![]() I hope my details are useful on some of the points that concerned ME when researching prior to buying. Then again I'm getting too old/wise for that chit and the i-10 is getting too risky for it anyway.Īs you may have noticed in this review, I'm a picky person. if you're redneck like me you'll notice this and it does impair riding in the bed. I almost think Peragon should include a cargo bar in the kit. When you need the full bed, removing a cargo bar is as easy as removing a shower curtain rod. Nothing will ever slide under and jam the cover from opening. Set it at the height of the bottom of the ramps and 1" rearward. Regarding the "stuff slid forward and jammed the cover" comments. So I'm taking a few points off customer support for that. Instead they checked all my install pictures then told me everything looked OK (not addressing my question). I contacted Peragon about this - there isn't really a solution and I would have appreciated if they just came out and told me. Still, after you do it a few times and tweak things here and there it works OK. ![]() On the Ram they erred a little too much on the side of more forward/cargo room in my opinion. Ramps are used to deploy the cover, and there is a compromise between how far forward the ramps are (farther forward means more cargo space) and how easy the cover is to remove (farther back means more room to angle the collapsed cover for removal). Using a phone to check angle is error prone at best (I got mine right the first try but I'm a bit OCD). I'd say the hardest part is the rail angle setting process - it could be more precise. I'm considering doing this myself as a mod. It wouldn't add much weight but would greatly reduce cargo temps (imagine an insulated garage door). Ultimately I think Peragon has an opportunity here - the way the cover is built there is ~.75" under the cover panels that could be insulated with Styrofoam. ![]() Consequently, the bed will be hot if parked. A leather / plastic / fiberglass cover doesn't do this nearly as much. Being made of aluminum this tonneau conducts its surface heat through to the bed compartment. This is no different than any other black tonneau you may buy, but here's the difference. No surprise, but in Phoenix anything black in the sun gets HOT. If you get surprised at a pickup (or decide you need just a few more supplies than you thought), in the case of the Ram it actually fits in the width of the back seat. If you know you're going to pickup something huge, take it off, set it in the garage, easy peasy. Removal is easy, genuinely takes less than 10 minutes. So I wouldn't put the Mona Lisa in my bed and drive through a rainstorm, but if your stuff is in a suitcase, or even closed boxes you'll be OK. This cover is NOT waterproof (I did not install the tailgate seal and have open back stake pockets). Not that it rains a ton in Phoenix, but if heading up North in AZ you can run into weather. I drive a lot of highway miles, a lot at speeds I'd rather not put in writing (they always seemed reasonable and prudent to me). There are some reviews on here that talk about vibration on the highway. That's the benefit of this cover - lots of easy options! Sometimes I'm running with tonneau closed, sometimes with tonneau open, sometimes with tonneau removed. ![]() My most recent haul was 1,600 lbs of cinder block debris from a demo project. In the time I've owned this I moved houses taking truck loads of stuff to the new house while it was being renovated. I use my bed for everything from the typical Home Depot run with lumber or pipes, hauling random big things I've bought, miscellaneous home projects, etc. If it broke tomorrow, I'd go buy the same one.
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