Roof Racks/Bed Rack/Exoskeleton for Gladiator Soft Top

[EasthamSailor]

Hi All, new to the thread. I have a 2020 Gladiator Sport with a soft top and a tonneau cover, and I'm looking for a roof rack (and ideally, full bed rack) solution. I know it's a hard ask, given the layout, but if anyone has any creative solutions (as far as I know, no one is making them) I'd be interested to chat. An exoskeleton just for the "cab" would at least be a step in the right direction. Any thoughts? Thank you! -Drew

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[XJADDICTION]

I want to do the same thing. Right now I have a rack on the bed and one Yakima gutter mount on the hard top cab that I can slide back and forth.

I bought a contractors rack used for $100.00. This one is for a full sized truck 8’ bed, crew cab. This rack has adjustable cross bars that can be removed.

I will lower it and cut it down to fit on the sides of the roof enough to flip back a soft top. The front of the rack will attach to a windshield hoop like what Gobi uses for their racks and attach the front hoop of over cab contractors rack with some rubber isolators for any bed vs cab flex... which isn’t much.

I’ve driven 2000 miles with a 9 foot Yakima Sky Box attached to the rear bed ladder rack and the one gutter mounted Yakima bar with 0 problems.