Sorry for resurrecting thread, but are you using a wheel chock?
I'm planning to go pick up a 2009 STR this Sunday at hrs away from me and trying to figure out how to do it.
I happen to have a wheel chock so was thinking if it's worthwhile.
Was also thinking of using front corner of the bed to...
Might as well post the bill of material for my set-up, in case someone wants to use it as a reference in Canada.
I ordered from Fazstore.ca.
Others likely won't need the last 2 items (I couldn't find my allen keys so I ordered one basic and one nice one)
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I haven't tried it without the H cross beams. But I can imagine without it, it'll still be strong.
I hung my 180lbs body from the bars and it's solid.
For connecting extrusion pieces where you don't see connectors, I used the anchor fastener method. Basically there's a counterbore hole with...
I finally had some time to wash the truck and put the rack on.
For those of you in Canada, let me know if you'd like parts list. The extrusions and hardware cost me around 500 including shipping and tax.
The elevate racks are around 1300 without tax when I looked into it.
In hindsight, I...
Do you notice any swaying of sort from each racks (front & back)?
I've created a parts list from a supplier but was wondering if it'd be necessary to add another cross bar to connect the 2 racks (eg. so it looks like "H" looking from side of the truck).
My plan is to carry a rooftop cargobox...
Hi, inspires by your photos and ideas, I would like to do something similar but with the cross bar that's more flush to the vertical bars.
Would you in know if the distance between the far left edge of the vertical bar and far right edge of the vertical bar?
My guess would be around 58 inches...