ARKSEN 64" x 39" x 6" Roof Rack Basket with Extension, 150 lb Heavy-Duty Steel Cargo Carrier, Fits Crossbars up to 1.38" Thick, for SUV & Pickup Truck

Very sturdy yet pleasantly light to handle. Very reasonably priced. It was less than 1/3 the cost of the smaller version dealer/name brand racks. The rack is rated for 250 pounds of cargo but be sure to verify your car's weight limits (inside driver's door). This may be too much rack when loaded. We chose the 3 piece basket, a like sized waterproof bag and bungy net for complete versatility of sizes/weather conditions for all possible future needs. We chose a basket primarily for out of town shopping because an enclosed carrier is much smaller in volume and unforgiving of square/rigid items. This is a BIG basket with all 3 pieces, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It is approximately as large as the top of your car. I recommend having two people install it on your car. (Take a step stool with you.) I wish the brackets attached to the basket and then attached to car's crossbars so they would be in the right place the next time you put the basket on the car. Instead, you have to remove the brackets, keeping all the pieces in the right order, not losing any washers, and replacing onto the basket or storing without losing. The instructions are horrible, worthless actually. It was easy to figure out how to put it together but there were pieces in the sack that were absent from the instructions and we found no use for them. We plan to add lock washers to all bolts, especially the brackets, so nothing can loosen or get lost with road vibration. We just took our first trip (empty) with no problems except this rack does add a lot of road noise! We had to close the inner headliner to the sunroof to make the trip tolerable. We wonder if removing the front "spoiler" would make it travel better when empty but would be a lot of trouble unless the supplied nuts are replaced with easier to use wingnuts.

Assembly is very easy, but you need to plan first. Make sure you have some snips on side cutter on hand. There are a lot of zip ties. Next, use red thread locker with every screw. They are tight, but don't take the chance. Do not use the supplied allen wrench. Use a hex fitting on an impact wrench. Be careful not to over tighten and strip the bolt. You only need to go until you here the first click. Assembling the rack is simple and the directions aren't bad. Make sure you follow the assembly order or things won't fit. If I were mounting this permanently on my truck I would put shrink tubing over all the joints and get some really good, thick rust prevention coating. The welds are really poor quality, but for the price, it's what was expected. I mounted this on a 2023 Toyota Tacoma SR5 with dual cab. My rails are OEM. The tube spacing isn't perfect to mate up with my truck roof rails, but it's good enough. The rack does mount securely. When I grab it to shake it, the entire truck moves. This rack does come with a lot of road noise. On the interstate, it sounds like a jet engine. This will be good enough for my move out-of-state, but it will not be permanently mounted. The road noise and wind noise become extreme above 40mph.

I liked the packaging. The simplicity of putting it together. The 64" one looked big at first but once assembled and mounted it looks great. Doesnt seem cheap and all the parts fit and we're accounted for. I also had to flip the bottom piece upside down that mounts the rack to the cross members. That took longer trying to get it to fit right and not move than the other portions of the assembly. The only issue I have is when you use the smaller screws to keep all 3 parts for the basket together and the plates on the outside that the screw heads are almost the size of the hole for the plate. I solved this by applying washers on there with it so they don't dig through the edges of the whole and ruin it. Besides that I was happy with how quick it came and the quality of the product. I love the open spots on the plates to be able to slap some stickers on it!

This roof rack is a great product! It has served its purpose well for the last 18 months with little wear or sign of usage. This rack is a very durable rack that meets the expectations given off by the product description. At a price of $149.97, it is one of the cheaper products within the cargo roof rack genre. Positives I bought this roof rack in May of 2016. I had the intent of putting it on top of my SUV to hold the spare tire as well as cargo when I go on road trips. Not only has this rack been useful, it makes the vehicle look better, too. I have not removed the rack from the top of my vehicle since I purchased and installed it. So far, it has not given me any problems. It is durable and holds the weight that it is rated for. The extension option is very convenient to hold more cargo while remaining secure and not bending in the center. It attaches very easily to a Chevy Trailblazer and does not move around, even at interstate speeds. The description claims that it has a weight capacity of 250 pounds. I personally have found that it holds up to this claim. Negatives One item of the product features list is the black powder coated finish. This finish is not the product’s top quality. Even after three months, the weld connections of the rack started to show surface rust. The structural integrity of the metal was not compromised. However, it does look tacky with the rust when it is inspected up close. This is just at the weld connections and not on the main beams of the rack. From a distance this is not an issue, as you cannot see the surface rust very well. Overall This roof rack has been a great purchase. It has done what it was meant to do and has improved the look of my vehicle. For the price it is a great buy. Some roof racks can go for over $700 and do the same job as this product. This roof rack is highly recommended and will not let you down when you need to haul cargo around.