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This sturdy, rustproof aluminum rack clamps securely onto your truck bed rails and includes mounts for your crossover-style toolbox. The slotted crossbars let you easily mount and adjust accessories such as the included heavy-duty load stops.
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The T-Rac Pro2 mounts quickly and easily to your truck bed rails. Simply position the bases of the rack where indicated in the included instructions and secure them with the provided clamps. Each support base is held in place by 2 heavy-duty aluminum clamps. Torque the clamps down to ensure a substantial connection and you're good to go.
Included with the T-Rac Pro2 is a toolbox mounting kit that lets you mount your crossover-style toolbox without having to drill into your truck bed rails. Within this kit are 4 aluminum clamps that attach to your truck's side rails in much the same way as the mounting clamps. Each clamp has a pre-drilled hole in its center and comes with the hardware required to attach your crossover toolbox.
The sturdy aluminum crossbars on all Thule TracRac truck racks feature integrated slots for mounting and easily adjusting accessories, such as the included load stops. These slots appear on both the top and bottom of the bars for the ultimate in mounting versatility.
A built-in trip strip at the front of each crossbar shields the slots from wind, maintaining the aerodynamic quality of the bars and preventing that annoying whistle you often find with slotted bars.
Included with the T-Rac Pro2 are 8 tie-down accessories. The 4 load stops are designed to mount in the slots of the crossbars and slide along them for quick, easy adjustment. To adjust a load stop, simply twist the quick-release knob, slide the load stop to the desired position, and then tighten the knob to secure the load stop in place. These bookend-style pieces help to hold ladders and lumber in place on the crossbars. They also have built-in loops for securing tie-down straps.
The 4 cleats attach at any of the provided mounting points along the outside of the upright supports so that you can tie down items that require additional anchoring or that sit in your truck bed.
The T-Rac Pro2 rack system is constructed of durable, lightweight aluminum. Because aluminum is lighter than steel - the material most often used for truck racks - only a small percentage of your truck's cargo capacity is taken up by the rack itself, enabling you to pack on more weight than you could with a steel system.
Even though aluminum is already rustproof, Thule TracRac has taken the extra step of adding a dual powder coat finish to further protect the rack. The electrostatic powder coat (e-coat) clings to the metal surface better than traditional paint finishes for a more durable covering. The second coat is a clear finish that adds extra shine and protection from scuffs and scratches.
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Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (48 Customer Reviews)
This sturdy, rustproof aluminum rack clamps securely onto your truck bed rails and includes mounts for your crossover-style toolbox. The slotted crossbars let you easily mount and adjust accessories such as the included heavy-duty load stops.
Not as good as my original TracRac set, that wouldn't fit my new truck, but still very good. Two, maybe three points for you.
The way I tie my loads to the racks, I use heavy cord, the ties that now come with them are not as easy to use as the older nautical cleats. (They would make a nice option)
This is a Toyota problem more than yours but the rear rack cannot be put to the back of the bed rail because of your rail fasteners and the shape of the bed. My truck is a short bed so fastening the rear rack as far back as possible was important. It would almost help if one rack has a longer "foot" that could be fastened more securely. I understand making both front and back the same, makes for easier manufacture but I see it as a design flaw. With the photos beside the type of pickup, the rear rack connection shows how Toyota curved the bed rail in a little at the back (no idea why they did that) but you can see it in how the shadow is gone toward the very back of the foot. To set it on the rail the way you expect would mean moving it forward by almost 8 inches. On a short bed truck that puts the racks too close together.
Also my old set had gussets supporting the upright and the foot. Maybe yours are engineered to be sufficiently strong but I do feel like I could pull the rack out of the foot when tying front and back together. Don't know for sure, just a feeling.
And maybe another issue, while I'm on a roll, the connectors have only the Allen fastener which would be ok if it had a bolt type head not a smooth head to make the final tightening to be done with a wrench not just the Allen wrench.
Great product, works well.
Thank you
The truck racks work great, I was thinking my 17 foot canoe was too long to haul on the Tacoma until I installed these. - thanks
I just finish the mounting.... it's really easy and love it so hard ....highly recommended ..great job guys!
Awesome rack,took me a bit to put it together but I wanted it perfect.
It's hard to find a bed rack compatible with the 3rd gen Tacoma. I was nervous that, even with all the research prior to my purchase, this rack would not fit, or be missing the bed rail brackets, or SOMETHING due to the difficulties other Tacoma owners have with racks. I'm planning on buying a few Tacomas as fleet vehicles need to shuttle around ~400lbs of equipment regularly.
The price on etrailer.com was excellent. The rack arrived a day or two early. Packaging inside the box was good. Extra tape on the outside would be good though, the box was half open when it arrived.
The rack is easy enough to put together, directions aren't perfect (there's a single bag containing all the screws and bolts and the parts sheet doesn't do a great job of explaining what goes where ) but if you're good at wrenching you'll figure it out, no problem. The brackets for the Tacoma are different than the ones in the diagram, but installation is the same as instructed.
It FITS. Even contains some rubber shims to help protect the truck and kill vibration. Loaded up about 400lb worth of ladders. Lots of tie-off points, and the sliders on top of cross beam are simple and sturdy.
Very happy with it so far. I think this rack will stand up to our abuse :) will order from etrailer again, Happy with their service.
Fit our companies new 2020 Tacoma great! Shipping was fast, product was easy to install.
I like it; however, one of the crossbar endcaps was only partially tapped with threads preventing the bolt to fully tighten to the end cap. I requested a new end cap. I haven’t installed on my truck so I am unable to comment any further.
Easy installation. Looks great and fast shipping. Highly recommended
directions were correct, i had two of these and their workhorses,
Pretty easy install. Fits well on a 2017 Tacoma. I bought this to transport kayaks, and it does it well. Sturdy and extremely well built, very nice finish. Very pleased with this purchase.
Great rack. Very sturdy and solid. Really great purchase experience and customer support. Feels like a great company that truly cares about customer satisfaction.
The manual wasn't very useful for installing these on my Tacoma, but it was pretty straightforward and only took about an hour. Product seems solid.
Love it easy to build and install
Good product and good service.
First let me say I’m perfectly satisfied with these racks. They have only been installed a few days so I have not had a chance to load them up yet, but I’m confident they will work as advertised as they seem very sturdy and well built. That said, here is a listing of a few issues I have which prevent me from giving this system a 5 Rating.
- Installation was fairly straight forward however parts did not completely match the instructions (attached). The Modular Clamp, item Q, differed from what is depicted in the instruction (see photos of actual part). The Clamps provided have T shaped feature which slides in the track of the Toyota track bed. This is actually a good making the installation more secure without the need for additional parts.
- The threaded hole in Modular Clamp for Bolt O, however, was partially filled with the coating material which made it difficult to install the bolts. I mounted the clamps in a vice to get the necessary leverage to initially screw in the bolts. This made final installation easier and by using Loc-Tite (as recommended) , I’m not concerned with the bolts backing off.
- My installation did not involve working around a tool box, however, that portion of the instructions was not very clear in my opinion. Also, Part V, Clamp Foot, was NOT included in my parts package. And since my Modular Clamps (Q) differ from what is shown in the instructions, not sure how they would work for the tool box configuration.
- Both the instructions and the Video Review depict the Crossbars (F) with notches in the upper and lower tracks to facilitate installation of the corner braces and Crossbar Tie Downs/Load Stops. Neither of my Crossbars have the notches machined in. In the case of the corner braces, this means they need to be installed on the cross bar before installing the uprights
The new rack looks great and I was able to do the assembly myself. Only problem was one bracket wasn’t drilled by the manufacturer and I drilled it myself.
I do not hear any whistling from the rack while driving.
Seems like a solid rack. I expect it is overkill for a couple of kayaks or canoe, but there are not a lot of options to fit a Ford Super Duty pickup.
I assembled it in about an hour and a half. It would have been faster, but I had to run a tap through the holes on all of the bedrail clamps. The box arrived open, with most staples only through one layer of cardboard on the box, but the internal packaging was excellent and all the parts were there.
Subtracted a star for the packaging and poor hole tapping.
Really nice heavy duty rack. I was able to mount it on my Pace Edwards full metal Jackrabbit bed cover with Explorer rails. Just had to drill two holes in each mounting plate and grind some carriage bolts to fit in the slots.
One complaint... I don't understand why one top rail has an opening in the slot for installing accessories and the other top rail does not. I have to take the end cap off to install anything.
The quality of the Thule T-Rac Pro 2 is very good and will last forever (never go back to steel). I have a short-bed GMC 2500HD and the storage space overhead for ladders, aluminum planks, 12 - 16 foot boards, etc. is a game-changer. However, I ordered extra load stops and M8 knobs direct from Thule and they did not include the screws to mount the stops (don't even list them in their catalog). I deduct 2 stars for Thule support being a pain
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Steve.sheedy
8/12/2019
Good,ladders, lumber, it just works