Every car is designed for a specific purpose. A sedan, for example, is a passenger car and is equipped with two rows of seats to provide comfort for passengers. Meanwhile, a sports car doesn’t have spacious rows of seats like a sedan. Instead, it has an open-build, powerful low-build motor for optimal acceleration and speed.

On the other hand, a truck is designed with a heavy and roomy construction to serve one main purpose: transporting things. You wouldn’t lug your sedan with home improvement/repair kit; only a truck can handle that.

But sometimes a truck’s storage space just isn’t enough. Let’s say you have a beach house that needs fixing up. The back of your truck is sure to be full of equipment such as a portable workbench, table saw, etc. Chances are, there isn’t enough room left for an important home improvement/repair tool: the ladder.

If there is one essential tool required to make home repair jobs easier, it would be the ladder. Repainting your beach house or other properties would be extremely difficult if you don’t have a ladder. Imagine how you can repaint the ceiling without a ladder. And how can you fix that leaky gutter if you don’t have a ladder at your disposal? Would you use a variety of tables and chairs as an alternative to a ladder? That’s an ingenious but unreasonable risky solution that can result in an expensive trip to the hospital.

The best way to accommodate your ladder on your truck is to simply install a truck ladder rack. Unlike a roof rack, the ladder rack is made specifically to hold ladders.

In the old days, some people would simply attach their ladders to their trucks with a couple of sturdy ropes. Obviously, that is not the most perfect and logical solution. On the one hand, it can be one of the main reasons for an accident on the road because the knot can simply break. Security is a valuable thing. Installing a ladder rack on your truck is one of the best decisions a responsible truck owner can make.

Another great advantage that you can get with a ladder rack is that you can use it to accommodate other equipment besides a ladder. A ladder rack may well hold your canoe or kayak. You can even use it to transport wood.

Types of ladder racks for trucks:

With the help of steel clamps, a side mount roof rack is installed on the side of a truck. This ladder rack is detachable and can be easily installed on other trucks. The downside is that it cannot accommodate heavy loads.

A painter’s roof rack is designed to carry ladders on the top or side of the truck. One thing that is great with this type of rack is that it is equipped with tie down points for ropes and straps for maximum security. It also comes with anti-theft locks.

On the other hand, an extension ladder rack is designed to carry ladders over fifteen feet long. Equipped with a metal post platform supported by two steel posts, this type of truck ladder rack can carry heavy ladders.