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Open Roads Forum  >  Truck Campers  > easy on/off truck caps? Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 3   Next MKish • View posts SF Senior Member Joined: 09/01/2011 View Profile Posted: 11/29/20 05:15pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Anybody regularly swap out a cap for a TC? Are aluminum caps light enough for two to handle? Any recommendations? (Shortbed F350) Thanks! (The soft caps (like Bestop) are nice but I'd rather have something a bit more secure and that I can put a boat on.) jdc1 • View posts Rescue, Ca Senior Member Joined: 05/30/2011 View Profile Offline Posted: 11/29/20 05:56pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Use an electric winch. I just unloaded a pool table with mine. Lwiddis • View posts South of Lone Pine, California Senior Member Joined: 08/12/2016 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 11/29/20 06:25pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Weight isn’t the only consideration. Caps are very unwieldily. Winnebago 2101DS TT & 2020 Chevy Silverado 1500 LTZ Z71, 300 watt solar-parallel & MPPT, Trojan T-125s. TALL flag pole. Prefer USFS, COE, BLM, NPS, TVA, state & county camps. Bicyclist! 14 year Army vet-11B40 then 11A - (MOS 1542 & 1560) IOBC & IOAC grad BB_TX • View posts McKinney, Texas Senior Member Joined: 04/04/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 11/29/20 08:02pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Been over 30 years, but I had a fiberglass cap that two could easily take off and put back on. Held it on using C clamps instead of screws/bolts to make it quick and easy. rexlion • View posts Broken Arrow OK Senior Member Joined: 04/01/2005 View Profile Posted: 11/29/20 09:38pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I had an aluminum cap on an 8' bed, some years back. Like BB, I used C clamps to hold it on. Two people could move it on or off (but we were younger then). I suppose a shorter cap should be a bit lighter and less awkward. Mike G. --for now, using a cargo trailer for camping-- Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin photo: Yosemite Valley view from Taft Point sljohnson1938 • View posts Mount Airy, NC - USA Senior Member Joined: 05/21/2013 View Profile Offline Posted: 11/30/20 05:43am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator my son and I remove/put on my aluminum cap all the time. easy 2 man job. we also used "C" clamps to faster it down. 1999 Dodge 3500 CTD dually Ham radio - WU4S notsobigjoe • View posts southeast Full Member Joined: 09/15/2016 View Profile Offline Posted: 11/30/20 06:34am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I bought this dodge a couple of years back and always wondered what the hooks through the cap were for. They don't leak and you really can't see them if your not looking for them so I left them. Perhaps the previous owner operated a winch to do what your describing? jaycocreek • View posts Idaho Senior Member Joined: 12/28/2013 View Profile Offline Posted: 11/30/20 07:02am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Ha ha..I can remember the trouble I got in forgetting the boat was on my dad's canopy and trying to put it in the garage..lol..I have had several and I liked the framed canopy that was about six inches higher than the cab..Made a great camper but heavier ... The aluminum is easy for two people to take on and off,the fiberglass is heavier but my son and I can take his he has now,on and off okay..I used to bolt the old ones to the rails but my latest have all been clamped on.... 1994 F-350 DRW /460/k&n intake /415# torque/lance 9.6/Engel compressor fridge/3 gr 27 batteries/Honda 2k/Honda 3K/WH Camo 2250/Reese solid bar extension/Buddy heater/3 inverters//Happi Jack tie downs /Firestone bags/Yamaha Rhino/Winch and Lockers Sjm9911 • View posts New Jersey Senior Member Joined: 07/01/2020 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 11/30/20 07:08am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Yup , clamps. They make all sorts now for easy on and off. If you have room in the garage some just hook up a pully system to rase it up. Like the picture above. Clip it on , raise it up and pull out done. 2012 kz spree 220 ks 2020 Silverado 2500 Equalizer ( because i have it) Formerly a pup owner. valhalla360 • View posts No paticular place. Senior Member Joined: 08/19/2009 View Profile Posted: 11/30/20 07:11am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I've had aluminum and fiberglass. The fiberglass could be done with 2 large strong guys but really 3 or 4 was a lot easier. The aluminum one I could do myself in a pinch (mostly awkward to control, weight wasn't an issue). With 2 people (even not very strong), it was a breeze. If I was buying a new cap, it would be aluminum in a heartbeat. Tammy & Mike Ford F250 V10 2021 Gray Wolf Gemini Catamaran 34' Full Time spliting time between boat and 5er Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 3   Next Open Roads Forum  >  Truck Campers  > easy on/off truck caps?

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