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Not many fancy vacations planned this year but when you live on Vancouver Island, the "non-fancy" getaways are still pretty darn sweet! Had the rooftop tent but we wanted to kayak and not take the kayak off every night so I was able to slide the RTT fully to the right side and fit a j-rack on...

Currently have a Adarac bed rack system and RTT on top. Been planning a trip and wanting to take a double-kayak (but not put it on the RTT). It looks like I'll be able to fit the kayak next to the RTT but the spacing of the verticals worries me (too narrow) so I'm looking to add a roof rack to...

Shoutout to Softopper - it may not be for everyone but it's been working well for us so far! One aspect I'm liking is the ability to access side/front of the bed when it's up. Buttoning up isn't always fun/easy but generally it's just 5min of cursing then it's done, lol! For a recent trip to...

Maybe this has been covered before (a quick scan thru 2024 didn’t pickup anything), but was thinking about what I WISH was available on my truck. Here goes! (Let’s not get TOO fired up or spicy, someone’s “need” can be another’s “not”, lol) - side BLIS for below the window/eye LOS. There’s...

...whether that success was by luck or skill, we may never know! So I'm a retired nuke and still work in the marine industry and if you were going to line up some Swiss cheese holes for an incident, here are a few: - borrowing friends newish trailer - wife is driving solo on the first trip -...

Visited some family in Calgary, Approx 700mi each way (plus a longish trip into the Rockies to hike). Had the Go Overland RTT on top of the Adarac, over the Softopper. Really liking this setup and glad I've been able to make it work! Packed (too much, lol!) camping gear and bikes under the...

Headed up to Englishman River Falls park for 3 nights. My first time sleeping in the RTT (my wife and daughter had already camped in it during some horse shows) and first time camping without our mega 10x20 tent). SO nice to pull in and have everything setup in <30min (including table etc)...

I'm sure there are some strong opinions on the Cybertruck, lol! So this isn't an invitation to bash the company or Musk. Still, this article was not too surprising to me; lots of delays for some basic (as quoted in the article) engineering/automobile issues. It's still surprising to me that...

I don’t know if this is coincidence or what but got the alert that the latest Power Up software had been downloaded (mostly for the manual, according to the summary) and later when I was using Siri to read messages while driving, she sounded TIRED! Like, no more chirpy “What do you want to say...

Finally did FX4-like off road things, haha! Drive out to Bamfield from Victoria: approx 200km with ~90km on logging roads. Some were smooth…ish, most were washboard or potholey. Partway thru, my wife’s like “so this is why we got a truck, I guess!” Yea , the minivan would have been nuts and...

After 6 mos of research/trial&error, preceded by at least a year of researching vehicles, got the chance to use the truck for one of the big trips I wanted it for: fairly decent (300mi) road trip to Ucleulet/Tofino followed by 100mi back to a campsite (for mtn biking/camping). I’ve posted before...

After many months of research and questions (and thank you to everyone who answered), I decided to order both a Softopper and Adarac system and see how they could be combined. A few others on YT and here showed it COULD be done but I hadn’t see it yet on a Gen14. So with a little trepidation, I...

Just updated my other thread on how unimpressed I was with Agricover shipping protection. To their credit, they sent me 4 rack pieces under warranty. Finally had a chance to install last night. Used a Dremel to cut out the front inserts. I’d say it worked quite well! I removed my rollup tonneau...

After MUCH research and options-analysis, I decided to go with the Softopper soft canopy topper. My wife is still a bit concerned with security but I think the vast majority of our life with the topper on will be in low crime/low risk areas. I ordered direct; I couldn’t find anywhere else to...

After my initial drive from dealer pickup to home (about 350km/220mi), only had a couple trips near 100mi/160km. For spring break, we had a much longer one planned: Victoria BC to Whitefish, MT: 1100km/680mi. As a retiree, Whitefish ski resort gives 50% off ski tix (which is amazing!!) and an...

After nearly as much research on racks/canopy covers as I had done on trucks, i just received a Softopper and Agricover Adarac today. Will be installing both shortly - based on everything I’ve researched, they SHOULD both work together (as well as independently, a nice bonus vs a fibreglass...

Now that I have a tonneau cover, the next mission begins: racks and extra volume for larger trips. I recognize that a topper with rack above will solve this. But …I just have a mental block about having a topper on ALL THE TIME. I foresee I would use the rack (for paddleboards) weekly when the...

My next mod is to add a rack system. Like tonneau covers, its quite the rabbit hole! I have a Tonnopro roll-up cover (inside-rail system) which I've researched SHOULD not interfere with stake-pocket systems like the Adarac. I plan on getting a full-height set of racks (for SUP, kayaks...

Super easy mod and one I was looking forward to. Easy to order and deliver to Canada. If I didn’t stop to take pictures, would have probably taken 5 minutes to install. As others have said, re-latching was a bear. I almost blamed Buiktright but obviously their device doesn’t affect anything...

So! After over 2 yrs of searching, researching, asking questions, used vs new, Silverado vs F150, I made the commitment: flew an hour out to Vernon BC to pick up a new truck from Watkins Motors. (Who is apparently the oldest ford dealership in Canada). Overall experience was good - at this...