I am buying an F150 that has no carrying racks attached - yet.

There are lots of options visible online. I don't see too many that extend carrying support across the cabin and hood area. Starting from scratch, I would have said that would be the most valuable type to pursue (thinking ahead to hauling 16 ft or 20 ft construction materials). My truck will be moving plenty of construction materials.

A colleague in NC has a very nice looking system on his RAM that was made out of aluminum (aka aluminium in the old country!). They formed rounded tubes to make it, and nicely welded up too. But that company no longer exists.

Does anyone have recommendations?