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When you’re hauling bigger gear like kayaks, canoes, or contractor equipment, you need real strength up top. This system includes three 65" long aluminum crossbars with a weight capacity of 220 lbs. The square bars and sturdy RLTF legs give you a solid setup that stays steady under load. It’s built for those who want a dependable rack that can take on serious trips and heavy-duty work alike.
The square crossbars have top channels designed for Rhino-Rack Heavy Duty accessories—like ladder rollers, load stops, and eyebolts—so you can secure your gear exactly how you want it. The rubber strips in these channels help cushion your load and add slip resistance, keeping things stable when you hit rough roads.
Once the rack is installed to the roof tracks, it’s not going anywhere until you want it to. Lockable cover plates on the legs secure the rack to your vehicle, adding peace of mind when you leave it parked. It’s a straightforward, custom-mounted setup built for both security and long-term reliability.
The all-aluminum build resists corrosion while keeping weight down, so rain or shine, this rack keeps performing. The crossbars come with a limited lifetime warranty, and the legs and tracks carry a 5-year limited warranty. It’s a tough system that’s ready for years of hauling adventure gear and work equipment alike.
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Ratings & Reviews
I was building a rack for the skin on frame sailboat I built. I needed a crossbar on the top of my truck but the tracks were longer than I needed. I ended up cutting one of the tracks in half and redrilling the holes for the end caps on the cut ends. It was a little difficult to bend the track along the curved profile of my 2019 Ram Classic roof and get the holes where I needed. It says not to use a pop riveter but I didn't have a pneumatic one and have very good grip strength. I needed every bit of my grip strength in both hands to make it work but it did, in fact work. I used tape to cover the track around the rivets and prevent scratches because when the rivets pop, it's a little out of control. Overall it turned out well. I ended up machining a custom crossbar and T nuts due to having a machine shop on my garage.
The rack more than exceeded my expectations. It was easy to assemble and mount on the cap of my Tacoma truck. I was pleasantly surprised by the aerodynamics which virtually eliminate wind noise, even at highway speed. I pirchased the rack as a permanent mount for a 4rod flyrod holder which I use daily for fishing. The Rhino keeps everything “tight and right”. It has worked perfectly for nearly three hundred trips and over 15,000 miles this year.
Great customer service finding the correct product
Everything went together well. Instructions simple enough. My kit did not have the grommets that go into the track foot that mounts to the track, but that's not a big deal, just a way to keep them quiet, i guess.... and maybe they aren't in the latest version. The racks feel solid enough, but time will tell. Replacing another brand that came with my Leer shell. These will be put the test hauling surfboards and kayaks all over the Texas coast.
Order is lost. Only received half of it. Tape your boxes together like you did on previous orders.
Our bars did not arrive. It only takes three days to ship to Anchorage Alaska from anywhere CONUS.
was missing track leg grommets (4) for track legs. Called JoshuaB and he has contacted Rhino Rack to replace grommets. Item #13 on master manual parts list. Packing split on box during delivery and looked as if limited tape where two boxes connected. Packing issue, maybe, or usps issue.
Rhino Rack is a good strong product. However the Rhino Feet attachment to the Thule track rails did not fit as advertised. The Rhino feet attachment plates had to be ground down to fit inside the Thule track rail channels. Everyone of them. Not a big deal, as i have a bench grinder. I would estimate that the Rhino plates were at least a full .020" of an inch too large to fit in the channel. (see pictures) The rest of the install was a snap, in my opinion the Rhino directions were lacking enough detail. Some trial and error was needed as is common with most items that require some assembly. Completed install is good looking and super functional.
The heavy duty rhino-racks are very well built. There is wind noise. That can be muffled some by using uni-stut closure strips. Uni-strut fasteners fit on both the top and bottom of these bars making it nice for building your own custom tie down and attachment points
The Rhino Rack HD crossbar kit for tracks fits my SyneticUSA Pro retractable cover perfectly. RR includes several track nuts of different sizes to match to your particular track. I love the quick detach capability of the towers and that they also lock for security. The HD bars are essentially the same dimension of 1 5/8" unistrut/superstrut so you can find all sorts of attachment hardware outside of what RR makes. This makes it easy to securely bolt your gear down to the cross bars and customize with easy to find hardware at your local home depot. The 65" HD bars are perfect for a mid size truck like my Tacoma.
E-Trailer support was stellar. They helped me find the right product and worked hard to get it shipped out. Product installed easy per the included instructions and E-Trailer help videos. I have ordered many items from E-Trailer and will continue to do so.
Attached these to Yakima tracks on my pickup copper. Loaded our two 13’ kayaks on them last weekend. Worked great, easy to install. It was missing a couple parts, I reached out to etrailer with what parts were missing and they came in the mail yesterday. Excellent customer service and very satisfied with the product.
The rivets are way too small and they popped out from the roof top leaving holes on the roof of my van. Totally dissatisfied and angry.
Wish they had a kayak rack to mount to areo bars
I don't use it as often as I would like but after a year it is still attached and works as intended. The rubber strips to reduce noise came partially loose, but with some fiddling they seem to be hanging in there now. For my vehicle at least, I used a professional (local auto shop) to install as I was not going to take a drill to my car.
Mostly satisfied. Not issue of etrailers and nothing really wrong with the product but do find it funny and a bit dumb that RhinoRack gives you security screws to hold feet to track but the rails are attached with a standard bolt that can be easily seen and accessed by anyone.
The entire rack system (tracks, feet, aero crossbars, ladder straps, and load stops) installed and worked great for the intended use. Also, the service from etrailer was excellent.
The only drawback to this system is the necessity of purchasing a pneumatic rivet gun ($40) for mounting the tracks, but hey, it's a custom rack and i ended up with a cool tool.
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Product itself is fantastic, I strongly recommend.
I have had these on for more than a year. Most common use case is carrying a 60lb, 16' long canoe.
I installed with rivets into the roof sheet metal. No issues at all with any rivets coming loose, and zero leakage. I use it with a Yakima crossbars with the quick release mounts. The feet are bolted to the tracks. The crossbars just click into the feet. They take literally less than a minute to attach or remove. I've had a few roof rack systems and this is by far the best.
I used the etrailer videos for the installation and they were more than enough. The riveting was nerve-wracking on the first one, but actually very simple. I suggest really taking your time to assure parallel. This can be tricky depending on your roofline. I marked a centerline down my roof and set the tracks based on that.
The only downside I have run into is not at all a fault in the tracks. Because they rivet into the roof sheet metal, it's susceptible to a bit of flex. I see this under the front of the tracks when I crank down on the bowline of the boat. That's a very large lever pulling down on the rack into the roof sheet metal. No lasting issues, I can just see the metal move.
Another small thing to note is that if your roof is curved where the front or real of the rail lands, the plastic end cap might have a small gap under it. It's not itself held down to the roof, it just slots into the track. I have a small gap on mine and it's not a functional issue at all.
Kit was great, except my SnugTop cover required longer T-Bolts for mounting the tracks. The 1.5 inch ones provided were too short. It was a little tough sourcing T/Bolts that would work. It would have been nice if longer T-Bolts could have been an option from Rhino Rack.
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