I have one of the "roll and lock" covers on my '97 4x4 short box, and
its a pain in the ass to open. Its a bit too narrow for the box, and you
can pull it "side to side" when its closed. If you don't have it aligned
just so when you go to open it, one of the latches will catch while the
other releases on the tailgate, and you'll then have a royal 'ole time
getting it re-latched so you can open it. In 2 words, "never again"
Craig
____________________________________________
Craig Baltzer - Anjura Technology Corp - Ottawa, Ontario
cbaltzer@anjura.com - (613) 727-1411
_____________________________________________
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Bexte [SMTP:bruceb@direct.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 1997 11:30 AM
> To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
> Subject: Re: Roll-lock covers...
>
> Pat Buthmann wrote:
> >
> > Back to the well for advice / opinions again...
> >
> > I'm looking at buying a roll-lock cover for the bed of my
> truck ($1350 Cdn, installed), basically the venetian blind style of
> bed cover, which I prefer
> >
> > Barring that idea, I may just drop a side opening tool box
> on the back and leave the bed exposed (about $250 cdn) instead.
> Anyone have a tool box drop
> >
> > Pat Buthmann
> >
> > '97 Dakota Sport, Club-Cab, 5.2L V8, 5 Spd, black, all black, and
> nothing but black.
>
>
> Hi Pat, Ive got a couple of buddys here in Calgary that have the
> rool-lock covers.
> They seem to have a lot of trouble with the sliders and joints getting
> pluged up with
> salt and sand in the winter time making them a real pain in the but to
> open or close.
> My personal choice would have to be a Gibsons if you dont mine
> spending the bucks,its
> about $800.00 can. for Street Heat here in cowtown. I have a black
> tuff box in the
> front of the box of mine.I just drilled a 3/8 inch hole about six
> inchs from the bottom
> in the middle of the end walls.Then used turn buckles down to the
> floor tiedowns in the
> box, it cant move around and holds a fair bit of stuff let me know if
> you want to see it
> bye for now Bruce
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:07:44 EDT