Anyone with 6ft beds--need some Tonneau advice

I added an OEM bed rail to the front bed wall.

I purchased two heavy duty Rago metal mounts with extensions, one for the gas with a RotopaX 3 gallon mount and one for the fire extinguisher using Quickfist attachments. . I made the other mounts from scrap hardwood I painted. I attached all the mounts to the three bed rails using T slot nuts I purchased from Amazon. I used different size quick fists attachments mounted on the wood brackets for the shovel, patch kit, tool roll and rope. I used traction board brackets also attached to a couple hard wood mounts.

It was a fun project and everything held up very well during an off road day at the local odd road park.


Rago, I had to drill lower mounting holes in the Rago mounts because the bed cover mounting system relocates the stock bed rails lower.




RotopaX



t-slots




you can get an idea of the wood mounts I made plus the Quick fist brackets in this close up, low tech, nut'n special...but they work

 

Wood mounts! Pretty slick! I totally dig your set up. I have been thinking about how to get all that equipment underneath the tonneau and this is a GREAT blueprint. Thanks for sharing!

 

I made a bed cover out of 3/4" plywood, painted it black. Hinges in the middle. Mounts with home made T nuts/2x4 blocks into the bedside track. Comes off in 5 minutes or less! Has the benefit of not ripping, is sturdy enough to pile things on top.of, even screw into if needed to secure! Easily repairable with black tremclad!

 

Cool--post some pics if you get a chance!

 

Its quite literally, this simple.... (and tacky) but it works!

 

I like it! Hey, whatever works makes sense to me!