I used 1.25" .083" wall tubing mainly because we use a ton of it here at work. I used stage lighting clamps from Amazon as the tube clamps. We lasercut and bent brackets I designed to come out under the OEM bed cover and tie into the bed rail system. I was forced to get the OEM cover because it gets tied in with the dual top group. It worked great for a trip from PA to Florida. 4 guys and gear for a hunting trip.
Thank you for the info! That looks really sharp. I don't have access to a laser cutter nor do I have the bed rail system! But I am wondering if I can come up with another way to make the bracket. How did the carrier do up there on the trip? We drive from pa to Orlando roughly 2 times a year, and figure we may take the truck on one of them instead of the van. Would be nice to have gear in the bed under the tonneau and then the carrier space as well. I need to choose a tonneau yet, only got the hard top for the truck.I used 1.25" .083" wall tubing mainly because we use a ton of it here at work. I used stage lighting clamps from Amazon as the tube clamps. We lasercut and bent brackets I designed to come out under the OEM bed cover and tie into the bed rail system. I was forced to get the OEM cover because it gets tied in with the dual top group. It worked great for a trip from PA to Florida. 4 guys and gear for a hunting trip.
