Dust in bed/canopy

Front rail: remove and seal with silicone

Front Bed Corners: remove bed caps and fill area with rubber butyl

Metal Bed Rail Strips: Remove and silicone

Plastic Bed Caps: Remove and silicone

Rear Bed Corner Opening: Fill area with rubber butyl

Plastic Cubbies: Fill hole in cubby with silicone, seal bed cubby edges with silicone

Drainage Bed Holes: Fill with silicone

Tailgate: Use ESI Tailgate Seal from Amazon

100% dust and waterproof

 

Incredible! Thank you!!!

 

Sorry, but I'm the dumb kid in class...could you provide a little more detail and the actual products used? For example, what do you mean specifically by "rubber butyl" or "silicone?" Are these caulk-type products or something else?

 

Gonna need more photos of this RLD canopy.... lol

 

Nice setup !

 

I've installed both of these on my truck, and I get no dust.
I can't speak to the really fine, chalky stuff you get in the southwest, but at least up here in the PNW on forestry roads, they seem to work great.

 

Fantastic news! Can't wait to install it. Trying to not drive on the dirt until I get them next week, but I think that's impossible.

 

Rubber Butyl:

$12 Yunpo Butyl Sealant Tape 4M/13Ft Waterproof Butyl Rubber Sealant for Car Headlamps Window Door Windshield Butyl Tape Black

https://www.amazon.com/Yunpo-Sealan...1&keywords=butyl+rubber&qid=1595442303&sr=8-2

Silicone:

$12 GE Window & Door Sealant Clear All Purpose, 10.1 oz, Cartridge

https://www.amazon.com/GE-Silicone-...rds=silicone+waterproof&qid=1595442370&sr=8-8

 

Thank you!

 

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This is a great post. Thanks for sharing.

Here is another great post I found on the topic.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...d-and-adventures.362772/page-37#post-11379261

Also if you are cheap, and don't mind waiting I found this tailgate seal straight from china.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/400...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

 

Truck bed compartment dust control using 5/16" rubber weather stripping. Next are the slots on top and bottom of the compartment boxes by making small housings over the slots.
5/16-in White Window Seal Rubber Window Weatherstrip

 

This is also how you design a computer that does not get dust in it. You have higher pressure inside of the case and it will keep dust from coming into any of the cracks and holes. The only intake of air to make the pressure is filtered with dust filters.

 

A little outside the box . . . but what about an onboard air compressor, (mounted under the hood) with a line run to the bed. Use a 12v air valve and regulator to, when needed, discharge +/-20psi air into the bed creating a positive pressure environment? 20psi via a 1/4" outlet is about 30cfm, which would exchange the air in the bed in about 6 minutes. Through a 1/8" outlet, is about 8cfm, which would still get the job done. You wouldn't have to cut a large hole on the cap for a vent or fan, and done correctly, you now have on-board compressed air. You would probably want to also have small air storage tank.

 

This is similar to what I got. Been clean so far. https://www.ebay.com/itm/5-57-Rubbe...Cover-Filler-Seal-Shield-Lip-Cap/402299985946

 

I like the idea and am not expert but most compressors run very hot, especially if they are running constantly. They are high pressure, low volume, correct? Just the opposite is needed, i.e. high volume, low pressure. Once the air tank is empty the compressor just passes the air through. I think something like a air/bilge pump would work better like is on boats to exhaust fuel fumes before you start the engine.

Or, what about a cheap air mattress pump that runs on 12V?

$15 Air Pump for Air Mattress, Air Mattress Pump for Inflatables, Quick Fill Inflator Deflator Air Pump Perfect for Outdoor Camping Inflatable Boat Blow Up Pool Water Toy Car Air Bed

https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Mat...a-760003660460&psc=1&ref=&adgrpid=69024256957