usually can find them cheaper. Install it myself vs paying $100+ to have dealer installed.
oooo valid point. Ford does have that point system now.
I’m planning on buying a 12’-13’ fishing kayak next summer so I’m going to wait for Yakima to come out with some bed rails for the maverick which will allow me to transport the kayak without it taking up the bed or sticking out the back. I know they typically work with a couple of tonneau manufactures who make covers that are compatible with the Yakima rails. That’s what I’m going to wait for. Might have to pick up a cheap soft cover to get me through the first winter and then sell it.
With Yakima prices, those racks and hard cover are probably going to push $3000I’m planning on buying a 12’-13’ fishing kayak next summer so I’m going to wait for Yakima to come out with some bed rails for the maverick which will allow me to transport the kayak without it taking up the bed or sticking out the back. I know they typically work with a couple of tonneau manufactures who make covers that are compatible with the Yakima rails. That’s what I’m going to wait for. Might have to pick up a cheap soft cover to get me through the first winter and then sell it.
I think that there are a lot of buyers like me that have ordered the soft top. I ordered a loaded XLT. I want the factory to install the top properly and most importantly, will be covered under the car's warranty. I will admit, most of the XL bare-bones orders will probably not add an additional $560, they only want the cheapest cost.
I can absolutely see that. For me it's going to come down to the First Edition with the soft trifold cover with my build or the "regular" Lariat with the hard roll-up cover (if it's the aluminium-backed kind) with my build because I, honestly, don't want to mess with it later.
That's another reason I'm strongly leaning towards the hard roll-up cover....
Same here...zero experience . My son has a soft roll-up on his F150 that he got aftermarket. It attaches with velcro on the sides. He likes it so I dunno. I currently have the hard roll-up ordered but may delete and wait and see.
Yeah, I have been reading about others’ experience here and some say the trifold collects water between the panels making it really heavy, some say the trifold is the best/lightest, or the rollup takes up less space overall… I can’t decide! May go for the rollup like you. Sounds like a good mix of everything.
I would advise looking around to see if any dealerships have F-150s or Rangers with soft- and tri-fold tonneaus. The way they work should be basically the same as Maverick.
While this is true, the tri-fold also unsnaps pretty easily, and is surprisingly light. Not difficult to just toss out of the way on those occasions that you NEED the full space of the bed.
The trifold does remove fairly easily, I just think a rolling soft tonneau is superior to the soft trifold in almost every way. It’s only real advantage is being easier to deploy with a single person. All I know after having many years of experience dealing with tonneau covers is that I would never ever buy a trifold unless it was a hard trifold and even that has been made obsolete by the rolling hard cover in my opinion.
