Tonneau cover and rack combo

[Scrodumb]

On 6/6/2025 at 6:12 AM, Sonders said:

I have Yakima front loader bike carriers on mine.  Note that I took the 12” upright racks and cut them down to 6” so the rack sits lower.  

Thank you! I can’t find images of the mounting brackets to see how to cut them down. How did you wind up doing that?

 

I like the lowered look you have and have ordered the roll up tonneau vs hard flip, just need enough to clear

[Sonders]

The uprights are basic flat aluminum plates with a 90* angle at top that the crossbars bolt to.  I just measured and cut the bottom half off and drilled new holes.  Pretty easy adjustment.

[Scrodumb]

27 minutes ago, Sonders said:

The uprights are basic flat aluminum plates with a 90* angle at top that the crossbars bolt to.  I just measured and cut the bottom half off and drilled new holes.  Pretty easy adjustment.

Thank you! Will share pics once it arrives and I get it installed. Thank you so very much for sharing your set up; it’s precisely what I’ve been looking to do!

[Sonders]

No problem.  Enjoy.  I love how versatile of a setup it is.  All kinds of accessories you can buy as well.

[Scrodumb]

Thank you for all your help @Sonders!

 

have bike racks to toss on before our first camp of this season (tomorrow), and will upload more pics with camper. 

[Sonders]

Good deal.  Enjoy the trip.  You'll probably want to cut those uprights down shorter after your first trip; as they are they put the bikes pretty high in the air.  Also, don't know which bike carriers you ended up getting, but if you went with Yakima front loaders like I have, you'll have to notch the mounts of them out a little bit so they get a better bite on the Adarac square cross rails.  Hope that helps.

[PBNB]

I have a Diamondback SE with Uptop racks (for DB covers) and 1up Bike Racks mounted to the sides of the rack. I have a clamshell tent with roofracks for my 12' kayaks. 

 

Some pics are when we had the Tundra and now we have the Silverado and the cover and everything else just swapped over so I was able to reuse all of this stuff. 

 

I can load the truck bed will all my camping gear, extra water and propane under the cover. The bikes go on the rack sides, the kayaks go up top on the tent with the Yakima kayak mounts.

 

[Sonders]

That is a very cool set up Peter; I've never seen bike racks that mount to the side.  That would be way easier loading bikes than having to lift them up over the bedsides.  Did I read that right that the same Daimondback cover fit a Tundra and 2500HD Chevy?  Surprised the Tundra has same size bed.