I'd be interested in a pickup like that, just a simple regular cab with a long bed. Right now you are kind of limited pretty much a mid-size truck you get a 6 foot or shorter bed....so you have to step up to a 1/2 ton to get a longer bed unfortunately...the 7 foot bed on my Ranger seems just about right for a smaller pickup for functionality.That line up is missing one truck... well two if you throw in the Super Duty.
Maybe it's just me...
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The reason for having a longer bed, I don't think carrying building materials like sheathing, and dimensional lumber on a roof rack on a camper shell would work very well due to the weight? Most of those racks aren't built very well for that type of stuff, they're more or less built to attach your roof top cargo carrier to I think.It depends on what you are planning to carry on the rack. A roof top tent should be fine since the load limit is for a load on the move. Static, the load can be higher.
That's going to be a pretty large limiting factor, and not much useful weight capacity in reality, you don't want 200+ pounds on the roof of your vehicle as it really screws with your center of gravity LOL. A lot easier to load and unload building materials at bed height not over the top of your head, however, if I recall the max towing capacity of the Maverick will be 4,000lbs, which is perfectly within my useful limits for most things other than my tractor/trailer/implements of course....but I think the Maverick towing my 14' flatbed which weighs around 1,000 pounds empty plus building materials on it would certainly be doable...I guess for hauling pipe and that type of stuff if there was a rack option or something for the Maverick that would work but trying to load and unload sheet goods from the roof rack would get old real fast LOL.The load limit is based on what the rack is mounted too as well as the design of the rack.
The manufacturer of the rack will quote their load limit but will always refer to the vehicle manufacturer for the final determination on what the limit will be.
So, a rack may be rated for say 200 pounds but the roof might only be able to handle 140.
The same would go for bed caps or racks that mount directly to the bed.
Most bed caps are not rated for a load unless they come with a rack from the factory or are ordered specifically with a reinforced roof.
Usually the bed sides are designed to handle a load from things like ladder racks and the like but those are traditional truck beds. I don’t know what kind of rating, if any, a unit body truck bed might have.
One doesn’t see a Subaru Baja or Honda Ridgeline with any kind of rack on them. I think I have seen a Ridgeline or two with a cap but it isn’t a common thing.
Based off my experience with the Rangers, the rack capacity for the caps and the roof isn’t bad. I’m drawing from memory here, so my numbers might be off. I think the load rating for both is about 190 pounds for each set (cap roof and cab roof). So, carrying sheathing or a good bit of dimensional lumber isn’t a problem.
What maybe available for the Maverick may be a different story. Someone will have to dig into the owner’s manual for the answers on the cab roof. Then the information provided by the rack manufacturer or bed cap manufacturer for what applies to the Maverick. Assuming either is ever offered for a Maverick.