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To offer a minority opinion here, I’m not overly fond of mine. And perhaps that's because of the use case I had in mind. I was hoping to use it to keep loose camping supplies in place and organized. Except you cant open the lid with it in the stored position, and you basically have to have an...

I ended up using these 40'' lights for the sides. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0829PQ5WC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I finished it all up last night, but forgot to take pictures in the dark. Whoops. I adjusted the angle such that as long as you're more than ~2ft...

I haven't actually tried to raise/lower it since I have it all dialed in at the perfect height (minimum height to mount the paddles and have them clear the doors, maximum height for it to clear the garage). That said, there is excess wire inside the bed that I could use if I ever wanted to...

Part two... I finished running the wires along the rack. This was the one place that I decided to solder the connections instead of using wire nuts. This kept the profile of all of the wires low enough that I was able to reinstall the weather strip onto the crossbars, keeping all of the wires...

Hey guys, So I finally dialed in my Yakima Overhaul last summer to work as I wanted it (though I'm still debating on getting some side rails - Primarily for a recovery track mounting location), but realized that I'm pretty much completely blocking the 3rd brake light now. Whether or not it's...

I guess it comes down to what type of hardware you're using. If you're going with a stacker and foam block, then maybe only 1-2'' from it - but then the kayaks are on the side, and should dramatically curve up by the time it gets to the cab. If you go with a J hook or a rear roller, I would...

It shouldn't be a problem. I want to say that when I measured it, it was 20'' from the rail to the cab. If you have an 18'' rack, you then have your kayak mount on top of that, which should be fine. I know I've used my overhaul at the lowest setting (18'') without concern.

Personally... If I'm going to bottom out, I'd rather hit on the hitch than the bumper itself.

My understanding is that the driver alertness actually benchmarks your driving in the first 5 minutes, then compares how many corrections you make to stay in your lane back to the baseline. But that's different from the 'key hands on wheel' alert... That pops up when the truck doesn't sense any...

Fun fact (though now I can't find a source for it, so perhaps take it with a grain of salt) - you're more likely to end up in an accident if you do the head swivel than if you just used your mirror but kept your head facing forward. The rationale that explained the data was two fold. 1) If...

Thanks for the thoughts. The approach angle is definitely something that I am concerned with (along with having to take it on/off) if I mount it to the tow hook, but that thought about bending it up is interesting, I might have to toy with that concept a bit. I also like the thought of...

I would love to be able to just attach it to the bed rack I have, that would be so much easier... And perhaps this is the type of thing that "letter of the law" vs. "in practice". https://thinkdunes.com/dunes/faqs/ "There is only one type of flag required for the Dunes. All 4-wheel drive...

Hey all, So I'm planning on taking my Ranger to one of Michigan's offroad parks this spring. I don't have a ton of off road experience, but I keep finding myself in places where the road isn't really a road, especially on trips up to the upper pennisula. So I would like to build some of those...

Did you end up going through with this? I also doubt how much I'll use it (I'm even toying with taking the seats out in general), and I absolutely hate how it flaps in the wind with the windows open... Taking the center seatbelt out might be a good compromise...

Yeah, I'm pretty happy with it. I guess I should be considering the $$ I have sinked into it all. It's not 100% water proof, which is a bit annoying, but the amount it leaks is minimal compared to the amount that pops up through the tailgate. And it might just be a bit more foam around the...

It'd be tight. IIRC my kayaks are 31'' wide. There's about a 2'' gap between the two, and about an inch from the mount to the end of the bar. The kayaks can also sit a bit more on the top of them. I *think* you could make it work if you really wanted to. Note though that you might have to...

So I was confident on 2 things that I didn't want to do. 1) remove the bumper - I've seen how they put these on at the factory, and I'm confident that I'll never be able to get it back level and looking right, and 2) drill into anything that would be visible. That second one really limited my...

I bought my Ranger with the retractable tonneau, knowing I was going to buy the Yakima Overhaul for my kayaks. At first, I used my old Malone vertical stacker, but it was really awkward to load/unload. It requires a side load, and my wife isn't tall enough to reach from the ground. As such...

Geezh, you still had a good 10 miles or so to go. Is it sad that 18.4 is about a normal fill up for me :P At least around home. That said, I know exactly where all of the gas stations are (and which ones I want to use), so it's easy for me to get it down to 10 miles or so and be like "K, I...

You're going to get all sorts of non-scientific answers here, and maybe someone will site some data on generic truck aerodynamics... But from a practical point of view, a tonneau cover costs end users ~$300 for an entry level one. Which means it would cost Ford no more than $150. If there...