Fish house under the tonneau

[coombia21]

I am looking to see if I am going to be able to get my otter lodge under my tonneau cover of my 2007 nbs silverado. I am a student at college so I dont have any other place to store it so I am trying to see if I will be able to lock it up while not in use. If not is there any other ways to lift up the tonneau cover so it will fit under it but still locked down. The tonneau cover is an access. If not what is the best way to lock it into my box, I will have the tailgate locked, but is there any other way to lock it into the box.

[Dave]

I believe my Lodge fits under my Superduty with Access Cover; without any seats though.

[Woody61]

I think that question was asked last year and IIRC the newer deeper box trucks will get them in with the seats removed. I have an 01 and screwd just enough I can't get mine closed. It's coming off next week as I found a cheap aluminum topper to use during the hard water season.

[coombia21]

Dave do you have a hyfax on your sled?

[CAMAN]

I have a fiberglass A.R.E. tonneau cover on my truck and I need to remove the seats to be able to close and lock it.

[Pleasant]

with hyfax runners on my sled I could not get it in under the cover on my 2000 so last fall I built a riser for the box.

[PerchJerker]

with hyfax runners on my sled I could not get it in under the cover on my 2000 so last fall I built a riser for the box.

I love the riser idea ..... but I have a short box and my Lodge is longer than the box, so the riser would solve only 1 of my problems. Great looking riser though.

[Pleasant]

I hear ya the lodge sled I have is 74 inches +/- the truck bed is 78 but I have a bed liner in it so it barely fits to get the tailgate shut and locked.

[coombia21]

I saw a truck coming home from mille lacs last year, and he used diamond plate for that. But my problem with that is you can just pull the cord on the tonneau cover and open it up, unless there is a way to conceal the back too.

[Dave]

Dave do you have a hyfax on your sled?

Not on this sled.

[Pleasant]

I finger jointed the ends of the back, drilled down threw it, and have rods that drop down to the top of the tailgate, top locks down to the riser, lock on the tailgate latch, keeps honest people honest.

[landscaper]

Is the wood just painted black? kinda looks like something on it.

[Pleasant]

just painted with a high quality semi gloss paint and I am sure was very dirty when pic was taken

[Dave]

coombia21,

Thought I'd update ya. I picked up my Otter Magnum from up north today. I have the double flip, which means more canvas to store under the sled cover, and it fit under my Superduty Access Cover just fine. Room to spare even. No hy-fax on this sled but if I recall, I didn't have any issue with my other house or truck when I had them.

[BD110]

I have a 2004 Super Duty and I believe the box sides are lower then the newer model fords. I was unable to close my access cover when I went to the newer Otter lodge with the new style seating. The aluminum cross brace that went across the tub did not allow the tent polls to lay flat on top of the tub like they did before. I went back to the old style aluminum seat brackets now the tent polls lay flat. With the seats placed in the tub I'm now able to close my access cover.

I had to put a 3/4 inch plywood spacer in between the swivel and the seat bracket to keep the newer padded seats from scraping and riping on the old style seat bracket but that's a whole other story!!

[Dave]

I'll add.....mine's an '02 Superduty and that's without seats. I lay the seats in the Otter tub.

[mccullen]

Get a REAL truck with a 8' box and a topper!!!

[Dave]

Get a REAL truck with a 8' box and a topper!!!

Topper's are for old guys

Oh, wait....I AM old

I like the option of hauling ATVs in the box at times.

[BD110]

I've had a number of toppers in the past years and after having an access cover I don't plan on ever going back to a topper.