BigJ
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I've gone back and forth in my head about what-to-do-with-all-my-crap since I got the truck. I carry an assload of tools, a cooler, gas, water, and other camping gear any time I head out, and really hate how horribly it all fits. It seems I always come home with something or other broke or leaking or shattered after a day or three out in the wild.
The final straw came when I made the Baker dovetail mod, and I lost my spare mount. That pretty much forced me into doing *something* since carrying a spare deep off road IMHO is not optional.
I gave serious consideration to several of the bed rack options available today, as well as developing something completely new that uses the hitch. In the end, I settled on an idea and called Micah at ADD. Fast forward and here's where they're at so far.
Up against the cab, aka the front of the bed, are 4x 2gal RotopaX gas cans (the yellows will be replaced with new reds). Right behind them the spare will be mounted on a slight upward angle, and behind it the 65qt Yeti cooler will be strapped down. To the right side (passenger) will be two more 2 gal RotoPax containers I plan to use for water (the yellow will be replaced by blues or whites). Between the bedwall and gas cans on the right side is a mounting plate ready for a 10gal CO2 tank if/when I pick one up.
And where he's holding the cardboard will go a bin for my tools.
Not shown in the pic (since its not my bed) is that there's still plenty of room for my HiLift jack mount. Also, my OEM tailgate extenders will go bye bye for extra bag space.
Everything heavy will be tied or locked down and aint gonna budge, and I'll still have plenty of room for all my bags and gear. And maybe best of all is that everything will fit under my FoldACover bed cover.
PS: Anyone want to guess why things are biased toward the passenger side?
All will be done and installed this coming Wednesday as I head out to the Texas Raptor Run. These guys are jumping thru hoops to make it happen for me, and I can't wait to get it installed and show it off at the Run! More pics to come of their progress, the install and finished product.
The final straw came when I made the Baker dovetail mod, and I lost my spare mount. That pretty much forced me into doing *something* since carrying a spare deep off road IMHO is not optional.
I gave serious consideration to several of the bed rack options available today, as well as developing something completely new that uses the hitch. In the end, I settled on an idea and called Micah at ADD. Fast forward and here's where they're at so far.
Up against the cab, aka the front of the bed, are 4x 2gal RotopaX gas cans (the yellows will be replaced with new reds). Right behind them the spare will be mounted on a slight upward angle, and behind it the 65qt Yeti cooler will be strapped down. To the right side (passenger) will be two more 2 gal RotoPax containers I plan to use for water (the yellow will be replaced by blues or whites). Between the bedwall and gas cans on the right side is a mounting plate ready for a 10gal CO2 tank if/when I pick one up.
And where he's holding the cardboard will go a bin for my tools.
Not shown in the pic (since its not my bed) is that there's still plenty of room for my HiLift jack mount. Also, my OEM tailgate extenders will go bye bye for extra bag space.
Everything heavy will be tied or locked down and aint gonna budge, and I'll still have plenty of room for all my bags and gear. And maybe best of all is that everything will fit under my FoldACover bed cover.
PS: Anyone want to guess why things are biased toward the passenger side?
All will be done and installed this coming Wednesday as I head out to the Texas Raptor Run. These guys are jumping thru hoops to make it happen for me, and I can't wait to get it installed and show it off at the Run! More pics to come of their progress, the install and finished product.
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