Secure/lockable Tonneau + RTT Bed Rack

Here’s what I did to get the most secure cover and a rack to hold everything I needed. My rack and tent come off my truck together in 5 minutes by unscrewing 4 bolts
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ll-with-diamondback-cover-photo-heavy.570861/

 

Kbvoodoo and retrax cover. Retractable, secure and can still haul decent loads.

 

This is awesome!! This may be being too greedy, but can you somehow tote a couple mountain bikes with that setup?

 

Yup, you can do 1 on each side if you get the bike mount brackets and obviously the hitch is open you can do a mount there too with a bike rack set up

 

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Don't know where you're located or if you're still looking but I'm going to be selling my Retrax Pro Mx...it's for a long bed.

 

Oh that is absolutely perfect!!! I'm getting tons of great ideas. The truck is one week old and already have ton$ of ideas. I'm trying to do what I do with woodworking and wait until I need/know what I need to buy before buying. Grabbing tons of ideas though

 

Actually down the road in Abilene. I am starting to look for a bed cover, but have a short bed.

 

TW is great for gathering ideas and research. If you wood work I made this drawer that goes in and out of my truck bed for camping. Like a chuck box, just fits under my cover. This is my old rack and RTT set up

 

Looks great!! That was actually one of the things I was considering. Feel much more comfortable doing that than mod'ing the truck right now.

 

Well shoot....

 

that is a sweet chuck box! mind showing more detailed pics of this build?!

 

Does the tonneau cover open up at all with the RTT installed, or do you just open from the tailgate and crawl inside to put stuff in the back?

 

This is my build thread. Half of the bed has a drawer, the other half my fridge and water. The cargo tray under the rack holds my chairs and 2 Plano totes with random camp and recovery gear.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-diy-camping-drawers-pic-heavy-thread.554249/

Minute 10:15 or so talks about the drawer
https://youtu.be/Qike5D_Msjk

 

Amazing!! I've actually watched that before, but just did again

 

As I said in that post I did not go that route. Though I liked it a lot. I went with a full GoFastCamper instead. That said I really really doubt that would lift with 150lb tent on the back

 

Saw your rig on Overland Bound. Love the bed storage solution, something I would definitely like to add. Great work!

 

Which height rack is that? It looks like a 14" if I had to guess. Would you buy the same height if you had to buy again?

 

It's the mid size and yeah I would, just not in the long bed version. The long bed version is nice to mount more items on the side but I kept wishing I had some space to get into the bed sometimes

 

I’ve already chosen a 55” tent and according to KBVoodoo I should go with the long bed rack to support the tent. Plus, I have a tri-fold tonneau cover which wouldn’t be operable with either length rack, right?