truck opinions, please

[fabsroman]

When we say "camper shell", are we talking about a truck top? With the truck tops, you can get some pretty nice ones nowadays. I was looking at one from Leer called the 100RCC. It is a commercial cap that would work pretty nicely for my hobby needs (e.g., cycling, hunting, and fishing). It allows for a rack to be used on top to carry bikes around along with other gear. You could even put one of those black boxes on top. The interior comes with options for power and lights, so there isn't much worry about not getting enough light in there to see what you are doing. Plus, I like the side box that is a little harder to break into than the windows. However, I still would not leave anything of value in it for any extended period of time. There are even interior accessories for it and Leer offers three packages called the 1) Adventure Sports package, 2) Wilderness package, and 3) Fisherman's package. Even the non-commercial tops are pretty nice and offer a lot of options. On the non-commercial side I was looking at the 100XR. Still haven't decided on whether to get one or not because we are contemplating the purchase of a SUV. Time will tell.

[dovehunter]

I've always preferred the cap/camper shell as opposed to a toneau cover. Mainly becuase you can get more stuff under them - also taller stuff. As far as looks are concerned, I personally have always thought the caps looked better than toneau covers anyway but that's a personal opinionthing. Another reason I don't like them is I have seen several of them fly off the pickup bed. One such occurence occured while I was driving home from work and the fiberglass bed cover came off the truck in front of me and flew through the air. It was just pure luck that the durn thing didn't go through my windshield and kill all of us in my car. I would have thought this was a fluke but, as I said, I have seen the same thing happen on at least two other occasions.