I picked up a Backflip HD. Seemed good.

Does anyone have any experience with a product called "BakBox 2"? Here's the link: http://www.realtruck.com/bakbox-2-tonneau-tool-box/

Seems like a neat little add-on for throwing cables/kit/loose-crap.

 

Nothing?

 

I believe someone in the revolver x2 thread had one.

 

Yup. Have it with my BakFlip F1 and love it. Folds up and out of the way when you need the extra room. I even attached some LED warning lights to it for when I have the tailgate down with a long load.

 

You'll love the BakFlip HD.

No experience with the toolbox. Good luck with it.

 

Can't wait. Right now my rear passenger space is being partly occupied by stuff that would go in a trunk. (Needless to say, the dog is less than amused.)

Supposedly both are on a truck right now...Hard to tell but I think it's coming from North Dakota...Whatever.

 

Sorry for the late report-in, and I have no pics yet, but last week I received my Bakflip HD and the Bakbox, and installed both.

So far I love the Bakflip HD. It looks great, and seems to fit great, too. I haven't had any water issues that I've noticed. I'm also surprised that it doesn't make a sound, even over bumps, which is awesome. The only thing that was a pain in the butt during install was the drain tubes. The holes in the truck bed are very close to the bottom of the tonneau cover, and the corrigated plastic hoses Bak provides don't fit in them at all. I ended up taking some heater hose which fit on the tonneau drains, and after some shaving was able to get them to fit into the holes. It's pretty tight though so I'm not sure how well it's draining. Haven't had too many good showers yet to have a look.

As for the Bakbox...once installed, I'm pretty happy with it. It's really just a glorified box made of the same foam-core aluminum panels as the tonneau cover, hinged, with some side brackets that clamp to the Bakflip rails. You can position it anywhere along the rails where there isn't a bracket for the tonneau cover. Once mounted it seems pretty sturdy. I wouldn't go loading it with rocks, but it works well for my ropes, kit and some tools. The only thing that bugs me about it is that the panels that make up the box are like I said above, the same foam-core aluminum panels, but without anything on the edges. The side frames that make up the sides and hold the box together slide in and out to adjust for the width of the truck bed. On my 5.6 this leaves about a half-inch gap between the panels and the brackets (there's no open space, just a space between the edge and the bracket plates. As you can guess, this means there's a very sharp edge exposed on the sides inside the box, so if you're digging around in the box with your hands, feeling for a small part or tool, I could see it being pretty easy to slice your fingers up. I'll be taking my box out and finishing the edges with something to prevent that, but I thought that design flaw was pretty crappy for as expensive as the product is.

I'll get some pics.

 

thanks I was thinking about the box, think i'l hold off.


I just ordered the BAK revolver x2, my main thing was that I wanted low-profile. I doubt I'll be rolling or flipping over covers much, just haulin groceries.


got a bed rug too since it'll be a "city" duty truck

 

Yep, I posted on another thread that I have my BakFlip2 with my Backbox F1. Love it. Carry a portable jump starter, bungees, fire extinguisher and tie down straps in it, It folds flat up against the bed wall when I have something that takes up the whole 6.5' box.

I went a step further and mounted a set of Feniex Cobra T-3 LED strobes to it, powered by a Feniex cigarette lighter plug plugged into the portable jump starter in the Box. No wires to route into the cab. I use the strobes in lieu of a red flag when I have the tailgate down and 10' conduit hanging out of the bed. The strobes are synched together and the cigarette lighter plug has a momentary switch that you can cycle through 25+ flash patterns.