franciscoapg
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Hey guys,
I've been doing some research on the PUTCO "Venture TEC" rack, and was wondering if anyone has any experience with it? It seems pretty capable of holding a RTT as well as RotoPax, and other accessories. The main reason I'm looking into it is because I'm trying to find the best solution for a good rack that also allows the use of a tonneau cover. Having put a LEER trifold on since I bought the truck, I get too much utility out of the closed bed to sacrifice the tonneau when I get a rack. The PUTCO rack is shown with a tonneau cover on PUTCO's website and on Stage3's, and I've seen videos of other (non-Ranger) trucks running the same. I know MAX modular / KBvoodoo offers a rack with tonneau adapters, but I would prefer to avoid them since they seem like a potential failure point (and also don't catch my eye appearance-wise). My plan would be to run the rack and switch over to a retractable tonneau cover (embark, or similar so I can open it with the rack on).
Is anyone running a similar set up, or does anyone have the PUTCO rack at the moment?
Link to the rack below:
https://www.stage3motorsports.com/184800-2019-Ford-Ranger-5ft-Bed-Putco-Venture-Tec-Rack.html
Chris at Stage3 was also kind enough to share the rack's installation instructions with me (below). It seems the only issue might be if the rack base clears the tonneau rails?
https://www.putco.com/mb_cpa/index/download/id/4128/file/184800I.pdf/
I've been doing some research on the PUTCO "Venture TEC" rack, and was wondering if anyone has any experience with it? It seems pretty capable of holding a RTT as well as RotoPax, and other accessories. The main reason I'm looking into it is because I'm trying to find the best solution for a good rack that also allows the use of a tonneau cover. Having put a LEER trifold on since I bought the truck, I get too much utility out of the closed bed to sacrifice the tonneau when I get a rack. The PUTCO rack is shown with a tonneau cover on PUTCO's website and on Stage3's, and I've seen videos of other (non-Ranger) trucks running the same. I know MAX modular / KBvoodoo offers a rack with tonneau adapters, but I would prefer to avoid them since they seem like a potential failure point (and also don't catch my eye appearance-wise). My plan would be to run the rack and switch over to a retractable tonneau cover (embark, or similar so I can open it with the rack on).
Is anyone running a similar set up, or does anyone have the PUTCO rack at the moment?
Link to the rack below:
https://www.stage3motorsports.com/184800-2019-Ford-Ranger-5ft-Bed-Putco-Venture-Tec-Rack.html
Chris at Stage3 was also kind enough to share the rack's installation instructions with me (below). It seems the only issue might be if the rack base clears the tonneau rails?
https://www.putco.com/mb_cpa/index/download/id/4128/file/184800I.pdf/
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