Angry elephant roll up cover

[muddy12]

I received this cover from my wife and kids for Christmas. I believe it is one of the cheaper ones that can be found on amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B016...s+ram+1500&dpPl=1&dpID=51WRsgSDP6L&ref=plSrch

Overall, I am happy with the cover; and while it seems well made, I’m curious to see how it holds up over time.

Install was simple, just like almost every other roll up cover, with 3 clamps on each side rail.
The fit was good, but it does leave just a bit of each rear stake pocket exposed. We haven’t had any rain to be able to tell if this will allow water into the bed yet. (I’ll update later)

I did get a little bit of snow in around the tailgate, but the included tailgate seal should remedy that. I’m just waiting for warmer temps to install it, as it’s just adhesive weatherstripping.

I did however have two issues with the hardware.
The clamps use self threading “nuts” in the lower part of the clamp. 5 of the 6 nuts cracked when the screws were installed and tightened. The 6th one split completely in half.

To remedy this, I cut, drilled, and threaded some aluminum bar stock to make new “nut” inserts for the clamps.

While making the new “nuts”, I discovered the second issue(more just a pet peeve of mine). Two of the included screws were metric thread. The other 4 were all 1/4 20.


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[muddy12]

Anyway, on to the pics.



Rails positioned and clamped down.


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[TatertotScott]

Would love to see pictures.

My Bak Revolver X2 leaves the stake pockets completely open and does not cause any issues with rain. Only water that gets in is from the car wash.

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[muddy12]

Rolled out and secured.
You can see the exposed stake pockets.


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[muddy12]

One of the cracked nuts, and the one that completely broke.

And these are the aluminum replacements that I made.



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[muddy12]

I may have to adjust the fabric tension a bit this summer, but it’s set pretty good right out of the box. The front and rear seals are a little stiff as well, but I imagine they will soften up with a little time.


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[huntergreen]

Looks good, can't beat the price.

 

[muddy12]

It finally warmed up a bit, it’s almost 50 degrees today. I was going to install the included tailgate seal, only to realize that it will only work along the bottom, and will not work along the sides.
This is the included seal,

It will not fill this gap,


If I add a piece of 1”x1” angle to the bed, I might be able to use this seal, but I think I’m going to look into alternative seals, as I really wasn’t wanting to drill any holes.


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[muddy12]

Just a little update.
I was worried about water coming in from the stake pockets; that has proved to not be a problem.

However, I have gained almost 3 mpg according to the evic. However, I think that is due to the combination of the cover, and that I lost a little more than 100lbs by removing the tool box and tools from the bed.


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