The Perfect Bed Cover!?

[@djpic]

Do you have a video on how you mounted the Yakima rack?

[@dagamore]

Very well done review. Nice.

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

Thanks!

[@newlion7013]

Cant fully get into my inside bed mount tool box. Nice if you want to haul stuff on top of that👍

[@AdamKlawonn]

Great video. Thank you. Question: when the DB is all closed up, can you open/close the tailgate, or do you have to lift the rear panel first?

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

Yes you can!

[@TheReligiousLeft]

Regarding the Yakima racks, are they mainly made of plastic for the mounts? you find that secure enough for a roof top tent?

[@mburke1211]

Good review. I’m a LLOD subscriber, and this cover has been on my list. I’m glad you reviewed the SE. It costs me money to watch KZbin - always cool stuff to buy! 😁

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

Thank you! LLOD is also who sold me on the diamondback bedcover haha. I recently sold my Tacoma and moved up to a Tundra. I am planning on getting the DiamondBack HD for that, once I'm able to sell the one from the Tacoma. I plan on doing a video on that one as well.

[@mburke1211]

@@BlueSummitOutdoors Cool, congrats on the new truck. Any reason you're going with the HD this time? I just added the SE to my shopping cart, and was about to pull the trigger, lol!

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

Just because it's a heavier duty truck and just to future proof just in case I decide to haul ATVs on top. Otherwise I was completely satisfied with the SE.

[@mburke1211]

@@BlueSummitOutdoors Thanks for the quick reply, and all the info.

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

No problem 👍

[@johncal9403]

Just found your videos. I’m also in Charlottesville and just getting started in kayak fishing. Your Hobie videos have been very helpful. Buying something soon.

[@dbstelly]

All I could see of your hitch in the bed was the ball. For a second I thought you had a gooseneck !😂😂😂

[@30-06]

I am so set with getting Tacoma for my next truck, the first thing I’ll get will be Diamond Back cover! LLOD Mike does great job with his Tacoma you might wanna check out his channel. ...you mentioned his channel at the end lol sorry I wrote my comment in the middle of your video😖

[@operator1018]

Can you give the model No. of the Yakima set up you have, please. Or maybe an install video.

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

Sorry I’m not sure, and I don’t have the truck anymore.

[@tannerw.3808]

You’re the first person I’ve seen talk about putting kayaks on the rack mounted on the Diamondback... Can you post a video on how it fits? I’m thinking I’d need a taller rack but maybe you could prove me wrong.

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

I actually don’t have the truck anymore unfortunately. It did work, though I added 2 conduit pipe bunks to extend off the rear of the truck for our 12ft kayak.

[@EuropaChronicles]

Where did you get the rear bed rounded seal thing? My SE didn’t come with that...only the thin weather sealing strip. I have a 1 inch-ish gap between the DB cover and the cab side of the bed.

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

It came with the DB Cover I would contact DB I’m sure they’ll send you one.

[@---tx9xx]

I'm between a cover like this (diamonback or renegade) and a retractable roll-n-lock e/a series, or a full cap/topper. Did you consider a cap at all? My problem is even the hard ones seem less secure against breakin than the diamonback style

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

I had a cap on my prior truck. Love the diamondback, I don’t have the Tacoma anymore (upgraded to a Tundra) tried a different solution with that and ultimately went back to the diamondback for my tundra. Still loving it on my tundra. The diamondback gives you a dry bed and a place to strap stuff to on top, and it’s easily removable.

[@---tx9xx]

@@BlueSummitOutdoors What did you dislike bout the cap? Was is not as watertight?

[@---tx9xx]

how hot is that black aluminum in the sun? (think south)

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

I live in VA and travel to TN often (moving there in the near future) I would say it definitely gets hot but nowhere near as hot as the bare aluminum model.

[@---tx9xx]

​@@BlueSummitOutdoors Thanks for your reply! What do you mean, though, by the 'bare aluminum model'? Is the diamondback also made just of aluminum no?

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

Yea there is a model that does not have a bed Liner spray and is bare aluminum. However both are aluminum one is is just sprayed with bed liner and the other is not.

[@---tx9xx]

@@BlueSummitOutdoors Ah sorry if I wasn't clear I was referring to how hot does the *tonneau cover* get in the sun, not the truck bed. (I purposely got the white and didn't get the bed liner because I figured that black bed spray in liner gets hotter in the sun than the white aluminum )

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

Yea I gotcha, the black diamondback is just sprayed with bed liner so it doesn’t get as hot as the one without the liner.

[@mavrick561]

Hey, man, cool vid. I have the same set up. I was looking to put a rack on mine too. I was wondering if you've had any issues with leaks after drilling into the Diamondback? Is silicone all you did to seal it? Thanks.

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

I haven't had any leaks and yea I used silicone and a washer on the under side that's all I did to seal it. It's still doing great.

[@jordancompton2319]

I have a 17 Tacoma OR and am getting the diamondback cover in the next week. I also go to Cape lookout and was wondering what racks you drilled into the cover and will they be strong enough to support a roof top tent?

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

It's a Yakima roof rack that I had on my old F150 camper shell so I guess just a standard Yakima roof rack. And yes I have a rooftop tent here's a picture from Instagram of the setup. instagram.com/p/BjPMjssnbsV/

[@dbstelly]

Diamondback makes a cover with channels for racks so no drill.

[@bobbyyoung7836]

Awesome!!!!!!

[@Heysahs007]

Do you like the new smooth version or do you like yours better?

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

I think it all depends on personal preference, it doesn't bother me one a way or the other.

[@rickm5853]

Great video and thanks but the locks are useless when you can just unscrew the hinges from the top.

[@Bostacabj]

What is part number for Yakima rack?

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

I’m not sure I had it installed on a f150 camper shell years ago but I removed it before selling it.

[@alejandrosotopalomares721]

Hi I have the same diamondback in my taco, but when is heavy raining, the interior of the bed get some water, not too much but still. does this happened to you also?

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

Yea I noticed it at first. I took some silicone, and applied it to the front two corners next to the cab. Which is where I thought is was coming from. Now I might get a few drops on the inside but most of the time it's bone dry.

[@ZYas1001]

Please someone @me, is there one for a 2018 nissan frontier?

[@bobbyyoung7836]

Thanks!!!!!!

[@nagatouzumaki8227]

I built mine and it works better but thats a nice one tho I just keep all my tools put away under mine

[@darkphantom507]

Looks like you live in the middle of nowhere!11

[@BlueSummitOutdoors]

Something like that lol

[@leondgreat1]

I don't like cheap beer!!