Aftermarket Truck Bed Extender?

[Herson]

Hi - has anyone sourced an aftermarket Truck Bed Extender that will work with the R1T? A Rivian employee said they will NOT be able to offer one because of industry compliance reasons (brake lights etc). I need one to haul my 10' longboards! Thx

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[CommodoreAmiga]

Hi - has anyone sourced an aftermarket Truck Bed Extender that will work with the R1T? A Rivian employee said they will NOT be able to offer one because of industry compliance reasons (brake lights etc). I need one to haul my 10' longboards! Thx

I don't see what compliance issue they'd have.

 

[C.R. Rivian]

Hi - has anyone sourced an aftermarket Truck Bed Extender that will work with the R1T? A Rivian employee said they will NOT be able to offer one because of industry compliance reasons (brake lights etc). I need one to haul my 10' longboards! Thx

There are 3rd party options on Amazon that use the hitch. Example:

 

[kylealden]

Also not clear on the compliance issue... but on the recommendation of @drhnbtx, I grabbed one of these: Sheett – Loadd USA. Seems like a good solution for your longboards or similar items, pending a proper bed extender (a cab-height rack would also do the trick, I imagine...

 

[rodhx]

I don't see what compliance issue they'd have.

I wonder if he was thinking about the requirement to have redundant brake/tail lights on the bumper if the primaries are mounted on a movable panel like a hatchback? There are lots of vhicles that have these like the Bolt, Audi SUVs, etc that become active if the hatch is open. If so that clearly doesn’t apply to the R1T since part of the brake lights remain on the bed sides when the tailgate is down, otherwise the whole reason for the gooseneck hinge is defeated ‘cause you couldn’t drive with the tailgate down.

 

[crashmtb]

There should be no compliance issues. Most pickups, R1T included, have their CHMSL on the back of the cab to be legal.

https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/search/302609/?q=bed+extender&c[title_only]=1&o=date

There are a few threads about this but nothing exists yet. I'd make one that connects on the latch catch on the tailgate, and on the latches on the bed... foldable to fit in the geartunnel or spare tire well.

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