uplandgunner
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I got my JTR June 1st, I'm a patient guy and I know vendors are rushing to create products for our JT's. Two things I need and want, under armor and a rack system for the bed.
A good number of racks coming out. I kind of like JCR Offroad's Gladiator rack.
https://www.jcroffroad.com/product/JTBR.html
Their website lacks some pertinent info and I contacted them. First in regards to weight load.
Just about every other vendor with a rack has weight load stats. Static weight load , Hwy weight load and trail weight load.
"Jeep rates their Trail Rails at a maximum vertical static load capacity of 250 lbs. per rail side. Our rack is stronger than that, as much of the load is carried on the bed rail tops, but we recommend staying inside Jeeps specifications. We don't list the load capacity of our rack because that number doesn't do much good as the bed and bed attachment system is the limitation of that.
We'd love to have a real number above the 250 per side, but the load capacity of the bed and bed rails isn't public information, so we can't do the analysis on it."
This is bullshit, just passing the buck on to Jeep in regards to liability. Obvious they carry minimal liability insurance on their designs IMO.
OK I can live with that. So their rack comes pretty close to what I'm looking for but I want to do some things they haven't thought of. For my needs I want an extra side rail so I can mount one very low and one high to use as anchor points for stuff I want to attach. The same goes for the lateral bracing rail on the top. Instead of two I would like 4 . The holes are located there already and anyone can figure that using two more even makes the rack stronger.
I'm leaning to buy this rack. I reach out to them and ask if extra side on top rails can be added to the rack purchase and their reply is
Brian,
"We do not sell the cross bars individually for our bed racks.
Was there anything else that I could help you with? "
So I'm thinking they think I just want to buy the rails without the rack. I re-ask my question clarifying this that I want to buy the rack with extra rails and get this answer
"Sorry to hear that, but we do not offer the option to add additional cross bars to our bed racks.
If there is anything else that I can help with please do not hesitate to ask!"
Why? This seems really dumb. What if I have a trail mishap and bent a rail? I'm supposed to buy a whole new rack instead of getting a new rail to fix it?
I'm sorry JCR, but this makes me very wary of any of your products. And even if your products are very good why would I buy a product that I can't get a replacement part? Your business model lacks hindsight and you are shooting yourself in the foot.
A good number of racks coming out. I kind of like JCR Offroad's Gladiator rack.
https://www.jcroffroad.com/product/JTBR.html
Their website lacks some pertinent info and I contacted them. First in regards to weight load.
Just about every other vendor with a rack has weight load stats. Static weight load , Hwy weight load and trail weight load.
"Jeep rates their Trail Rails at a maximum vertical static load capacity of 250 lbs. per rail side. Our rack is stronger than that, as much of the load is carried on the bed rail tops, but we recommend staying inside Jeeps specifications. We don't list the load capacity of our rack because that number doesn't do much good as the bed and bed attachment system is the limitation of that.
We'd love to have a real number above the 250 per side, but the load capacity of the bed and bed rails isn't public information, so we can't do the analysis on it."
This is bullshit, just passing the buck on to Jeep in regards to liability. Obvious they carry minimal liability insurance on their designs IMO.
OK I can live with that. So their rack comes pretty close to what I'm looking for but I want to do some things they haven't thought of. For my needs I want an extra side rail so I can mount one very low and one high to use as anchor points for stuff I want to attach. The same goes for the lateral bracing rail on the top. Instead of two I would like 4 . The holes are located there already and anyone can figure that using two more even makes the rack stronger.
I'm leaning to buy this rack. I reach out to them and ask if extra side on top rails can be added to the rack purchase and their reply is
Brian,
"We do not sell the cross bars individually for our bed racks.
Was there anything else that I could help you with? "
So I'm thinking they think I just want to buy the rails without the rack. I re-ask my question clarifying this that I want to buy the rack with extra rails and get this answer
"Sorry to hear that, but we do not offer the option to add additional cross bars to our bed racks.
If there is anything else that I can help with please do not hesitate to ask!"
Why? This seems really dumb. What if I have a trail mishap and bent a rail? I'm supposed to buy a whole new rack instead of getting a new rail to fix it?
I'm sorry JCR, but this makes me very wary of any of your products. And even if your products are very good why would I buy a product that I can't get a replacement part? Your business model lacks hindsight and you are shooting yourself in the foot.
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