I am going to get a soft roll-up tonneau cover and will need to move the mounting rib 5 1/2 ā and shorten the rails to fit snug with the bike mount there.
Iāve been thinking about that and am looking to find a piece of 3ā aluminum angle to sandwich between the board and the bike mount so I can use the same holes.
I have a nice 4 bike hitch drop down mount Yakima rack but it wonāt let me put the tailgate all the way down. Also canāt put truck in the garage with it on.š
It is part of a standard rail clamp. I ordered 4ā stainless button head bolts on Amazon and the clamps were from Custom Truck Unlimited https://www.ctuusa.com/contact.html
I do have to add a piece of small rubber to cover the end of the clamp that touches the underside of the bed rail.
There is going to be a 3/8x 1ā strip of weatherstripping across the top of the bed in the front. There is also full pieces of pad covering the bed rail caps to keep from marring them.
Here is my partially completed mount for anchoring 2 Delta fork mounts. It will be clamped down with a single 3/8ā bolt thru the board w/clamp under bed rail. It should allow me to carry my road bikes without leaving tailgate down. Just added completed pics and tailgate is up and still have 1...