Allegheny Ford downtown might be worth looking at. I think their paint guy has been there for about a decade and they normally do commercial trucks so they may be using heavier product.
Itās on the softopper website, I canāt remember the name. Their mobile site is a pain on my end or I would grab it for you. I emailed them back when I bought the topper and the price matched on the tent(since they were higher than Jeff B.
Itās not a bad tent at all, leaves pretty good breath...
https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/show-me-your-best-pictures-of-your-ranger.15174/page-7#post-305490
Look at Ray_Kayak_Guy ās posts (with pictures) on the above link. It looks like he has a mount on top of his rack that could be similar to what you would want for maximum support.
A mount...
Not sure this is common knowledge or not but save āBimini topā in your notes if you need replacement parts and want to compare prices (or change out the nylon joints/hardware for metal). There are also snap tools available if you run your topper a bit tighter.
If you end up looking for a rack...
Thank you, you have a very nice looking boat & setup yourself.
Howās the build quality on the smart cap? I was strongly considering their trey but I couldnāt wait for the estimated release at the time.
Bought one a few years ago that is very adjustable and breaks into pieces small enough to put in a bed toolbox. I hardly use it. It only supports about a foot or so past the down tailgate so 8-10ā lumber never needed it and 12ā could be done just flagged for a short trip (I think thatās past...
The drawing PDF I threw up here was pending some final fitment but the way I ended up building it, my topper will fold and unfold. I went with the height I did so that lumber/canoes/etc would clear the cab with little to no issue.
I'm not sure if the topper will fold down with the tighter rack...
I'm excited to be able to share with you, on ranger5g, the bed rack that I put together over the last few months. Seeing some of the other projects people have taken on here really pushed me to take a stab at it myself. I've read many of you have run down the same search of looking for a rack...