Paying the price of a day's work
If your pickup truck works for a living, then there is no doubt that you have had to deal with the occasional ding, dent or scrape in the body work. For most of us, it's the cost of doing business, and while no one likes to see their truck get damaged, sometimes small accidents are unavoidable.
Crossing the line
While a scratch on your truck's fender is certainly discouraging, it isn't life threatening. But what if one day you slammed on the brakes and had the cargo you were hauling come smashing through the window of your truck, directly behind your head? Obviously, this type of incident is much more serious, in terms of both the potential damage to the truck and to your health.
Protecting yourself
Fortunately, accidents like these can easily be prevented through the installation of a headache rack. This is a type of rack which is mounted directly between your truck's cargo area and the passenger compartment. Typically, they are made of either vertical or horizontal tubular steel, and sometimes they also employ mesh to fill in the gaps between each beam. The steel in a wholesale headache rack is strong enough to resist even the toughest impact from sliding cargo, and since the rack is firmly anchored to the top of the truck bed, it's not going anywhere. These racks are custom designed to fit every model of truck from major companies such as Ford and Dodge, allowing the rack to be custom tailored to the body shape of an individual pickup.
More than just safety
Headache racks offer a number of other uses beyond protecting you and your rear window from possible damage. Some racks come with a louvered design which helps to keep the sun out of your truck's cab and off the back of your neck. This can lower temperatures inside your pickup as well as prevent sunburns. The racks also make an excellent anchor for the tethering of tall cargo, and can be a great place for mounting ladders which are too long to fit completely in the truck's bed. Tilting them up over top of the headache rack so that they rest diagonally in the cargo area can save the hassle of having to install a full ladder rack.
A great place to mount lights
Some truck owners get creative with their racks and use them in place of roll bars as mounting points for off-road driving lights. Given the height and width of a typical rack, quite a large number of lights can be mounted facing both forwards to light your way on the trail and backwards to let you keep an eye on cargo in the night. Security companies also appreciate the ability to mount searchlights on top of these racks, taking advantage of the ability to swivel the lights a full 360 degrees. Not having to drill through the roof of the truck lets you preserve the value of your vehicle and still get the lighting options you need.
