At first my dealership was not gonna honor the 9.99 installation. They said that was for putting it physically on the truck and wanted $135 to program it. I said well return it then and then they changed their tune and did it for 9.99.
Inside my garage is my wifes car and lots of mountain bikes worth a pretty penny, workout equipment. They call it a 4 car garage but you really cant open the doors next to each other if you park 2 next to each other. So yeah I got stuff in my garage but it certainly aint junk. thats in the way...
I live in a very nice neighborhood and well the aholes troll these areas hitting these high end trucks. My last house I had a long driveway with a gate and boy do i miss that.
My XLT does lock with keyfob. My neighbor swears he locked his but who knows. One neighbor now parks his against his...
So my neighbors tailgate stolen off his F350 the other night. this is the 4th one on our street in last 2 years [one guy hit twice]. All of these are newer super duties with the camera in the bed like the ranger. For some reason they arent interested in my 1999.5 F350 tailgate lol.
With that...
The width or thickness on these new tailgates is getting ridiculous making throwing your biker over the tailgate a pita especially the center of the tailgate. The Ranger isnt so bad but the full size trucks are bad.
So far so good with this rack. I do like that it locks into the tailgate. And...
31" from front of bed to the rear tire. Its a large 29r megatower. I think plenty of room for any sort of flip top or rolling cover.
Fit and finish of the rack is nice.
I love trays but once you get above 2 racks it starts to become much harder to mount bikes with 800 mm bars. Things start to hit etc.
If im gonna do a hitch mount for more than 2 bikes go with a recon. I have a northshore and will be getting a recon. This style bikes dont touch each other at...
this is good thread to follow for us non lariat trims for LED to match and another thread where forscan gan configure which lights come on with DRL.
https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/drls-do-not-seem-to-work.3509/
https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/led-headlight-bulbs.4589/
After I get in on Xmas I will throw my longest bike in there (Large Megatower) and measure the distance to the rear tire. That way you have an idea where your flip top would be. I m gonna do a flip or a roll top and this will definitely weigh in on this decision.