Otter question

[TravP]

Do the newer otters(last 2 years) fit under a tonnoea cover in a 2003-2007 chevy half ton?

Thanks guys

[fivebucks]

My otter slides between the wheel wells and is well below the top of my bed in my Tundra. What length bed do you have? My tub is just a hair over 6 feet long.

[TravP]

Its not the length I'm worried about, its the height. I believe the Tundras box might have higher sides.

[MNice]

my old one (10-15 years) does, but just barely, in fact I have to make sure the house is slid in there just right so the bars on my access cover do not rest on top of the tube hinge.

[BartmanMN]

Not sure on difference in bed height between the old body's and the new Silverado, but I can tell you that the new Otter fits under the cover of the new style Silverado.

It barely fits though, so it may not on the older beds if they increased the depth at all.

[forcedtowork]

I have an 02 Silverado and an Otter Ice Cabin, my toneau cover bars rest on the fish house. I even had to raise the rails of the toneau cover up a bit so it isn't so snug. It is a very tight fit, and that is with out hyfax on it. You won't be able to leave the seats on.

[bikeoutback]

I have a 2 year old Team Wild 2 man which is made by otter but I'm not sure on the differences at all. I know that it didn't fit under my tonneau on my 2005 Silverado, wasn't even close to re-position or make adjustments on the tonneau cover. I got a topper instead and just store the ice house there all winter long now.

[bikeoutback]

Another note from looking at the otter site, Team Wild collapsed is 17" high and all the otter houses are 18" high collapsed and most 20" high. But this didn't seem right to me so I then had to go measure. My 2 year old team wild is collapsed and sits at 23", my bed I figure could handle roughly 18-19" with the tonneau cover on and I remember being about 4" too tall. So Otter may have lowered the profile on the newer one's but I'd still think you've got to be 18" or under in my opinion. I also know that my sled is deep, it's got 18" front and back and 12" sidewalls which if I remember seemed to be 6" taller than the other brands when I bought it but Otter wasn't available where I was looking so maybe they use that sled in all their houses.

[Woody61]

I bought my Cabin last year and it will not fit under the Access cover on my 01 Chevy amybe the 03 on up are a little deeper. Even with the seats off it doesn't go under the bars. I can roll the cover over after the sled is in there but still is not a good fit.

[marine_man]

My Wild 3 and my buddy's otter magnum's don't fit underneath the tonneau cover of a 96 or 04 GM pickup...

marine_man

[TravP]

Dang, my plan was to buy a fiberglass tonneau cover and store it in there all winter. A topper is out of the question though.

[marine_man]

Yeah.. I'm disappointed as well... one reason I'm glad I have my old otter that does fit in there!

marine_man

[bikeoutback]

A topper is out of the question though.

Ha ha, I used to say this all the time... "toppers are for old man trucks, I'm never getting one". Now I don't see myself ever owning a pickup truck without one on it ever again. However I don't haul a quad in the bed of my truck and I don't haul dirt/gravel/mulch or stuff like that at all yet. And if it's necessary by then I should have a utility trailer.

To each is own though I have too much practical use for a topper when it comes to my ice house, dog kennel, hunting equipment, camping equipment... I can pile the gear in knowing it will stay dry and still ride 4 in the cab comfortably. But again it's all in preferences.

[TravP]

"Ha ha, I used to say this all the time... "toppers are for old man trucks, I'm never getting one"

Exactly my thoughts! I'll just unload it every time i get home I guess.

[BD110]

I'm not driving the type of vehicle that you're asking about but I was able to change back to the older type aluminum seat brackets and my new Otter lodge now fits under my access cover. The aluminum tube that runs accross the new Otters for the plastic seat brackets to mount to makes the the frame of the house set a few inches higher when you fold the house down.

There was some extra cost in having to buy the old style seat brackets but I'm very happy to be able to store my new Otter covered in the back of my vehicle.

[JSK76]

Dang, my plan was to buy a fiberglass tonneau cover and store it in there all winter. A topper is out of the question though.

on some fiberglass tonneau cover you do get a bit more hight then a roll up because they not straight across the bed rail's like the bars on a roll up, not saying it's enough to fit but it's worth looking into.

[coombia21]

With my otter lodge and snowmobile hyfaxs on the bottom of the sled my house is 3/4 of an inch over the top of my tonneau cover. If I took out my bed liner it would fit. I also have a truxedo truxport which I got because it sits on top of the rails vs inside the rails giving it more height. I also leave the seats in my house. I just put a 1x4 inbetween the top of the bedrails and the bottom of the tonneau and it fits just fine.

[Northlander]

Dang, my plan was to buy a fiberglass tonneau cover and store it in there all winter. A topper is out of the question though.

With the extra height of a fiberglass tonue it may fit. My Otter Cabin fit under my old fiberglass topper on my old F150 and they had shallow beds like the older Chevs. Im pretty sure it would with just sliding the seats off the platforms.

[Jim Almquist]

Ha ha, I used to say this all the time... "toppers are for old man trucks, I'm never getting one". Now I don't see myself ever owning a pickup truck without one on it ever again. However I don't haul a quad in the bed of my truck and I don't haul dirt/gravel/mulch or stuff like that at all yet. And if it's necessary by then I should have a utility trailer.

To each is own though I have too much practical use for a topper when it comes to my ice house, dog kennel, hunting equipment, camping equipment... I can pile the gear in knowing it will stay dry and still ride 4 in the cab comfortably. But again it's all in preferences.

It will also make for a great place to sleep. My last Leer had a latch so you could lock and open it from the inside. That and a Bedrug made for a nice little shelter for 2.

[jwhjr]

I won't ever have a truck again with out a topper. I've only needed to take it off once since I got it, and that was to haul home my new patio door this spring.

[WalleyeZach]

I have a 1998 Silverado, with a fiberglass tonneau cover, and my two year old otter cabin fits under it. Just barely though i usually have to shift it around a little bit in order for it to fit just right. I also have to take the seats out.

[Northlander]

I also went to a topper for the same reasons.

On my trips up North I will be sleeping in my topper on a air matress and in a nice warm bag. A Buddy heater with window cracked a bit in the morning to take the chill out would be nice. I do that in the tent and it makes getting out of bed on cold mornings a lot easier.

[bikeoutback]

It will also make for a great place to sleep. My last Leer had a latch so you could lock and open it from the inside. That and a Bedrug made for a nice little shelter for 2.

Only downside to a crew cab chevy 5'8" bed but I'm 6' tall. I can sleep at a diagonal in it but haven't yet. Usually just keep gear under the topper and sleep in the tent but it is nice to have the option. I have a buddy who got his topper at same time as me and was going to swap each summer back to his tonneau cover for the looks. He's still got the topper on and is going to sell his tonneau cover. He's slept in it each camping trip this summer and saved a ton on hotels on a southern road trip last winter by sleeping under the topper.

[Northlander]

Exactly my thoughts. Would be great for them short rainy river trips.