Over the cab truck rack

Me Again wrote:
Home made.

Nice looking setup. I think I will probably best off getting it custom made.

ependydad wrote:

lfd311 wrote:
Hopefully this helps!!

5th Wheel Truck Rack

The problem with this US Rack is the fine print- they want less than 1/2 of the boat extending out from the front of the rack. That limits you to pretty short boats.

Me Again's setup is sweet- I'm hoping to replicate much of that so that we can take kayaks (14') to Key West this winter.

Fairly simple. Start with usrack's bed mount. Add a front receiver hitch. Then add an extend-a-bed. You can tie it to the rack or whatever.

For the rack: http://www.discountramps.com/hitch-bed-extender/p/TBE-48/?CA_6C15C=1783898921

I did add another brace that is not showing. Here it is. It goes down to the front of the hitch frame to stop fore and aft movements.

The H Frame behind the cab is a two piece unit that separates at the top of the bed when not used. It J-hooks to tie downs in the bed of the truck and has clip pieces that slide down over the front bed rail.
I bought an used receiver hitch at a junk yard and remade it into the front receiver. Chris



Box lid slides to either side.





We have both changed kayaks so I will have to do things stightly different. The bottom Kayak was a Old Town Vapor 12XL and I now have a Vapor 10. Wifes Pelican 10 is gone and she has an Old Town Dirigo 106. So hers will go on the lower level and mine on the upper level.

Chris

lfd311 wrote:
Hopefully this helps!!

5th Wheel Truck Rack

The problem with this US Rack is the fine print- they want less than 1/2 of the boat extending out from the front of the rack. That limits you to pretty short boats.

Me Again's setup is sweet- I'm hoping to replicate much of that so that we can take kayaks (14') to Key West this winter.

Home made.

Hopefully this helps!!

5th Wheel Truck Rack