I hauled 1920 lbs on these racks today. A buttload of Timbertech composite. Then cut it all to size in my driveway. I don't know of any other racks I would trust to put a ton of wieght on. I'm sure they are out there but I dont know of any better.

Bet that made you slow down a bit being that top heavy!

 

Mine met its match with a bunch of treated 2x material. I had taken out the middle support between the cab and tailgate. Didn't think to put it back on. Loaded it way to heavy. Upon unloading I realized that the weight actually bent the horizontal bar behind the cab. It was stupid on my part to put that much weight on. They are extremely nice racks.

 

the racks are one thing, but how much is that truck rated for?

 

It's a 3/4 ton

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Do the legs go all the way to the bed Mike? I have seen racks that sit on top of the bed sides spread the fenders after a while.

I bought a rack years ago and the legs went down to the bed. They bolted to the sides too. That was on my 1/2 ton. It was a nice rack for an aftermarket unit.

Current Royal build along with the utility bed. 45 2x10s were on there at one time. No problem.

 

I was working near the beach today....saw a lot of nice racks....:thumbsup:

 

How many of them made it in the truck?

 

Picked these up for 100$ 8 years ago. Perfect for carrying ladder or brake and maybe small lumber order. Sometimes the ladder rattle gives me a headache so dont always want to drive around with one and sometimes like to actually not look like a contractor every place i go..(only vehicle)

 

watch out on crushing bed rails.

did that once.

Made my own on top od 8 ft side boxes . now I can and do carry a ship load

 

watch out on crushing bed rails. did that once. Made my own on top od 8 ft side boxes . now I can and do carry a ship load

Ditto on this. We have an 08 3/4 Chevy at work and the box on it literally fell apart within two years. The rack is now posted down to the frame as are the rest of the company trucks now.

 

This is my sixth Chevy and Ive been loading my racks just like in this picture for years with out one incident. It makes a difference when the racks have angle iron the full length of the bed rail.

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This is my sixth Chevy and Ive been loading my racks just like in this picture for years with out one incident. It makes a difference when the racks have angle iron the full length of the bed rail. Sent from my SM-T520 using Tapatalk

They had heavy angle the whole length. Are they your personal trucks or solely company trucks? It's amazing what guys will do to something that they aren't paying to fix.

 

They are solely company trucks. I have two 2500 3/4 tons. But if they break I still have to fix them or make an insurance claim. I have commercial insurance policies on both.

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You can always have it delivered to the job for around $50-75
That's what I do, saves me wear and tear.

 

The problem with this is I like to inspect the bottoms of the decking. Lot of times its phucked up from being scraped with the lift. Also often times there's no place to drop it on site, such as where I'm at now, it's a condo.

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You can always have it delivered to the job for around $50-75 That's what I do, saves me wear and tear.

Deliverys not always an option. We do lots of work on ice in the winter and the lumber yard isn't a fan of wet slushy ice roads.

 

also a hassle to wait around for the lumber truck to show up. they always "guarantee it first thing in the morning" and that means it shows up at 1pm

 

True, but I usually plan on doing other work in that time.
It doesn't work out for everyone, but so far has worked out for most jobs, if planned for ahead of time.

 

Knew the guy who started Rack-it....

I had one of the first, if not the first rack of that design.

Incredibly strong racks...

Started in South Lake Tahoe circa early 1980's.

Moved the operation to western El Dorado Co. then sold it.

He was a little guy, we called him weasel welding.....

However. he was a fabrication genius...:thumbsup:

 

i crushed a rack-it rack.....worst $750 i ever spent.....actually, wasnt bad, it was user abuse. had to make my own.





2x4 1/4" wall uprights, 2x4 1/4" supports to bed, 2x2 3/16" wall for the rest. had quite a bit loaded up on her. enough material for a complete 800 square foot redwood deck. my truck weighs 6800 lbs emty with this rack on it.....I will see what it weighs next time I load 'er up.....


before the flaming starts....I OVER LOADED THE RACK-IT RACK!!!! rack-it makes GREAT racks......

 

If you have that much chit to put on a rack....:whistling

That is why one orders delivery from the yard...:thumbup:

 

was a last minute schedule change....and ....it....sucked.....lol

 

This particular job has the whole backyard completly covered with deck. The lady was leaving for two weeks and owed me 7k I told her according to my contact I get a 7k draw at the framing completion. She said "Im not paying you 7k without the decking on site". I said "the contract terms that you signed, says after framing". I said "I would like to bring the decking in as I need it because there's no room to put it onsite and work all at the same time". She says "I don't know you I'm not going to just give you 7k, before I leave". So I decided at the last minute to pick it up, cut it to size so I could store it onsite. There wasn't enough time to have it delivered. There's no way I'm letting her leave without paying me 7k. Hell she could die or something.

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Yeah, always get your money or most of it before anyone goes anywhere. You never know...:blink:

 

I will add one more thing, in the schedule of payments it says 7k after first material drop and completion of framing. She tried to tell me it meant full matériel drop. I said "no, it means exactly what it says, first material drop and that is framing". But to keep the peace I capitulated.

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I've always had a Rack-it rack since 1995. Never failed me yet.

Current version

 

Is that some sort of tie down you have attached on there at the 4 corners?

 

^^^ That's the one I have.

Very happy with the Rack-it. I had to do some minor surgery on the cap to get it to fit, but it's great having the cap and rack combo.