BAK Roll-X Tonneau Cover

[sptddog]

Anyone have one of these on their trucks? I'm interested in the rolled up tonneau makes hooking up harder? I have a B&W companion, and it will fit under the cover no problem, and I like the 'no mechanics' of this type of cover versus the Pace Edwards Jack Rabbit type (the dealer sells both recommended the bak roll-x). I'm just worried I won't be able to see over it to hook up.

[camperkilgore]

If you decide to get the Roll-x, let us know how it works out for you, and how you deal with hooking up.

I have a very worn truxedo truxport soft cover which will need to be replaced before too long, and I like the Roll-x concept. I can easily see over the truxedo, but I don't think I would be able to see over the Roll-X.

Could always buy a camera to see how to hook up, but there's already a lot of steps to go through when preparing to go camping, and adding steps just don't seem like the thing to do(especially when it involves spending more money).

I've experimented with putting tape here and there to try to line up the pin to the hitch, but it goes against my grain to jam a kingpin into a hitch blindly, and getting in and out of the truck to check is like having a travel trailer again.

I've never experienced the mirror on the camper setup, so it would be nice to know how well that works, and how much trouble it is to set up.

[sunnybrooktoyha]

I have a pace Edwards. If I were to do it again I would go with the retrax. Having said that I put a piece of yellow electrical tap on the front of the hitch and one on the front of the pin box. Line them up and your dead on. Good luck.

[hart-attack]

i use an Access soft cover and i have no issues with seeing the bed while hitching up. i don't like the folding kind as they block the bed when open and the hard-type rollup seemed a bit excessive on the cost. i would like to be able to walk on my truck cover instead of needing a ladder, but not happening now. maybe if i come into some money i'll switch out to a hard-type rollup. i didn't think that there would be any issues with rusting but it's good that you bring that up; just another reason that the Access cover was the right decision for the time being...the one i had on my '05 lasted 8 years and was still going strong.

[sptddog]

I believe Truxedo is all soft covers correct? I need a hard cover that locks.....

I like the retrax - but the dealer said that the bak x was cheaper than both retrax and the pace Edwards retractable and that it had no mechanical parts to rust (apparently the canister gets water in it, and the inner parts ultimately rust and bind).

[newman_fulltime]

i use truxedo

[bpounds]

It's going to depend on your truck, crew cabs are tougher to see over. I have the Retrax, and I can easily see over it. It doesn't roll as close to the cab as the one you're looking at, but then yours has that roll that extends upward. And my truck is a supercab, not a crew.

Bottom line is, I suggest you don't worry about it. You can learn to hitch up without seeing the pin, and you also have the option of adding a mirror to your pinbox so you will be able to see.