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No torsion bar, there are fairly standard pneumatic struts on the rear to assist in opening/closing (essentially oversized versions of the little struts that help open/close a hood, screen door or the rear flip up door on a shell. They are mounted externally and you can see them at the rear of...

Wait, I'm confused, I thought you said this was made for the Tacoma? ;) Really nice work, look forward to seeing one in person some day.

Looks great! How is the opening/closing actually accomplished by the user? I don't see any obvious handles. Is the aluminum support and its attachment to the middle roof rack bar what is used? Five foot design basically the same but with a longer overhang in the front?

It appears that would only work on a full size bed on a full size truck. The opening mechanism is a pivoting pneumatic support which needs to have its lower mount directly below the hinge. So no way for it to work on any bed that requires an "overhang" up by the cab. It also means that even...

Super neat! So happy to see this coming together. I see as many suspected with the flip-back design they were able to go with regular old pneumatic supports for the lift assist instead of a torsion bar. Tent design looks super functional, like the interior pockets. That tent window awning...

I'd think L-track might work well - low weight and low profile. Assuming you are taking the boards off before opening of course! http://www.uscargocontrol.com/Ratchet-Straps-Tie-Downs/Airline-Straps-Hardware

The problem is that there are counterfeit versions all over the place. And E-Bay and Amazon are flooded with them. They aren't made by Antigravity, they are Chinese knock offs. At least some of the counterfeits are identifiable by the case, if the case is smooth and glossy it is definitely a...

Around January 2015 they were saying the *first* version would likely be for a 6' bed and at that time they hadn't worked out exactly how their opening mechanism would work on a 5' bed. However, since then I think I've heard their top will flip backwards compared to the Flip Pac so to me that...

New FlipPac Purchased April 2015, installed on 2015 DCSB Tacoma at FRP Torsion bar broke October 2015 after less than 20 openings Replaced by FRP and installed at their facility under warranty Nov 2015, waited about 4 weeks for the new bar to be ready at FRP. Truck and FlipPac are in Nevada and...

Thanks for the correction, it would be nice if all the manufacturers provided a tool like a that! Most just seem to offer a few "best case" numbers in their brochures. Of course the sticker on the drivers door sill should tell you the correct number for a given configuration, but then you've...

The payload numbers are usually marketing BS in which they take the lightest version (e.g. 4 cyl regular cab 2wd) and strip out everything they can get away with (e.g. GM was caught removing center consoles and bumpers to increase their payload numbers) and then weigh that impractical and...

See the links in his signature, it is a pop-up camper and not a trailer.

This spring lead time was 7 weeks and the 5 ft version was 5100 plus tax which comes out to 5500 after tax in Riverside. They hit my install date right on schedule.

The AT version may do the same thing with a single tent and lid design, I don't know. It was January last I talked to them and I'm sure their design has developed a lot since then. At the time the concern with the short bed was that they weren't sure their opening mechanism would work with a...

Last I heard the new AT version was going to be for long beds initially and they weren't exactly sure if they were going to do a short bed version or not. Will be curious to see the first ones coming out!

No AT was selling the FRP with the same tent. But AT has stopped selling FlipPacs entirely at this point. It sounded like they were planning on designing their own version but no schedule on that.

I had one of those for a trip. Not too heavy, not too big packed up. Setup not too troublesome but certainly not quick. Probably with practice it goes faster. For me the problem was that the shade was pretty poor - as in it does not create a particularly deep shade. So in a desert it...

Looking at Al from Relentless or Pelfreybilt myself, though likely won't be doing anything until early fall. I'll probably end up going Pelfreybilt simply because I should be able to avoid shipping costs by picking up the skids myself. I think I'll do an exhaust reroute for flatter skid and...

Jeez, that payload. The door sticker on my Tacoma says 1040 lbs - effing laughable. Why can't we have the nice things here in the US ;(

22RE legendary reliability of course. Is this a manual transmission I assume? As to power, well climbing steep grades with a load is slow with the 22RE. You will get up the pass for sure, but you may be dropped into 3rd going 35 MPH in the far right lane with the big rigs. Just adjust your...