etrailer | Review of the DeeZee Customizable Truck Bed Ladder Rack with Tie-Downs
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Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Deezee side mount customizable truck bed ladder rack with tie downs. Part number DZ95053. This customizable, half ladder rack you and see is very compact. It doesn't take up very much room in the back of your vehicle so you can have plenty of space in the back of your truck for any other equipment you may want to haul. It's gonna be constructed of 1/8 inch steel. It has a black tire-coat finish to resist rust, 200 pound weight capacity, and can be mounted on your driver or passenger side of your vehicle.It's gonna come with two hook and loop straps to secure your load to your rack.
It's also gonna come with a ladder stop, which is gonna prevent your ladder from sliding up over top your cab.We'll just undo our straps, once you have your load off you can either remove your straps or simply leave them on. Now with our extension fully in, it's gonna give us about 19 inches of usable space, however we can extend that and that's gonna give us about 28 and a half inches of usable space. Now, with this being the 28 inches of usable space, this is gonna leave about half of this extension inside the tube. By leaving half of the extension inside the tube, it's gonna help maintain the stability.Now to move your uprights, due to the tight fit inside of the tube, you're just simply gonna take a rubber mallet and tap on the bottom of the post here so they come loose. The nice thing about these is that they're nice and compact.
They can be stored away. Hang them in your garage, or store them in the back of your truck.Now we'll show you how to get this installed. Keep in mind we're gonna be doing this on a 2013 F-150. This is a universal kit, so it will work on multiple different beds of different trucks, you just may have to adjust where your mounting holes are gonna be. First thing we're gonna do is you can see this has a cover on it.
We're gonna have to cut that part of the cover out so that when we mount this hole here, we're flush up against the rail.The first thing I'm gonna do is I've got this tight on my rail so I know how high I need to go. I'm just gonna take a paint marker and mark what I need to cut out. Now I'm gonna have to take a rotary tool with a cutting blade on it and I'm gonna cut this out here. Once we have that cut out, I'm gonna go ahead and check to see if we need to make any adjustments.Next thing we're gonna do is we're gonna mark our holes where we're gonna be drilling. Next we're gonna take a hole punch and we're just gonna tap the center of our mark here.
That'll give us mark for our drill. We're gonna use a 1/2 inch drill bit per the instructions. We're gonna take a rivet and our included tool, which is gonna be a long black bolt, our spacer. One thing I am gonna recommend is they say to put a drop of oil on it. I'm gonna use Loctite Anti-Seize. This bolt when doing each one of these will get hot, and you don't want it to break, so I'm gonna put anti-seize on it to make sure that my bolt doesn't break or get stuck.I'm gonna put my spacer, make sure these teeth are facing out, and if you look on the head of the rivet, it's got teeth on it. Those teeth are gonna fit when you bolt this on. They're gonna fit inside of the teeth inside this spacer. Go ahead and put it into place. You want to take a wrench and hold this in place while you turn the bolt. You don't want this to turn or your rivet to turn. You want that to stay still.I'm gonna be using a 1/2 inch socket on my bolt. What you don't want is you don't want your rivet to be moving around. What I'm doing is I'm trying to get it tight to where I can move this, and my rivet doesn't spin in there. Then we're gonna repeat the same process for our remaining hole. A little tip to help kind of keep this from rusting because you just drilled a hole into it and now it's gonna be bare metal is you can use clear coat spray paint, or same color spray paint if you have it as your vehicle.I have a black paint marker, so I'm gonna use that, and then I'll probably put a little bit of clear coat over it just to help it. Just a tip on your holes that you drill, you may want to do that to keep it from rusting up.Now that we have our rivets in place for our bracket at the top, I'm just gonna loosely install my hardware. I'm gonna be using a longer bolt, and I'm just gonna put a flat washer on 'cause I'm gonna be taking them back out. What I'm doing here is I'm gonna take my shorter one of the hex bolt, you want to make sure when you put this bracket on you put the leg in first or else you won't be able to get it in. I'm gonna take the short
Thank you for the video. I cancelled the order immediately 😁
Man I needed help installing mine because what I bought didn’t have any instructions, Same parts but different brand. Thank you for this video
Am I right in thinking I could drill additional holes into this?
I would want to grab two sets of these, add some sheets of plywood onto the sides to make a sort of camper shell. The way that you can easily remove this top portion of the rack while still leaving the base makes it an interesting idea.
You could do that, but it'll depend on how much weight you're planning on loading on the ladder racks. Drilling holes will weaken the tubing to an unknown degree, which is why we wouldn't recommend it. How about using U-bolts to hold the plywood to the uprights? Seems like that would be a better option for you. Hope that helps!
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I have this ladder rack..
I put a piece of steel angle to make a slot for pvc and Unistrut etc.. I have a Double sided 8’ ladder and a regular 6”.. it holds more weight then people think, I have the Side bins on my truck I put heavy stuff on my driver bin and way less weight on my passenger side where the rack is at to try to even out the truck..
That's a cool tip, thank you!
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Did you drill in the bottom of your truck bed
300 pounds on a steel frame seems too little. I bet that wooden rack can hold a thousand pounds easy. ( not that I would load it that heavy----I have a heavy foot and may need to brake hard heh heh ) great video. thanks
What is the screws name that you put in the truck bed after you drilled?
Can you buy only the rear half times 2 that's all me would want ???? And if so how much ????
Can you fit plywood in the bed with this half rack installed?
Yes, full sheets of plywood will still fit in the bed with this kit installed.
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Thanks for helping
We are happy to help! Check out the following link for more information on this DeeZee Customizable Truck Bed Ladder Rack.
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Man am I confused. I went to install this same rack on my 2014 F150 today and the front leg is too short. If I mount the bracket following the instructions and this video that front tube is at least 2" short of reaching that bracket. I thought maybe I grabbed the back one but no that one is even shorter. If I hadn't seen this video I would have thought it just wasn't meant for the F150.
Why wouldn't a threaded backer plate for bed side not be included. No mention of using a level, or plumb bob??? Can imagine how many guys drill the heck out of bed, then notice font of back is leaning. Believe Etrailer should have made a legit install video, rather then a meeting at the end trashing the process. LOL
This ladder rack is a great option for those looking for a ladder rack for a work truck that they would be using all the time. We have a ladder rack that is a clamp on design in the following link.
www.etrailer.com/Ladder-Racks/Erickson/EM07708.html
yeah I'm not cutting into my truck lol
It was kind of a bummer that on that vehicle, we had to cut into the plastic bedside cap so the rack's mounting bracket could sit tightly to the vehicle. There are other options, though. Let us know the year, make and model of your truck, and we'd be happy to make a suggestion!
Is this rack safe to carry a 40 foot ladder?
That is my question too
I would also like to know if this is safe for a 28ft or 40ft ladder?
Tony Sibanda have you figured it out?
Extension ladder? Yes just extend to 30 feet. Set even for ballance. Put bright flag....so that way people can see it and won’t run into and hit it.
Do I have to remove my bed liner???
If your bed liner extends up over the inside edges of the bed sides, the bed liner would need to be either notched or removed.
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Which side should I install it on?
It will depend on what you are carrying but more times than not it will be most helpful on the passenger side. This is to stay out of the line of traffic.
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It's a 5 min job to drill a couple holes and throw in a pin or add a bolt to the thing. Lol yall makin this too complicated 🤣
HI, easy for some is not easy for all. We want our video guides to be able to help everyone on every level! www.etrailer.com/ Make sure you check out the fitguide for anything else you need!
If you can put this whole thing together in 5 mins bro you Are the Ladder Rack Wizard 😅
The so called "rivots" that it threads into seem VERY CHEESY. I'm glad I saw this video before I purchased this rack. NO THANK YOU!
Such horse shit this is lol.Just put some regular 3/8 bolts and be done with it.