Thoughts?

[Gypsyranger19]

What are everyone thought on camper shells? Hard or soft? Cant decide what I want for mine!

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

No idea.

But if they're anything like tacos:

Soft tacos > hard tacos

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Like a topper or a camper?

Soft pickup box campers are lighter than hard but you have tent things to fuss over (humidity, leaks, tears, window screen mesh etc.)

Hard pickup box campers are more durable but heavier and generally don't collapse so you have more mpg penalty.

For a topper I have only ever been around hard ones, for something in the weather all the time I would rather have a hard shell than a soft one.

And crunchy tacos are better than soft.

 

[Gypsyranger19]

? makes sense! I am leaning.more towards soft cover, I'm new to this forum, can I pick at your ranger? Do you have a lift kit? What size tires you riding?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

? makes sense! I am leaning.more towards soft cover, I'm new to this forum, can I pick at your ranger? Do you have a lift kit? What size tires you riding?

Or are you thinking of a tonnou cover?

 

[Gypsyranger19]

Like a topper or a camper?

Soft pickup box campers are lighter than hard but you have tent things to fuss over (humidity, leaks, tears, window screen mesh etc.)

Hard pickup box campers are more durable but heavier and generally don't collapse so you have more mpg penalty.

For a topper I have only ever been around hard ones, for something in the weather all the time I would rather have a hard shell than a soft one.

And crunchy tacos are better than soft.

Thanks good point! The only good hard tacos are beef hard tacos, and jack in the box tacos lol also if I may ask, you got a lift? What size tires you got?

 

[Curious Hound]

Thanks good point! The only good hard tacos are beef hard tacos, and jack in the box tacos lol also if I may ask, you got a lift? What size tires you got?

you can read his build thread Here

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Thanks good point! The only good hard tacos are beef hard tacos, and jack in the box tacos lol also if I may ask, you got a lift? What size tires you got?

3" lift, 31" tires. Our trucks don't have much in common though.

 

[91stranger]

I'm a sucker for beefy 5 layer burritos MMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Tacos.... I personally have an aluminum/fiberglass cap and love it. Keeps stuff in the bed dry, has a ladder rack so I can still haul stuff on top of the cap if I wanted. If needed, I could throw some blankets or an air mattress down and camp out in it. Plus with a cap like mine cops will think you are just some old timer and won't bother stopping you. But honestly.... they both have ups and downs so you just gotta fina out what you are going to be using your truck for the most and if you want to deal with the hassles of a soft topper or not. Mine is a quarter turn handle and I'm in.... Can lock it too and not have to worry about someone cutting it to get into it. Thief's are jerks.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

I'm a sucker for beefy 5 layer burritos MMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Tacos.... I personally have an aluminum/fiberglass cap and love it. Keeps stuff in the bed dry, has a ladder rack so I can still haul stuff on top of the cap if I wanted. If needed, I could throw some blankets or an air mattress down and camp out in it. Plus with a cap like mine cops will think you are just some old timer and won't bother stopping you. But honestly.... they both have ups and downs so you just gotta fina out what you are going to be using your truck for the most and if you want to deal with the hassles of a soft topper or not. Mine is a quarter turn handle and I'm in.... Can lock it too and not have to worry about someone cutting it to get into it. Thief's are jerks.

It even looks slow.

 

[Dirtman]

I agree

 

[Snoranger]

In my opinion fiberglass caps look a little nicer then canvas... and look a LOT better then whatever the F&$k that thing on the back of 91strangers truck is!! Those old aluminum caps should be outlawed do to public decency laws.
We have a saying at work thats perfect for that thing "CRUSH IT WITH THE LOADER" (it has to be all caps... someone always yells it.)

 

[Josh B]

In my opinion fiberglass caps look a little nicer then canvas... and look a LOT better then whatever the F&$k that thing on the back of 91strangers truck is!! Those old aluminum caps should be outlawed do to public decency laws.
We have a saying at work thats perfect for that thing "CRUSH IT WITH THE LOADER" (it has to be all caps... someone always yells it.)

I had an aluminum topper on an old Chevy LUV, built a rack onto it w/ steel angles from a true value hardware. Carried loads on top of that thing that wouldn't let the truck stop unless you planned it quite well.
Payed off in leaps and bounds as I was in commercial construction. Sold me on the idea of the value of having a rack

 

[91stranger]

Talk all the shit you want but it was cheap and does what I need it to do. At least its a daily driver and gets me were I need to be, not sure if I can say that about other peoples rangers on here. I put 200-300 miles on it a week. Haters gonna hate.

 

[Dirtman]