BakBox RS for Soft Roll-Up covers
The new BakBox toolbox has been an overwhelming hit and received as one of the best new products available for trucks equipped with BakFlip tonneau covers, since the advent of the BakFlip itself. So, it stood to reason that BAK Industries would produce a similar BakBox toolbox for all soft roll-up tonneau covers like the Truxedo and Access brands of tonneaus. The result is absolutely fantastic. SEMA 2010 will be the place where the new BakBox RS is unveiled and it is undoubtedly going to be the hit of the show. Here's sneak peak at what folks will be seeing compliment their roll-up tonneau covers in 2011.
What to know when combining a toolbox with a tonneau cover
There are tons of different kinds of toolboxes on the market. Regardless of which one you choose to fit on your truck, you should know that if you intend to add a tonneau cover at a later date, you should be aware of certain issues which will undoubtedly leave you wishing you'd run into this blog before you pulled the trigger.
First off, a traditional toolbox that spans the back of your truck will leave gaps between the box and the cab wall of your truck, so adding any kind of tonneau cover later will not be water tight. Water will most certainly get in behind your toolbox, so buyer beware.
My suggestion is to look at the new bak box by Bak Industries as a better solution. Let me know if you agree, disagree or simply have an opinion.
BakBox does for the toolbox what BakFlip does for the tonneau cover.
The BakFlip tonneau cover changed the landscape of the tonneau cover arena. For the first time, a hard tonneau cover on your truck didn't mean sacrificing your valuable payload capability. By folding away completely, you could now have a hard tonneau cover on your truck and when you needed to load the truck with large gear, you simply folded the BakFlip out of the way, as if it wasn't even there.
Now BAK Industries is about to shake things up again by turning their focus to the toolbox arena. Since toolboxes take up valuable space inside your truck bed and are pretty much a permanent fixture, your ability to lock up your tools comes with a price. Not so say the engineers at BAK. The BakBox will do for the toolbox what the BakFlip did for the tonneau cover. There when you need it and gone when you don't.
This raw video footage was recently shot at Galpin Ford, the largest Ford Dealership in the world where they install BakFlip tonneau covers on 80% of their trucks sold. If you're like Bert Boeckmann, the owner of Galpin, I'm sure you'll agree with his enthusiasm that the new BakBox is about to turn an entire industry on its ear again.