SirRobyn0
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- Location
- In the woods in Western Washington
- First Name
- Rob
- Truck Year
- 1984
- Truck Model
- C20
- Engine Size
- 305
I currently have a saddle box / tool box whatever you want to call it. It was free. It's great to keep my straps in and a few bags of groceries, but also restricts full use of bed, so I have to pull it out when I haul certain things.Yes, titled and the smaller electric trailer brakes. (10 X 2.5)
Keep in mind, even with a well sealed topper, you still get rain in if you don't seal the tailgate sides and lower edge. When driving the back of the truck is a vacuum area and the rain is drawn in. Even harder to seal a tonneau cover. Yes, stuff is much dryer than no topper.
You want totally dry storage? Get a good saddle box.
I have had a couple canopies on various trucks though the years. I had a Toyota with a fiber glass canopy, never again. I will never own fiber glass canopy again. They are just to dang heavy. My Dodge which I currently own, but only rarely use now, it use to be my primary truck, it came with a aluminum skin / aluminum frame canopy. I really like it in general, but it's cab height so it required constant removal and installation depending on what I was hauling. If I had something for the square taller than cab, then I'd really only need to remove it when I need to haul pallets or material. So a lot less.
If I had my choice I'd get a softopper. 77 K20 has one and we've talked a fair bit about it. Of course they are cab height but can be retracted in a moments notice. They are barely tall enough for me to get my barrels in, so I'd retract it, load and extend it back into place. But man $1,000 after shipping.... I keep thinking it's an old truck what if I need to rebuild the engine or trans, one of these days that money could go to that. I'm waiting on confirmation, but if I get the kind of tax refund I'm expecting I might pull the trigger.
The only two things about a tonneau cover that is attractive, is initial cost, at $300, and if I pick the correct model I could keep my bed rails. Anyone kind of topper and I'd have to remove my bed rails, which I do like them but it's fine and I'd keep them around for possible future use if needed.
A Ford one is fine for me that square looks good with the high top canopy. Yea, the down fall is the bed rails. I'd probably just remove them. I did consider building a spacer for my Dodge so the canopy on that would sit higher, but besides looking funky it would mess with window height.this one is aluminum skin on aluminum frame. its also beat to hell and been around the block haha but 2 things 1) could you get a shorter, wider 55 gallon(Idek) 2) what you should do is setup your facebook to try and alert you for these. here, this size is not as common as normal, BUT they are usually a litttle beat up and often come cheaper. the amount that stands above the cab shakes and dulls the paint etc but they still do good.
I would say if you find one, you could make a spacer to use it with your bed caps you probably could make it a tad taller and still meet the cab lineat front. this one here is from ford, i only see ford ones.You must be registered for see images attach
this looks pretty cool. nvm, the one i have might be for GM, that forward tilt seems to magically work there. but mine is slightly more swept back and possibly taller but not much at all if so.
also its weird watching people try to act natural at something they obviously have no idea what to do
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As for the barrels, I get feed, regularly from two people and a few others off and on. They are all standard plastic 55 gallon drums with the tops cut off. It is on an exchange basis so I bring my empties and exchange for filled barrels. Really no way to vary the size there.
IDK I dream of a topper of some sort one day. Really need to consider pulling the trigger on a softopper.