center of that page where it says vehicle information. Please enter your year, make, and model, any kind of other information it asks you to make sure you're getting the right parts the first time. Now, this van rack will let you carry ladders, lumber, pipe, anything pretty much you wanna put on top with ease.

And it's got a nice aerodynamic design that's gonna help reduce drag and wind noise. So these elliptical crossbars, they're super streamlined, they're gonna minimize that wind resistance. Now, it is a very quick, easy installation on your van's roof. The four reinforced feet will simply bolt onto your van's fixed mounting points. Now, I've got this one fully assembled and mocked up, and the rest of it I left out, so you can kinda see it close up.

So these are those feet. This guy here goes into this system, and then it gets screwed onto this. And then once you put that in the slots here and install it on the bar, then the plastic cover goes over. And then once the plastic cover is over, you put this plastic key blank in there. I recommend you buy lockable ones, those are sold separately, but it comes with the plastic just to pop in, that way, no one can reach that screw.

And then you have all your other mounting hardware that's needed. Here's one of the end caps, and the bolts that bolt all that together. So folks, again, it is a really truly simple install. It is made of a 6000 series aluminum construction, super strong, durable, but lightweight. One rack here in my hand, the whole assembly is 30 pounds.

So again, it's only about 30 pounds total for one assembly. Now, while I've got this put together and zoomed out, I'll show you the end cap there. There's a view from the end, you can see the plastic cover and all that. And from the bottom, all the slots in the bars and everything. Now, keep in mind, these feet can travel the full length of the bar. I just had to put them together right where they're at, 'cause that's how wide my table is. Most likely on a van, they're gonna be probably closer to the outside, so just keep that in mind. Now, the nice slot of the crossbars will also accept a wide variety of other Thule add-ons, attachments, load stops, that kind of stuff. Now, what's neat about these load stops are, one, you got hooks here for tying down the inside, but you can push these pretty much the whole length of the bar. And then let's say you wanna tighten them, hand tighten them around a piece of pipe or a ladder or something, boom, you just hand tighten it and you're good. So very simple, very easy to move them. Same thing with these. (crossbar clacking) I left them loose just to kinda show you how easy it really is. And then again, once you hand tighten them, they're not going nowhere. So very super simple design, easy to use. That's one thing I love about this product, it's so easy to use, folks. Now, this has been powder coated finish for extra rust protection, and then it's even been followed by a clear coat to give you more resistant to scratches and that kind of stuff as well. Now, again, this is all made here in the USA, has a nice limited lifetime warranty. The rack itself is rated at 500 pounds total capacity, so when you're using both bars. These crossbars are 69 inches long. And like I said, a full rack here weighs 30 pounds fully assembled, so the whole kit, 60 pounds. Well, folks, that's gonna wrap it up for our look at these Thule TracRac Van Ladder Racks. Before we go though, I do wanna show you an image of some dimensions here, and this will kinda help you, give you a visualization as well of what it kinda looks like on top of a van roof. And you can always pause this video and look at that image, or on the product page that you're on, it's probably down on there. If you scroll down you can find it as well. Well, that will wrap it up for us today, folks. I'm Steven, thank you so much for your time. Thanks for watching, and stay safe out there.