Hoping the forum can help me with ideas:
I have an 06 mega cab 5.7 (soon to have fox 2.5), I am looking to do adventure travel: climbing , mountain biking, ice climbing etc. One of my main needs is to stuff 2 mountain bikes in the shell when we are off on a climb or kayak and not have them ripped off. I am trying to decide between a hard Shell and popup camper : 4wheel / ATC vs Tradesman topper from Access mfg. The Tradesman would be very water tight and secure, but I have some concerns about the bed flexing with with the fixed shell, vs a slide in that can kinda move around independent of the Bed. However, it looks kinda hard to stuff the bikes in the popup.
Anyone toss bikes in their popup? or run a aluminum shell hard off road?
Any help is appreciated, trying to get this off the ground while summer is still here...
I have an 06 mega cab 5.7 (soon to have fox 2.5), I am looking to do adventure travel: climbing , mountain biking, ice climbing etc. One of my main needs is to stuff 2 mountain bikes in the shell when we are off on a climb or kayak and not have them ripped off. I am trying to decide between a hard Shell and popup camper : 4wheel / ATC vs Tradesman topper from Access mfg. The Tradesman would be very water tight and secure, but I have some concerns about the bed flexing with with the fixed shell, vs a slide in that can kinda move around independent of the Bed. However, it looks kinda hard to stuff the bikes in the popup.
Anyone toss bikes in their popup? or run a aluminum shell hard off road?
Any help is appreciated, trying to get this off the ground while summer is still here...