steelponycowboy
Well-Known Member
So I have over 20,000 miles on my A.R.E. Topper of which about 6,000 miles are off road.
The topper itself seals well against the bed on the sides and rear. I think the side doors seal well also. There might be some dust invasion thru the back door at the bottom corners but not much at all. My dust issue is with the plastic plug on the rear of the bed, lower passenger side. I have my electrical and OBA tubing coming into the back thru there and it keeps popping out and letting dust in. I'm going to seal it with RTV soon to stop that from happening.
I chose the HD option to support up to 500lbs on the roof rack. A 180lb RTT on a bad washboard road will easily put 500lbs of force on the roof so not getting this option when using a RTT is a big mistake.
Also chose the metal doors on the sides and back. Prevents breaking into to steal my junk and keeps prying eyes from looking inside. And I also got the "tool boxes" on both sides to store gear for an easy fetch.
The 100% extension Cargo Glide makes everything in the back easy to get to and the Levitating Fridge Slide pulls out independently and will lower to just above your waist to get things from the bottom easily
The topper itself seals well against the bed on the sides and rear. I think the side doors seal well also. There might be some dust invasion thru the back door at the bottom corners but not much at all. My dust issue is with the plastic plug on the rear of the bed, lower passenger side. I have my electrical and OBA tubing coming into the back thru there and it keeps popping out and letting dust in. I'm going to seal it with RTV soon to stop that from happening.
I chose the HD option to support up to 500lbs on the roof rack. A 180lb RTT on a bad washboard road will easily put 500lbs of force on the roof so not getting this option when using a RTT is a big mistake.
Also chose the metal doors on the sides and back. Prevents breaking into to steal my junk and keeps prying eyes from looking inside. And I also got the "tool boxes" on both sides to store gear for an easy fetch.
The 100% extension Cargo Glide makes everything in the back easy to get to and the Levitating Fridge Slide pulls out independently and will lower to just above your waist to get things from the bottom easily
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