Features
- Aluminum Construction: 6063 aluminum construction with a mini-texture powder coat finish.
- Weight Capacity: 250 lb tie-down capacity utilizing all four integrated anchor tie-down locker ends.
- Custom Fit: These rails are meticulously designed to accommodate each year, make, and model, ensuring precise length, hardware, and gasket compatibility.
- Matte Black Finish: A timeless black powder coat finish that will endure for years of aesthetic appeal.
- Vehicle Specific Gaskets: These gaskets are engineered to fit your stake pocket precisely and are weather-resistant against various elements, including rain, dust, snow, and mud.
- Integrated T-Slots: Compatible with crossbar and other T-slot rack attachment accessories, accommodating bikes, skis, boards, and other gear.
- Easy Install: Mount directly to stake pocket holes without the need for drilling.
- Function: These bed rails serve as convenient tie-down points across each side of the bed, facilitating secure cargo loading.
- Protection: The bedside rails establish a protective barrier against scratches, dings, and dents to the bed walls, mitigating the risk of damage during loading and unloading.
- Style: Enhance the aesthetics of your truck with our locker rails, available in a range of stylish designs to complement your preferences.
- Warranty: Putco’s One-Year Limited Warranty.
- Made in the USA: Designed and manufactured by Putco Inc in Des Moines, IA.
Upgrade your truck bed’s look with the Putco T-Slot black Locker side bed rails. These overland rails have the look and function of a traditional bed rail with integrated t-slots for added tie downs or cross bars from Rhino-Rack, Thule, and Yakima. These bars are constructed out of 6063 Aluminum that has been black powder-coated for amazing durability and look.
Each rail has a tie-down strength of 250 pounds. With this set of side rails, you can add a setup cross bar and haul your favorite bike, kayaks, and so much more. These rails can support a maximum weight of 250 lbs and 150 lbs when you are driving down the road.
So if you are looking for a little extra in your side bed rails, then the Putco T-slot black locker side bed rails are for you. These simple-to-install bed rails require NO drilling or cutting and are manufactured by Putco in Des Moines, IA.
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I ordered these for my 2022 Chevy Colorado Z71 to haul mountain bikes and outdooring gear over the top of the bed without having to completely remove my REV Industries hard tri-fold tonneau cover. Review and findings to follow.
Important note: These rails use a non-standard t-slot dimension. You will want to source 15mm*4mm square nuts for the thread size you need (I.E.: M6, in the case of my Rhino Racks), found on Amazon for under ten dollars and they are a perfect fit. The opening is actually a little over half an inch at the end with an appx. 1/4″ opening for the bolt.
I had to use a utility knife to score out a 1cm cut from the inside edge of each of the rear cover plates (Putco included an extra pair in the box, which was a cool surprise), and a few mm from the inner side on each of the plastic gaskets to give clearance to the tonneau cover rails. Otherwise, installation was relatively simple and could have been completed in under an hour if it weren’t for my custom modifications. Just follow the directions and you’re golden.
Once installed, the matte black rails look really good with the white body of the truck and its black rims/badges/accents and fender flares. The locker castings hold firm in the stake pocket, though there is a couple millimeters of rotational slack in the castings when giving a firm tug to the middle of the rails, even after slightly over torquing the bolts, but they only flex and then go back into position. I think that is expected due to the mounting method, design, and intended use. Everything firmed up especially after installing my Rhino Rack Vortex bars, so I don’t think there is any need for concern. They are perfectly stable and safe so long as you stay within their load rating.
I wish I could include a picture because I really like the way my truck turned out with these and the Rhino Racks. I deducted half a star for the little bit of rotational slop in the castings, and another half for not including a bag of the necessary square nuts to be used with the t-slots for the price, however I highly recommend these bed rails. Thanks Putco!