Celebrate access.
We're developing one truck bed system that locks up your gear, shelters you for the night, carries overhead loads, and slides out of the way when you need the whole bed. The prototype works. The production design is being finished now, and we want your input.
Open by design.
Exposed by default.
Truck owners ask their bed to do four jobs. Nothing on the market does all four.
So owners stack products. One friend went through three racks, two tents and $8,000+, and still can't get into his bed.
One rig. Every job.
Secure
Zip it closed and lock your gear in the bed.
Shelter
Sleep in the bed, out of the weather. No tent to pitch.
Overhead
Utility bars carry boats, ladders and lumber up top.
Slide it
to the cab.
The whole rack and canopy ride on a rail. Slide them forward and your entire bed is open for anything.
- Production goal: one person, operating it from the side of the truck.
- No tools, no removal, nothing to store in the garage.
- Fits half-ton, midsize and heavy-duty pickups.
Pallets
Gooseneck
Toys
Images show the SlickRack prototype. The production design is being finalized; finish and details will change.
Deploy and put away.
Unedited footage of the working prototype. The production version is being designed for one person to do all of this from the side of the truck.
Rack deploy
Setting up the rack and canopy from the cab. About 5 minutes.
Rack back
Collapsing it forward to open the whole bed. About 10 minutes.
Wherever the day goes.
Every image here is the SlickRack prototype. The production version is in design now.
Prototype images. Finish and details will change in production.
Where SlickRack is today.
We're engineers and supply chain people, building this the careful way: prove it, design it for production, test it hard, then build it.
- DoneWorking prototypeDesigned, fabricated and sewn in Utah County. Driving on a Ram 1500.
- DoneBYU Rollins Center traction grantFirst stage of funding awarded to move into production design.
- NowProduction designDetailed engineering, structural load cases, and the canopy fabric system.
- NowOwner validationSurveys, focus groups and reservations from truck owners like you.
- NextManufacturing planLocal steel, aluminum extrusion and sewing partners.
- NextTorture testingShake and load testing of the production unit before anything ships.
- ThenDeposits and first production runReservation holders get first access.
Useful things, built to last.
Bright Angel Industries builds and brings exceptional products to market: useful, innovative, simple, high quality and durable. Products that give individuals and families more.
Jaron Diehl
I'm a civil engineer by training. I spent my career designing high-voltage transmission structures, the kind of engineering where loads, wind and vibration aren't optional. Before that I worked oilfield resource delivery at North Dakota frac sites as an on-site pusher and truck manager, where trucks are the job. Today I'm an MBA student at BYU's Marriott School, focused on supply chain and operations.
SlickRack started with a simple frustration: every bed cover and rack makes you give something up. I watched a friend cycle through three racks and two tents and still not get into his bed. So I designed and built a better system on my own Ram 1500. Now we're turning that prototype into a product.
Based in Orem, Utah.
Mission, vision, values.
We build innovative truck accessories that eliminate tradeoffs and maximize utility for anyone with a truck.
A world where every truck owner gets full use from their truck, and individuals and families have more.
- Quality, all the way through. Engineering, materials and manufacturing held to a high standard.
- Obsessed with helping the customer. Built around how people really use their trucks.
- Lean by design. We're engineers and supply chain people, partnering with Utah fabricators and sewists instead of building a factory before it's earned.
How it fits together.
Bright Angel IndustriesThe parent company, home for helpful businesses.
Truck BaseRethinking the truck accessory ecosystem.SlickRackThe first Truck Base product. Gain utility. Celebrate access.Reserve yours.
When the production design is locked, the first SlickRacks will be built in limited numbers in Utah. Reserve a spot now to be first in line. There's no payment and no obligation.
- First to hear when refundable deposits open
- First pick of build slots in the first run
- Launch pricing announced to reservation holders first
- Invitations to see and test the production prototype
Hold my spot
- Tell us your truck and bed length
- Pick rack + canopy or rack only
- Leave your email for first access
Takes about a minute. Collected through BYU Qualtrics.
Tell us what you think.
We're validating SlickRack with real truck owners before production. Your answers decide what we build and who gets one first.
Quick take
Rate the idea, tell us what it should cost, leave feedback, or ask us to reach out. You'll get on the early list too.
Give your takeTruck owner survey
The deep dive: how you use your truck, what you've bought, and what a system like this is worth to you.
Take the surveyJoin the owner cohort
Sit in on a focus group or hands-on session with the prototype. Dinner's on us.
Count me inCollaborate with us
Fabricators, sewists, engineers, dealers and upfitters, creators, investors: if you want to help bring SlickRack to market, let's talk.
I want to collaborateResponses are collected through BYU Qualtrics. Contact info is optional, used only to follow up about SlickRack, and never sold.