Ontario BS Thread

The fibreglass caps do flex a lot but then again so do our beds lol.

 

Just until the bed stiffeners come in.

 

Could the mounting clamp for the cap and the bed seen some movement?
Ratchet strap will be perfect till the stiffeners come in.

 

cross brace it with 2 rat-shit straps to the rear d-rings and *call it a day!




*good enough for Hamilton!

 

The more I think about your gapped rear end I feel like the stiffeners are more of a half solution with the weight and flexibility of the cap. The cap has quite a mechanical advantage as it squats and shimmys side to side that it itself needs some stiffness (the bed stiffeners are still only working with insufficient metal to attach to). internal brace like this comes to mind. Could even be done with some Al channel and pop rivets.

 

appreciate that and just let me say the rtt is on when I go wheeling and camping, though I only do dirt roads and no rocks or bumps or heavy wheeling... ok some light wheeling..... I kinda get it that most of that is my fault.

as I already have 4 holes drilled into the cap for the roof bars the bracing maybe a good Idea

 

Yep only light wheeling with the RTT on:



More light wheeling:

 

Yep

Light wheeling only with the RTT on:

 

He meant wheeling in the light

 

ah the famous Yorkdale Mall South Side entrance, got to watch the line and keep right of the Starbucks.

 

80's - wasn't t me
90's - I was sleep driving
2000's - my neighbour took my truck
2021 - vaccine side effect lol.

Seriously Yea I should of planned for it but better late than never...
2022 is going to be a good year.

 

Kinda like usin’ a go cup with no lid.

 

South side entrance... didn't someone empty a Glock 19 magazine there last summer? Yorkdale is a rough area.

 

Just an optical illusion. Call it the curb effect.

 

it looks bigger that it rally is ( Thats.......said) lol.
ok i get it guys will be working on this, this year.
Thanks for all the reminders of "light wheeling" lol

 

Means you can’t Duke ‘er either. Not without a good box spring on the RTT.

 

So called up an off-road shop in the GTA looking for a steel bumper for my 09 Double Cab Off Road. Talking to the sales guy, he says the ARB bumper would be too heavy for my truck.

First I hear of this. With that being said, last summer I put a 2 in OME lift on it with 886 at the front.

Am I whacked to think that an ARB would be just fine?

 

That 2 in. lift will become a 1.5 in. lift (if not lower) with the ARB bumper on. You'll feel the weight for sure, but it's par for the course with all the popular off-road/overlanding mods: winch, skid plates, sliders, onboard air, dual battery, fridge, roof top tent... Easy to go over GVWR before you even have any passenger or cargo.

 

If you ever smash into a big snow bank or a tree, you'll be thankful you have an ARB

 

Kk. Putting a deposit on a Warn semi hidden winch. I’ll just wait for that to come in.