Can I Trim The P&F Aluminum Ladder Rack For Enclosed Trailers To Be Lower Profile?
Updated 12/16/2025 | Published 12/02/2025
Question:
How much trimming is usually needed to make PF69VR sit lower on a flat-top trailer?
asked by: Kelsey
Expert Reply:
Hey Kelsey - the P&F Enclosed Trailer Ladder Rack # PF69VR isn’t designed to be trimmed, and the bottom 6" × 2" mounting bracket definitely can’t be cut since it’s the structural base.
If someone absolutely needed a lower profile, the only area that could be shortened is the very top of the upright above the welded gusset, and that would be an installer-choice modification, not something P&F or etrailer recommends.
What exactly are you trying to do? Fit into a low garage?
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Tim
12/16/2025
Hey Andrew. I have a trailer with a roof air vent sits about 5-1/2" above the roof, and I was hoping the rack would clear it without sticking way up in the air. Do you know roughly how tall the PF69VR ends up once it’s mounted?