OUR STORY
Built out of necessity for the ultimate Arctic overland adventure.
THE SHORT VERSION
I built the first Axiorax truck rack because I needed a low-profile way to carry a rooftop tent on a trip from Salt Lake City to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska—without giving up access to my truck bed while allowing for a tonneau cover. When I could not find a rack that worked, I built one.
HOW AXIORAX WAS BORN
For years, I had wanted to drive from my home in Utah’s Salt Lake Valley through Canada and into Alaska on the Alaska Highway. After following the journeys of others who had made the drive to the Arctic Ocean, I decided it was time to make the trip myself.
In early 2025, I bought a new Silverado 1500 with the 3.0L Duramax and spent the next year driving it and making sure I could depend on it for a long remote trip. I planned to camp along the way, which made a rooftop tent an ideal fit. But I had a few requirements: I wanted the tent mounted below the truck’s roofline for better efficiency, the ability to easily reach gear in the bed, and allowing for a tonneau cover.
In early 2026 I started searching for a bed rack that fit those requirements. I’ll admit I was genuinely surprised that such a thing was not already available. So, I decided I would make my own.
After some research I decided to build a rack that hinges from the front with gas struts assisting with the lift and holding the rack open. Everything had to mount outside of the bed so the tonneau cover would still work and there would be no reduction in bed space. The stake pockets made for an accessible, heavy-duty mounting location.
I tested that first rack on backcountry roads in southern Utah. Along the way, several people asked whether they could buy one for their own trucks. Seeing that interest, I started making a version that could be fabricated more efficiently and adapted to fit different trucks.
After a few months of testing and refinement, I completed a preproduction prototype. I put it through more backcountry testing in Utah’s Uinta Mountains, and it performed well enough that I brought that same rack on the trip up the Alaska Highway, along the Dalton Highway, and to the Arctic Ocean.
Over thousands of miles of good and bad pavement, washboard, backcountry roads, and some rock-crawling, the concept proved itself. With a few refinements, I knew it was a rack worth building for other people who want to get out and use their trucks the same way I do.
Now taking pre-orders for 2019+ Silverado/Sierra 1500 and 2016+ F-150 with more models to follow.