Bikes over Tonneau Cover
Finally finished my bike carrier project. I have a Pace Edwards Jackrabbit tonneau with the explorer rails. I bought some parts used, but mostly new. In my opinion, this is one of the better ways of ...
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6.7 tow rig wrote:
Dan Kirk, I love that idea. How did you mount the mounts to the bedrail? I'm leary of drilling holes through the rail. What rack is that supposed to be for? I have the same truck and would like to do the same mount.
I bought two sets of Yakima Landing Pad #6 (universal mounts, meant for the top of camper shells), two sets of Yakima Control Towers, 4 Yakima lock cores, and two Yakima 78" cross bars that I cut down to length. For the bike racks, I bought three Swagman #64720 upright roof bike racks. I did have to drill two 1/4" holes through the top of the bed rails for each of the landing pads and mounted them with the supplied hardware. When not in use, the control towers, cross bars, and bike racks detach in one piece, leaving just the landing pads on the bed rails.
