Strong, Lightweight Aluminum: Built from rust-resistant 6061-T6 aluminum for long-lasting durability.
High Load Capacity Up to 1,000 lbs: Rated for 1,000 lbs. static, 600 lbs. dynamic, and 300 kg off-road dynamic load.
Dual T-Slot Rail System: Accepts all Putco TEC Rack accessories, plus T-slot gear for tents, bikes, kayaks, and more.
Custom-Fit for Your Truck: Computerized machine (CNC) bending to fit your C-Cab’s contour exactly. Easy year, make, model, and cargo bed size ordering to ensure you get the correct rack for your pickup truck.
Premium Matte Black Finish: Textured powder coat provides a bold look and long-term protection.
Easy Vehicle Selection: Choose by year, make, model, and bed size for guaranteed proper fit.
Best-in-Class for Quality and Design: Backed by a limited lifetime warranty.
Tonneau Cover Compatible: Works with most inside-the-rail roll-up tonneau covers; see compatibility chart.
No-Drill Installation: Mounts directly into stake pockets for fast, secure setup.
Quality You Can Trust: Engineered for performance and backed by a limited lifetime warranty.
Designed and Manufactured in the USA: Putco Inc. in Des Moines, IA.
*Please Note: The Toyota Tacoma Venture TEC Racks WILL NOT work with a tonneau, as they mount inside the truck bed.
The Putco Venture TEC™ Rack is engineered to elevate your truck’s capability with a sleek, modular cargo system built from premium 6061-T6 aluminum. Its patent-pending TEC channel system provides nearly endless mounting possibilities, allowing you to equip your truck for overlanding, work, or weekend adventures with ease. Attach MOLLE panels, gear mounts, tent brackets, tables, grab handles, and more, all while maintaining a clean, modern look.
Designed for strength and versatility, the Venture TEC Rack supports an impressive 1,000 lbs. static load, 600 lbs. dynamic load, and up to 300 kg off-road dynamic capacity. Precision CNC bending ensures each rack is custom-fit to your truck’s exact cab contour. Including no-drill stake pocket mounts, these provide a secure installation that integrates seamlessly with most inside the rail roll-up tonneau covers.
Finished in a premium textured matte black powder coat, this rack is built to resist corrosion and deliver long-lasting performance in any environment. With lightweight aluminum construction, a wide range of accessory compatibility, and best-in-class design backed by a limited lifetime warranty, the Venture TEC Rack is the ideal foundation for organizing, hauling, and transforming the way you use your truck.
Universal T-slot design, making it fully compatible with third-party T-slotted accessories for maximum versatility.
Precision fit for provided stability and strength.
Crafted seamlessly to conform to your vehicle’s cab contours, ensuring a sleek appearance.
Mounts to any truck bed using stake pocket mounts, leveraging the bed’s solid foundation for the rack.
Integrates seamlessly with most inside rail bed covers, no modifications required.
Joints are firmly secured using a 4-bolt mechanism
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Venture TEC Rack Videos
Install
Installing it takes a little time, but no drilling is required. The easy-to-follow instructions should resolve any installation issues, but you can always contact us for further assistance.
Venture TEC Rack Installation Video
Tonneau Capatibility
These Locker side rails and racks work with the following tonneau covers.
RACK WORKS WORK THESE TONNEAU’S
Access brand soft roll-up tonneau covers: Works all Access rollup covers; Tonnosport, Literider, Vanish, Access original, Lorado & Access limited
American brand tonneaus: Only works with EZ roll (Does NOT work with tri-fold or hard tri-fold)
Bak hard rolling tonneau covers: Works with Revolver, Revolver X4, Revolver X2, Rollx (does NOT work with Vortrak)
Extang: Only works with Revolution. (Does NOT work with Encore Trifecta, Full Tilt, Express, BlackMax, Solid Fold, e-Max, Tuff Tonno)
Gator tonneau covers: Works with SRX rollup, SR1 Pro rollup, SR2 rollup, HR1 hard rollup. (does NOT work with Soft-Trifold, FX, FX3, MX, Electric, Hybrid, Tailback, Recoil, GatorTrax, SFX soft fold)
Lund Tonneaus: Works with Genesis rollup only. (Does NOT work with Genesis soft or hard fold)
Pace-Edwards Ultragroove & Explorer Rail Tonneau’s with T-Slot Channel Side Rails: However, the adarac side rails will be slightly longer & overhang the Pace-Edwards t-slot channel rails.
Red Headed Rebel: Works with all soft roll-up tonneau covers.
Retrax XR Covers with T-Slot Channel Side Rails: However, the adarac side rails will be slightly longer & overhang the Retrax XR rails.
Rough Country tonneau covers: Works with soft rollup only. (Does NOT work with hard fold or soft fold)
Tonno Pro tonneau covers: Only works with LoRoll only. (Does NOT work with soft or hard folding tonneaus from TonnoPro)
Truxedo brand soft roll-up covers: Works with Lo Pro, Pro X15, & Edge. Deuce 2 has limited use (does NOT work with truxport)
TruXedo hard rolling tonneau covers: Works with Sentry CT & Sentry
WeatherTech tonneau covers: Only works with soft rollup cover. Fits Alloy cover with limited use of cover.
Rack will fit with these Tonneau’s but Rack must be removed or slide forward to operate Tonneau
A.R.E.: Fits with Fusion hard fold cover but limited cover use. (short m-series crossbar racks, crossbars must be removed to fold cover. Contour or Original Adarac, uprights must be removed to fold up cover. Does NOT work with any other ARE tonneau)
Bakflip tonneau covers: Fits with Bakflip G2, HD, MX4, FiberMax, F1 but with limited cover use. (short m-series crossbar racks, crossbars must be removed to fold cover. Contour or Original Adarac, uprights must be removed to fold up cover. Does Not work with CS or Vortrak)
Gator Hard Covers: Fits with FX, Fx3 & MX hard fold with limited cover use. (short m-series crossbar racks, crossbars must be removed to fold cover. Contour or Original Adarac, uprights must be removed to fold up cover. Does NOT work with Electric, Hybrid, Tailback, Recoil, GatorTrax, SFX soft fold)
Lomax hard fold tonneau original: Will fit with Lomax original or Lomax Stance model but with limited cover use. (short m-series crossbar racks, crossbars must be removed to fold cover. Contour or Original Adarac, uprights must be removed to fold up cover or store cover vertically.)
Rough Country Low Pofile Hard Fold tonneau covers: Fits with low profile hard fold only with limited cover use. (short m-series crossbar racks, crossbars must be removed to fold cover. Contour or Original Adarac, uprights must be removed to fold up cover. Does Not work with standard hard fold or soft fold)
Truxedo Deuce 2 Tonneau: Fits with Lo Pro, Pro X15, & Edge. For the Deuce 2, but the cover has limited use. (short m-series crossbar racks, crossbars must be removed to fold cover open from the front, For contour or original Adarac, uprights must be moved for cover to fold open in front. Does NOT work with truxport)
UnderCover tonneau covers: Only fits with Flex, Ultra Flex, and Armor Flex with limited cover use. (short m-series crossbar racks, crossbars must be removed to fold up cover, For contour or original Adarac, uprights must be moved for cover to fold up. Does NOT work with classic, elite, lux, or se)
WeatherTech tonneau covers: Works with rollup & only fits Alloy covers with limited cover use. (Short m-series crossbar racks, crossbars must be removed to fold up cover, For contour or original Adarac, uprights must be moved for cover to fold up.)
Tonneau Rails Must Be Modified for Rack to Install
Pace-Edwards: Only works with Pace-Edwards covers with side rails notched out around stake pocket holes (Otherwise Does NOT work with any Pace-Edwards cover except the Ultragroove or Exlorer Series Rail covers with t-slot channel rails – see notes above)
Peragon: Only works with Peragon covers with side rails notched out around stake pocket holes. (Otherwise, Does NOT work with any Peragon cover)
Retrax: Only works with Retrax covers with side rails notched out around stake pocket holes. (Otherwise Does NOT work with any Retrax cover, except the XR covers with t-slot channel rails – see notes above)
Roll-N-Lock: Only works with Roll-N-Lock covers with side rails notched out around stake pocket holes. (Otherwise Does NOT work with any Roll-N-Lock cover)
WILL NOT WORK WITH ANY OF THESE TONNEAU’s
Advantage brand tonneaus: (Does NOT work with any advantage brand tonneau)
American brand tonneaus: Only works with EZ roll (Does NOT work with tri-fold or hard tri-fold)
DiamondBack: (Does not work with any DiamondBack cover)
Extang: Only works with Revolution. (Does NOT work with Encore, Trifecta, Full Tilt, Express, BlackMax, Solid Fold, e-Max, Tuff Tonno)
Rugged liner tonneau covers: (Does NOT work with any Rugged Liner tonneau)
Truck Covers USA: (Does NOT work with any Truck Covers USA tonneau)
Tyger tonneau covers: (Will NOT work with any)
Warranty
Putco’s NeveRust™ Limited Lifetime Warranty.
Putco® exclusively warrants this product to be free of defects in workmanship or materials when properly installed on the vehicle for one year from the original date of purchase. The product must be purchased from Putco.com or through an Authorized Putco® Reseller. The NeveRust™ Limited Lifetime Warranty refers to the finish exhibiting surface rust conditions on the chrome, aluminum, or stainless steel surface, materially affecting the structure or value of the part, for so long as it’s installed on the original vehicle and same owner. For additional information please review our warranty policy for additional details.
5 reviews for Putco Venture TEC™ Rack
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Customer Reviews
B E S T overland rack ever…. 10/10
i had it for 3 years and still looks and works like its new. Now i am moving it to my 2025 Silverado
– Josh T
Hardware is good. Washers undersized. 3 hr install that would be a 30min install if you only take time to write good instructions. Parts list is useless. Few instructions give call parts with pictures by different names than parts list making it impossible to verify. Trial and error installation due to poor instructions. Otherwise for materials and looks I’d given a 5 star.
– swloftis
I think this rack is the nicest that is offered for the Santa Cruz. However, at this price point, an extra crossbar should be included. Other vehicle venture tec racks are made with two U-bars. Since this only has one in the back, there’s not two horizontal bars included in this rack. Installation was a pain, and the instructions leave out a few steps. However, overall it was easy to figure out from pictures I found online.
– Amelia Wilson
Installed and works with peragon not sure why it’s listed in the not compatible area.
– Will
Just installed my new venture tec rack and I love it! – I wanted to get a sturdy rack without removing my Truxedo sentry tonneau cover. This is absolutely stunning and solid! I was worried at first as it’s not as known as other overlanding racks however, it’s so worth the price. Other racks that allow most tonneau covers doesn’t seem as solid as this one. Some of the holes didn’t measure up exactly but extruded aluminum makes it easy to correct. Definitely recommend highly! I fit it to my 2019 Ram Rebel Quad Cab.
– Brian Lim
Questions and answers of the customers
I installed an awning as well as a roof top tent on the rack. Is that safe?
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QI installed an awning as well as a roof top tent on the rack. Is that safe?answer now
Our racks are not compatible with any awnings due to the weight distribution.
I have a venture tec rack on my 2022 f250 short bed. Will it fit a 2015 GMC 2500
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QI have a venture tec rack on my 2022 f250 short bed. Will it fit a 2015 GMC 2500answer now
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Sadly our racks are not adaptable to vehicles that they were not designed for, each one is specific to a vehicle so this will not work.
Do you plan on making one to fit the Ram "Classic Style" or 2500/3500 beds?
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QDo you plan on making one to fit the Ram "Classic Style" or 2500/3500 beds?answer now
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We do not currently have any plans to develop a rack for this truck but that does not mean we will never have one, we suggest signing up for the newsletter on the site so if we do ever release one you will be notified!
Does this interfere or get in the way of the bed view cameras on silverados?
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QDoes this interfere or get in the way of the bed view cameras on silverados?answer now
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It does not interfere with the cameras since we have a cut out around the 3rd brake light.
B E S T overland rack ever…. 10/10
i had it for 3 years and still looks and works like its new. Now i am moving it to my 2025 Silverado
Hardware is good. Washers undersized. 3 hr install that would be a 30min install if you only take time to write good instructions. Parts list is useless. Few instructions give call parts with pictures by different names than parts list making it impossible to verify. Trial and error installation due to poor instructions. Otherwise for materials and looks I’d given a 5 star.
I think this rack is the nicest that is offered for the Santa Cruz. However, at this price point, an extra crossbar should be included. Other vehicle venture tec racks are made with two U-bars. Since this only has one in the back, there’s not two horizontal bars included in this rack. Installation was a pain, and the instructions leave out a few steps. However, overall it was easy to figure out from pictures I found online.
Installed and works with peragon not sure why it’s listed in the not compatible area.
Just installed my new venture tec rack and I love it! – I wanted to get a sturdy rack without removing my Truxedo sentry tonneau cover. This is absolutely stunning and solid! I was worried at first as it’s not as known as other overlanding racks however, it’s so worth the price. Other racks that allow most tonneau covers doesn’t seem as solid as this one. Some of the holes didn’t measure up exactly but extruded aluminum makes it easy to correct. Definitely recommend highly! I fit it to my 2019 Ram Rebel Quad Cab.