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Tonneau Cover and 5th wheel

cycling4life

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Anyone use a tonneau cover and tow a 5th wheel. Can you share some pics while hooked up. I'm eyeing on a folding hard tonneau cover and wasn't sure if you can have 1 section down when towing or must be folded all the way to the back cab in order to tow.
 
I had the bakflip G2 on my 2018 never had an issue hauling my 5th wheel. It was a quadfold the trifold didn't work with it.

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I was looking at the bakflip mx4 and wondering if there would be 5th wheel clearance issues on the 6.4ft bed.
 
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cycling4life said:
Looks like You have 4 folding panels ? You think it will be an issue for trifolds?
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Don't have a picture, but I had a Gator tri-fold on my Silverado short bed and had no issues with clearance. It didn't fold up to the back glass, which made getting items in front of the hitch a pain sometimes. On my Ram, I just installed a BAK hard roll up. Of the two, I'm definitely a fan of the roll up vs the hard tri fold.
 
J-J said:
I had the bakflip G2 on my 2018 never had an issue hauling my 5th wheel. It was a quadfold the trifold didn't work with it.

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With the cover folded, any nose cap clearance issues when jack-knifing the trailer?
 
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I dont have photos. I've used both a roll up and tried fold on my 2016 3500 SRW CCLB. The benefits of the roll up is that it still allows you to see for easy hook up and is almost completely our of the way. The down side is that the rails do reduce your clearance. Tri folds allow for you to keep your clearance but you cant see for hookup without the camera. I also like that the tri fold can remain down and allow me to put stuff such as firewood and keep it out of everyone's view. I personally prefer the trifold and just got to get out of the truck prior to hitching to ensure everything is aligned.
 
I know its not a hard folding cover, but the Gator Cover soft covers has been better than any hard folding cover in terms of keeping things dry. I have had the Bak Flip before and it always leaked water on the sides and the tailgate. This Gator cover allows me to clear my in bed fuel tank and 5th wheel hitch.
 

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cycling4life said:
Looks like You have 4 folding panels ? You think it will be an issue for trifolds?
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I didn’t want to take a change that a tri-fold wouldn’t work so I got four panels. My bed is 6’ 4” long. Each panel on a tri-fold would be about 25” and on a four section, each panel would be about 19”. Without actually measuring, it looks like a tri-fold could be very close to the pinbox.
 
Finally got the tonneau cover installed and one thing I don't like is when it is flipped up leaning against the cab, it covers the 3rd brake light and the digital rearview mirror is now useless as it also covers the camera.

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cycling4life said:
Finally got the tonneau cover installed and one thing I don't like is when it is flipped up leaning against the cab, it covers the 3rd brake light and the digital rearview mirror is now useless as it also covers the camera.
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Is the tonneau a three section or four section. I’ve got a four section on a SB and it comes just under the third brake light. It does block the bed camera a little bit, but not enough to be a problem for me.
 
Silverbeard said:
Is the tonneau a three section or four section. I’ve got a four section on a SB and it comes just under the third brake light. It does block the bed camera a little bit, but not enough to be a problem for me.
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Four section on a long bed. Stack height when folded up to the last section is around 6". I don't have my 5th wheel yet and I hope it will clear it.
 
Sponge60 said:
Don't have a picture, but I had a Gator tri-fold on my Silverado short bed and had no issues with clearance. It didn't fold up to the back glass, which made getting items in front of the hitch a pain sometimes. On my Ram, I just installed a BAK hard roll up. Of the two, I'm definitely a fan of the roll up vs the hard tri fold.
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How did the roll up cover do keeping the bed dry?
 
Sponge60 said:
Rarely had an issue with more than a trickle once in a while. Even when washing and spraying the bed rail directly. Doubt I'll own another folding style.
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Was that the Bak roll up with the aluminum slats? If so, how big is the roll diameter rise?
 
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