Own a Gator Recoil cover? How do you drain it?

[Terry Barner]

I am contemplating buying the Gator Recoil aluminum tonneau cover for my 2024 Ford Maverick. I noticed on other discussion threads there have been thoughts about the drain tubes that come out of the box containing the spooled-up cover and where the drain tubes go through the bottom or side of the pick up bed. I contacted Gator and they said the box that holds the spooled-up metal cover goes down 11 5/8 inches from the lip of the top of the pickup bed. There are two possible drain holes for the Gator Recoil drain tubes. There is a rubber plug in the side of the bed, shown inside the red circle in this photo. That rubber grommet covering the hole is only about 6 inches below the lip of the pick up bed. That drain hole would presumably be covered up by the box that holds the spooled-up cover when it is fully reeled in. Another drain hole in the bottom of the bed, shown with the red arrow, is much smaller in diameter, perhaps about 1/4 of an inch. So you would have to get a pretty small drain hose to drain water through the bed. Can someone who owns the Gator Recoil tell me if that cover

would indeed be able to drain water out of either of these possible drain holes? Thanks.

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[Mr Pibb]

The bottom one isn't a drain hole, its just a hole where your drop in bedliner comes together. The top one is just a rubber plug you can pop out and drain through.

 

[Tom 71 Maverick 24]

The top one is what I used for my Undercover hard folding cover. The little rubber thing pops out, and you just run the hoses through the holes. They'll drain to the ground below.

 

[Realtruck]

That bottom corner is your weep hole. It's large enough that a drain tube could rest within the hole, or you could safely widen it with a step drill bit for the drain tube to fit through. I found some old images from a Retrax installation on a Maverick for reference. Same concept.

 

[IHateSpeedbumps]

I don't have that cover but my drain tubes go through the bottom holes.

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