Back racks compatible with OEM hard tri-fold cover?

[Siku_The_Taco]

Hi All,

Huge apologies if this has been asked 1000 times before, but I have been unable to find any clear answer…

I have the OEM hard tri-fold cover installed on my 4G OR. I am looking for a back rack that can be fitted and ideally will still allow at least partial use of the tonneau cover if possible. End goal is a RTT and molle panels to have a side mounted bike rack, but I’d still like to access my gear in the bed with relative ease…

Thank you in advance for any recommendation or clarity!

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[BatTaco]

I have the same setup and goal as you and all I have found is this…


https://www.max-modular.com/shop-max-modular

 

[Siku_The_Taco]

Thank you very much kind stranger! I’ll email them to ask if they can confirm 100% that any of their options work with the OEM cover, as I can’t see it on their list of compatible covers… but they do state that most will be okay.

 

[BatTaco]

Thank you very much kind stranger! I’ll email them to ask if they can confirm 100% that any of their options work with the OEM cover, as I can’t see it on their list of compatible covers… but they do state that most will be okay.

I emailed them and they said it was compatible, however I have not purchased it yet since I’ve not seen any reviews about compatibility with the 4th gen.

 

[Siku_The_Taco]

If I feel brave enough tomorrow, I’ll order one then let you know!

 

[BatTaco]

Awesome! Keep me updated please.

 

[TRUKD Bed Racks]

We have had a couple customers get creative to fit our bed rack with the OEM cover. And our bed rack actually allows tri-fold covers to open unlike most others. These pictures are of a Tundra but its pretty much the same cover just larger, as well as the same utility rail system.

We also think there is another way to accomplish it using Elevate T-Slot rails sandwiched between the bed cover rails and the bed side. It would require the removal of the weatherstipping on both rails, but some silicon between all the joining surfaces should suffice, or work even better.

Our rack would then mount to those T-Slot rails.

 

[BatTaco]

If I feel brave enough tomorrow, I’ll order one then let you know!

Did you end up ordering? lol

 

[Siku_The_Taco]

Not quite yet - had a bunch of stuff come up last week and have had to fly out to see family. Having said that, I did send the support team some pics of my current tonneau cover to ask if their racks would work. Mine is an OEM tonneau cover but they said it basically looks like a rebranded BAK MX4 and that they cannot guarantee that their racks would work with the cover. I did ask if it was possible to just order the mounting brackets to see if I could install those before purchasing the full rack. They responded and asked which rack I would be interested in... but I haven't progressed beyond that quite yet.
Might also look at these TRUKD racks (see post above) as they look like they might do the job... would just want to see some additional guidance on installation etc. first.

 

[Lennyz1]

We have had a couple customers get creative to fit our bed rack with the OEM cover. And our bed rack actually allows tri-fold covers to open unlike most others. These pictures are of a Tundra but its pretty much the same cover just larger, as well as the same utility rail system.

We also think there is another way to accomplish it using Elevate T-Slot rails sandwiched between the bed cover rails and the bed side. It would require the removal of the weatherstipping on both rails, but some silicon between all the joining surfaces should suffice, or work even better.

Our rack would then mount to those T-Slot rails.

I was going to try using the Elevate T-slot rail system and making some mounting brackets to work with my factory tri-fold. I chickened out and decided to go with a Retrax with the rails built in. The T-slots are nice so you can easily remove the rack if you do not need it.

One thing to note is that the factory tri-fold move the mounting rails in the bed out and down, so the bracket mounting position for any add-ons is moved and may not work.

 

[Benny]

I have the OEM hard tri-fold cover installed on my 4G OR. I am looking for a back rack that can be fitted and ideally will still allow at least partial use of the tonneau cover if possible. End goal is a RTT and molle panels to have a side mounted bike rack, but I’d still like to access my gear in the bed with relative ease…

Most bed racks have a slight inward tilt to them following the lines of the cab. It seems like you would need a fairly tall, squared, upright rack system to be able to open the trifold (like TRUKD posted).

I went with the BAK Revolver X4TS with a T-Slot system…. A Ranger Raptor owner got creative and was able to adapt the Küat IBEX bed rack to the roll up tonneau! I’m hoping I can do something similar with my roll-up tonneau…

Your OEM probably wouldn’t be too hard to off load on the for sale area of the forum.

 

[TRUKD Bed Racks]

Most bed racks have a slight inward tilt to them following the lines of the cab. It seems like you would need a fairly tall, squared, upright rack system to be able to open the trifold (like TRUKD posted).

I went with the BAK Revolver X4TS with a T-Slot system…. A Ranger Raptor owner got creative and was able to adapt the Küat IBEX bed rack to the roll up tonneau! I’m hoping I can do something similar with my roll-up tonneau…

Your OEM probably wouldn’t be too hard to off load on the for sale area of the forum.

An option for anyone looking for a more angled aesthetic; should drop right on most of the popular t-slot covers without modification: https://gettrukd.com/collections/bed-racks/products/trukd-a-series-22-5-bed-rack

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