Rough Country Running Boards and Power Steps: HD2, BA2 and Power Boards by Truck

Who is behind Rough Country

Not much that we can stand behind. Rough Country, LLC is the name on its install sheets, along with a help line at 1-800-222-7023. Our requests to roughcountry.com came back refused, so we print nothing about where it is based or how long it has been around. This page runs on four install sheets and the Amazon titles.

The lineup we can document

Read November 2, 2026. Titles are the listing's wording. All four sit in the premium price class, and we do not print amounts.

None of these titles carries a part number, so we matched each sheet by application. Confirm the part number with the seller, and ask where the title and sheet disagree. Both GM titles reach 2019, and neither mentions the 2019 LD, which other listings treat as the older truck.

All four are listing data with, at most, a sheet matched by us, which is why this page has no pick. Check your exact year and cab on the listing before you buy.

Which Rough Country power board?

• If you drive a 2019-up Silverado or Sierra crew cab → Rough Country Power (GM) · Listing data only

  Fits, according to the listing: Chevy Silverado & GMC Sierra 1500/2500HD/3500HD (2019-2026) Crew Cab. Check your exact year and cab on the listing before you buy.

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• If you drive a 2014-2019 Silverado or Sierra crew cab → Rough Country Power (2014-2019 GM) · Listing data only

  Fits, according to the listing: Chevy Silverado & GMC Sierra 1500 / 2500HD / 3500HD Crew Cab (2014-2019). Check your exact year and cab on the listing before you buy.

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• If you drive a Ram 2500 or 3500 crew cab → Rough Country Power (Ram 2500/3500) · Listing data only

  Fits, according to the listing: Ram 2500/3500 (2010-2026) Crew Cab. Check your exact year and cab on the listing before you buy.

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• If you drive a Ford crew cab named in the title → Rough Country Power (Ford crew cab) · Listing data only

  Fits, according to the listing: Ford F-150 Lightning/F-250/F-350/Raptor (2015-2026) Crew Cab. Check your exact year and cab on the listing before you buy.

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• If you drive anything else, or you want a maker guide with time and skill

  All power boards

For model-by-model detail on those trucks, see Silverado power running boards and F-150 power running boards.

HD2 and BA2

These are fixed boards, and we have no Amazon listing for either.

HD2. We read one Rough Country sheet, "2019 RAM HD2 STEPS". It bolts brackets to factory studs, three locations per side, with no drilling step. It asks for 10, 13, 17 and 18mm sockets, wrenches, a ratchet and a torque wrench, and it says not to slide the board on the brackets or the finish may be damaged. It states no time and no load rating, and that is one kit.

BA2 and the rest. Dealers list the BA2, and searches also name Rough Country drop steps and nerf bars. We read no sheet for those, so we say nothing about their fit, material or strength.

What its power kits ask of you

The sheet for the 2019-25 Silverado and Sierra 1500 kit has you bolt brackets and linkage arms to the rocker, run battery leads with a 25A fuse in a box on the main harness, and mount a control unit near the battery. Four magnetic switches stick to the pillars, with a magnet at each door, and four LED lights go on double-sided tape under the rocker. The Ford sheet adds a plastic insulator on every stud and a shim for Super Duty trucks.

Drilling is where the sheets get specific, and where a title's "no-drill" needs reading closely. The Silverado sheet says that without a rubber grommet you find a plastic plug that can be drilled through for the wires, and it has you hole a plastic cap with a drill or punch on the passenger side. The Ram sheet tells you first to check whether the rocker has threaded inserts, factory rivet inserts or plain hex holes, and with hex holes you set the kit's rivet inserts yourself.

No sheet states a time. Power running boards not working uses these sheets for troubleshooting.

Rough Country vs AMP, on paper

We found no independent side-by-side, so this compares two documents for GM trucks.

Our pick for that truck stays the AMP PowerStep, a verdict on paperwork. We have no data on which one lasts longer.

Limits the sheets spell out

The Silverado and Ram sheets say: "Do not use boards as a rock slider or as skid protection." They also say not to sit or stand on the board for long periods, jump on it, rest heavy objects on it or step on the plastic end caps.

We print no load figure. The ones we saw came from dealers and did not agree, and no sheet we read states any. How much weight running boards can hold has more.

Strengths and weak spots

Consider it if your truck is named in the title and you will route wires and set switches, or pay someone who will. Skip it if you want the time and the warranty up front.

Alternatives

For the whole field, see power running boards. If a powered step looks like more work than you want, a fixed side step has no motor or wiring. Your truck's own warranty is covered on do running boards void your warranty, and our sourcing rules are on how we verify fitment.

Check your exact year and cab on the listing before you buy.