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Retractable tonneau cover with light-duty ladder rack lets you carry kayaks, surfboards, and other sports gear. Aluminum and vinyl deck has strength of a hard cover and seamless look of a soft cover. Offers enhanced cargo protection for your Ram 1500.
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The UltraGroove is a retractable tonneau cover with a built-in, light-duty ladder rack. This EL200 elevated rack allows you to transport up to 200 lbs of bikes, kayaks, snowboards, and other gear while freeing up space in your truck bed for more items. The cover's stylish ArmorTek construction consists of a vinyl fabric top sheet that is bonded to rigid aluminum panels, combining the seamless appearance of a soft tonneau with the security features of a hard tonneau. The enhanced weather seals ensure your gear stays clean and dry.
Retractable Cover with Built-In Pull Strap
The UltraGroove retracts with one turn of a handle. The handle - located underneath the rear plate of the cover - activates a heavy-duty tension spring. This spring automatically retracts the cover into the canister at the bulkhead of your truck bed. A built-in pull strap helps you extend the cover over your bed. As you pull, the handle will unlock and the cover will engage the side rails at 12" intervals.
You can stop the cover at these designated intervals if you need to carry tall or long items that overlap your tailgate while still covering cargo, such as a toolbox, stored closer to the bulkhead of the truck. You can also use the rear plate of the tonneau cover to pull it closed.
EL200 Elevated Ladder Rack
The light-duty ladder rack lets you carry up to 200 lbs of gear while leaving your truck bed free for more items. 2 Square, steel Thule load bars let you attach canoes, snowboards, bikes, camping gear, and more. The rack may also be used to carry lightweight construction supplies such as plywood or sheets of drywall. The rack easily mounts to T-slots built into the cover side rails.
Rail Expansion System
The T-slots in the rails allow you to position your ladder rack as needed to accommodate different sized loads without interfering with the operation of the cover. The T-slots also allow you to mount additional accessories such as a roof rack directly to the cover.
These rails have rounded sides and curved endcaps that are sleeker and more streamlined when compared with other slotted tonneau cover side rails.
Angled Canister
The cover retracts into a compact, angled canister located at the front of your truck bed. This canister protects the retracted cover from the elements, and with the cover stored in the canister you'll have unrestricted visibility out of your rear window. The angled design of the canister also allows for maximum useable cargo space in your truck bed.
Enhanced Cargo Protection
The UltraGroove provides more protection from water and debris than many other covers on the market. Its rails feature a water management system that channels excess water into the canister. This prevents water from getting into your bed or freezing in your tonneau cover rails during cold temperatures. Drain tubes attached to the bottom of the canister remove water through the OE drain holes in the floor of your truck bed. Additional drain tubes at the end of the side rails also channel water out through existing drain holes in your truck bed side walls.
The cover side rails have rubber seals on the outside that conform to your truck bed rail caps and keep dirt and water out of your bed. The rails have seals on the inside to create another barrier that protects your cargo from water and dust. There are also endcaps that seal over the top edge of your tailgate to prevent leaking at the corners. Lastly, a large seal at the rear of the bed closes the gap between the cover and your tailgate to shield your cargo from runoff water.
Low-Profile Design
The curved side rails and endcaps sit approximately 1" above the truck bed rails for a low-profile look. This sleek design is aerodynamic to reduce wind drag, and it helps to improve gas mileage when cover is closed.
Stylish and Heavy-Duty Construction
The UltraGroove deck is constructed of a vinyl top layer bonded to heavy-duty aluminum slats. This ArmorTek deck looks like a soft tonneau cover with no visible seams, but has the strength and security of a hard tonneau cover. The rails are constructed of extruded aluminum with a black powder coat finish.
Security
The UltraGroove provides excellent protection for your cargo when used in conjunction with a closed and locked tailgate. Both the handle and pull strap are located underneath the rear plate, which makes them inaccessible when your truck bed is closed. The durable aluminum panels are better at preventing theft when compared with soft covers that can be cut or punctured with a knife. The panels are also more effective at preventing theft than a tri-fold hard tonneau cover because the panels cannot be pried open at any point along the rails.
No-Drill Installation
To install the cover, set the canister in your truck bed and support it with a box or other sturdy object. Slide the cover side rails into the canister until they are fully seated in the rail grips while also threading the cover into the channels in the rails. Secure the rails to the canister with bolts and washers.
Attach the rails to the canister, then secure the rails to your truck's bed rails using 2 clamps per side. Slide the clamp onto the rail, flip the pivot arm up so it is under the bed rail lip, and tighten the clamp in place. Shims are included for trucks with tapered beds.
Each clamp at the tailgate end of the rails has a supplemental kickstand to help level the rails and prevent overtightening during installation. To install the kickstand, simply slide it into the grip handle at the bottom of the clamp. Rotate the kickstand so the foot rests squarely against the side wall of the truck bed, and tighten in place.
Mount the top cover plate to the canister with the included hardware. Install 2 drain tubes to the rear of the rails and 2 drain tubes to the canister. Route each tube out of the OEM drain holes in your truck bed.
To hold the pull strap off the floor of your truck bed, apply the adhesive hook-and-loop fastener strip onto the underside of a rail at your desired location.
To install the EL200 elevated ladder rack on the cover, secure the Thule square load bars to the uprights. Once assembled, bolt the uprights to the T-slots in the cover side rails.
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Hi, Matt with etrailer, and today we're gonna be talking about the LEER tonneau cover with the ladder rack on the back of a 2022 Ram 1500. So this is gonna be a great option for you if you want to do multiple things, like if you want to take this out for work and you need to put any ladders up here or lumber and you also want to use the bottom of your vehicle for storage for any items like tools or cement. Now if you wanna use this for recreational uses, that's great too. If you wanna put a rooftop tent on the top, and on the bottom underneath the tonneau cover you wanna put your supplies. So what really sets this tonneau cover apart from the competition is how it works with the ladder rack. It actually has T channels built in on the side, so you can put your ladder rack right on top of it and you don't have to figure out a workaround to get them to work together.
What I really like about this system today and how it fits on the Ram is how high our ladder rack sits, is that you wanna sit over our cab and a little bit over our antenna too so you don't have to worry about it making contact with that cab. And having this tonneau cover that's really easy to use is definitely a plus with this. All you have to do is open up your tailgate and flip a lever at the bottom and then push this tonneau cover and it'll close in on itself. And since this is a canister design, it's not gonna take up a lot of room and you don't have to fold up anything that's gonna block your back window. Now it is gonna take up some space.
That measurement is gonna be just about 13 inches from the front of your bed to the back. Now not all of that is gonna be taken up. We are gonna have some space underneath the canister itself. So going underneath it, that's gonna be a little bit under a foot. So if you have anything that is smaller than that, kinda like a tote, it should fit right underneath there.
And if we take another measurement going from the top of our tonneau cover to the bottom of the rails or our crossbar, that's gonna be about two feet. So this whole space right here is gonna be open so you can use that back window. Now for the working room you're gonna have, from our bed to the bottom of our crossbars, that's gonna be 46 inches. So that's gonna give you an idea of how high you can stack things in the back. Now I wouldn't stack any smaller items on top of each other.
If you have one larger item, I think that's gonna be fine. And you don't have to worry about any water building up or getting into those gutters because we're also gonna have drain tubes built into it so it has a way to release that water. Now when you are using this, you're probably gonna be using it for recreational uses too. So if you want to put a kayak carrier or a ski carrier, there's gonna be some pluses and some minuses. One of the pluses is we're gonna have a decent amount of overhang, so it's gonna be a lot easier to access that equipment. Now it is pretty high though, so trying to reach up and grab anything from up here might be a little bit of a reach. Overall, this is gonna be a solid option for you if you do plan on going camping and need to have any longer items like a kayak or ladders for when you're working. Now if you don't need it to be that high, you don't really think you're gonna be hauling lot of kayaks or longer ladders, I'd actually recommend the LEER's tonneau cover and instead with this square bar version, I'd recommend the one with the overlanding bars of a 400 pound weight capacity. What's nice about that one is you wanna have that higher weight capacity, but it's gonna be a little bit lower and it's also gonna allow you to use T track accessories too. So with it not being up so high, it's gonna be a lot easier to access those additional items. As for the installation, it is a little bit tedious and it does take some troubleshooting, but we we inchesre able to figure out how to get it to work right. But if you need a hand with it, just stay tuned and we'll help you through it. Let's start off the installation. We're just gonna lay everything out. So we're gonna have the rails for the driver's side and passenger side. Along with that we're gonna have our drain tubes and we're gonna have our top cover foam and our clamp extensions along with the hardware for it too. You're gonna have some recommended tools that says in your instructions, the utility knife, some masking tape, needle nose pliers, a Allen key and Phillips screwdriver and a socket wrench. Now we don't have the tonneau canister over here at this moment since it is pretty large, but you'll see it in one of our next steps. Now we've got our tonneau cover out and you'll notice we have this plywood on either side and we're gonna have to remove that. So you're gonna take a socket wrench and that's gonna be a three-eighths one. And you're just gonna remove these bolts that are holding it in place. And you do the same thing for the other side. The next step is gonna be grabbing a friend and putting it in the bed of your truck. You can do this by yourself but it is gonna be more difficult. When we are placing it in the bed, what's recommended is putting something inside so it has something to rest on. As you can see, we use some totes on either side to keep it elevated. Now we're gonna come over to the tailgate end of our bed and we're gonna grab one of our stake pockets. We're gonna remove this white plastic on the back of it and then you're just gonna lay that over this hole. And with that covered, you'll just repeat that same process on the other side. Now we're gonna install the rails, and the way we wanna put this on, what I like to do is line it up with your own bed rails and make sure you got the right one. We wanna make sure that this rounded edge is facing the tailgate side and then we're gonna have a flat side too. And we want this facing your cab side. You're gonna have a passenger and a driver's side, so just make sure it fits around the contours of your bed rails. And once you have that done, we can start installing it onto the tonneau cover. What I like to do before I install this rail is you'll notice we have this tab at the very end of our tonneau cover. What you wanna do is push this in so it's out of the way 'cause it's gonna catch on the rail if you try to install it. And then you're gonna grab this rail. And if you notice we have this tab here. We wanna line that up with the gutters over here. We're gonna go in between the third and fourth one, so one, two, three, four, in between these two. Once it's lined up, I'm gonna push in and angle it until it catches. Once it's caught, we're gonna push. You might have to apply pressure from the back side. You wanna make sure this is flush and push against it. Sometimes you might have to come underneath, check if everything's fitting it well. In my case mine was a little bit off. Now that I've adjusted for that, I'm gonna push some more now. Now that I've pushed, I'm gonna tilt it. Once everything's looking flush and is caught on the edge of that rail, we're gonna push it down until it's flush and push against it until it makes it all the way across. You might have to push a little bit and it's gonna stick out a little bit past the back of it. What we wanna do is make sure that underneath it's lined up with this hole where a bolt's gonna go through. And now we're gonna grab this bolt and run it up through there. We're just gonna use our Phillips screwdriver to get it on there all the way. Now we're gonna set the tonneau cover on top of our bed rails and so that's gonna involve moving those totes out. So I recommend grabbing a friend again to help you do that. So we're just gonna lift up, pull these boxes out and let it rest. Our next step is gonna be grabbing our canister cover. So I want to come over to the tonneau cover itself. And we're gonna come over to this place where we're gonna make that connection screwing on our bolts. And if you take a closer look at this, this actually has the ability to go up and down. I'm gonna pull 'em both closest to me or down just so it's consistent on both sides. And then I'm gonna grab that canister cover and place it on top of there. You wanna make sure that the holes are facing forward closest to our cab. And what we wanna do at this point is line everything up. Once it's lined up, we're gonna grab one of our black bolts and just lightly screw it in. We don't want to screw it in all the way because we're going to want to make some adjustments after this. And when both sides are loosely on, we want to pull on it all the way forward, make sure both sides are even. And then we wanna come over and look at the back. And see how we have this gap here that I can get my finger between. We wanna get rid of that and make it flush. And we wanna make sure both sides are even. And when both sides are flush, then we can tighten this down the rest of the way. We're gonna come over to our tailgate side now and you're gonna notice we have multiple notches. And what we wanna go to is this notch furthest away or closest to our tailgate. And I wanna grab this included tool, use this thin point we have on it. And we wanna make sure this is able to fit in between there and it's flush. We don't want it to be too far away, we have a gap, and we don't want it to be too close either we can't get it to fit under. So once you've adjusted that just by pulling on it either side, the next step is gonna be installing this foam. And how we're gonna do that is by pulling back this tonneau cover. Now I'm gonna grab some masking tape and this is gonna be used to mark where our tonneau cover was sitting. So now that we have this placed and I put this on the other side too, then we can pull this back some. And now I wanna have that gap, we can lineup where this foam is gonna sit. And this foam be used so it prevents any water from getting in. We are gonna lay out this foam on top of this sill. And when you're doing this, you're gonna remove this paper so it sticks to it and you don't have to worry about it sliding around, but since we're just doing this for demonstrations today, we're just gonna lay it on top. And then afterwards when you have everything marked out, you're gonna come by with your utility knife and just cut this where it meets the end of the rail. And I'm just gonna lift up on this and place it on top of that foam and I'm gonna line it back up with that tape. Now I'm gonna grab our clamp extenders and you wanna make sure you put these in the right locations. So FL is gonna go on the front left or your driver's side front. FR gonna go on the front right, front passenger. Back, BL for the back left and then BR for back right. When installing the clamp extensions, we want to make sure it's lined up with this rail underneath here and we want this side clamp with that foam side facing towards the outside of your vehicle. Now when you are putting this on here, the directions want you to kind of slide it on or rotate it on like this. I find it easier if you just go to the very back and line it up with this rail underneath and slide it on. And sometimes it can be a little bit difficult because it'll catch and if it does catch or if it's really hard to slide on, you can come underneath here to where that hole is and just loosen that bolt up just a little bit so you can slide it better. When you have it on here, you want to push this, the back one, the one closest to your tailgate, to this point where we meet this divot. And we wanna get right at the beginning of it but not overlap it. Now when you are working on the front side, instead you're gonna push this extender all the way down past it to where it sits on the front side of it. Now we're gonna tighten this all the way and to do that we're gonna come to the front of this extender, we're gonna grab our five-32nd Allen key and find a hole at the very front of it, match it up to a bolt that's inside of it and tighten it. You'll wanna tighten this the rest of the way and repeat that process for the rest of the extenders. Now we're gonna grab our clamp grips. And how you put this together is just by lining these two up until it slides in place like this. And now I'm gonna line up these two tabs and slide it on to the extension. And this can be a little bit tricky sometimes to get on. So a trick I like to do if I'm having issues with it, I'll just remove the second half, slide this part on and then come back around and slide that back half on. And with that in place we're gonna grab our next items. And that's gonna be this knob with this bolt at the very end along with this piece right here. And we're gonna line this to this rounded section here, slide that bolt through until this makes connection and bolt them together. This is what's gonna apply that tension. You wanna make sure this is all the way tight and then you repeat that process for the other ones. And now we're gonna install our kick stands and you're gonna have two of these and they're both gonna go on the tailgate side. Now we're gonna have this bolt position where it goes through that hole right there. And the way we want this installed is we wanna make sure that this sits squarely and applies pressure to our bed wall. So to get it on there better we're gonna put on these washers and then we're gonna come by with this wing nut and tighten this on first. And once this is nice and tight and that kickstand is positioned facing towards our bed wall, we're then gonna tighten that down. You get to the point where it won't tighten anymore and at that point you are good. Now I'm going to grab our drainage tube and the adapter that goes with it, and the way they're gonna connect is this is gonna screw on top of that tube. We're gonna come back over to our rails. You are gonna do this on both sides too. And underneath here there's a location that has a hole underneath it. That's where that water's gonna come out of and you want to make sure that you have the open side, line it up with those tabs until it slides on and clicks into place. And then you're gonna run this tube through one of your factory openings. So this is a great location down here. If you don't have one then you're gonna have to make one in a similar location to where this is. And just make sure you run it through and it sits flush with your vehicle. Now we're gonna install the drain tube on the cab side and this is gonna be a little bit of a tight fit, but what you want to do is grab this and make sure when you have this you wanna make sure we have this foam washer. And if you notice we have these tabs on either side of this. And if we go underneath here, you'll notice that there's an opening with a circle and two tabs on either side. So what you wanna do is line that up so it meets and fits in that. Once it's fitted in, then you're gonna make sure you take this tube and bring it over to one of the factory cutouts on your vehicle and push it through there. Now you might need to trim this if need be. Just be careful that you don't trim it too much. And then after we have this side installed, you can go to the passenger side. Now we're gonna come over to our weather strips and we're gonna have our sweep seal at the very top and underneath that one we're gonna have the wear strip. What we want to do is use a UV lubricant that comes with your kit, and you're gonna lubricate underneath that sweep seal and then on top of that wear strip. Now since we're just doing this for demonstrations, we won't be doing that today, but after when you've done that, then you're gonna fully open up your tonneau cover and make sure nothing bends in on itself. (cover rattling) And this is something we do wanna watch out for. So if we come over here, we'll notice this right here is bending in on itself just a little bit. The way you wanna do is come in, you can come in with a screwdriver and get underneath there, make sure this is flush. And the last part of the installation for the tonneau cover of this video is gonna be just inserting this hook and loop system. And how that's gonna work is you already have the one that's already attached to the top of the tonneau cover, which will then attach to this other one. And where you place this hook and loop system is your choice. We're just gonna place it somewhere on the inside of our bed closest to the tailgate so it's easy to access. Now moving over to our next step is gonna be installing our ladder rack. And so we're gonna lay out everything. We're gonna have our crossbars, the towers that go along with them, and then we're gonna have all the hardware along with the end caps. I'm gonna recommend some tools, just a few Allen keys which I'll specify later on and then some socket wrenches. Our first step is gonna be removing this bolt. We're just gonna twist it off. And once it's removed we're gonna start taking this end cap apart. And to do that, you'll notice we have three tabs on it. So what you have to do is apply pressure to each one of those tabs so the centerpiece pops out. And with it popped out, you'll notice it's extended some. And what I like to do at this point is apply pressure with this bolt so it pops right off. Then you can take the bolt out and put these two pieces aside. Now I'm gonna grab that same bolt with this cylinder nut, put that cylinder nut behind like it was before, and bolt this nut on. And once this is hand tight, you're gonna grab a seven-16 socket and tighten it down some more. Then at this point you're stopped with that and then torque it down the rest of the way as to what the manual recommends. And after you repeated that same process on the other three clamps, we're gonna grab our carriage bolts. There's gonna be two per side and we're gonna roughly place them on our T track. And what I also recommend is grabbing that adhesive strip and lining it up with those bolts with the paper side up. And when this is in place, you can repeat that same process on the other side. Now when we're installing the towers, we wanna make sure our vertical side on the front crossbar are closest to our cab and this is gonna be the opposite direction for the ones on the rear side. Now we're gonna grab our towers and line 'em up with those two carriage bolts with the holes on the bottom of it and place it on. And with it on we're gonna grab one of our washers, put it on the bolt. You do the same thing on the other side too. I then want to grab our nuts and thread them on, just hand tight to start off with. Then we'll take our half inch socket and tighten the rest of the way. And what I recommend too, when you do have that socket wrench, I'd recommend grabbing the smaller one because this is gonna be a tight fit in here. Now I wanna take our crossbar and fit it through this hole we have on the side of the tower and slide it through until it reaches the other side. And when you have it on there all the way, what I recommend doing at this point is taking a tape measure going from the tower to the end of the crossbar to get that overhang and make sure it's even on both sides. Now we're gonna run these bolts through the top. And once all four of them are through, we're gonna take this square plate and push it up through the bottom. I like to put my palm on top so these bolts don't push out. And next we're gonna take a washer and push it up onto this bolt. A trick you can do is putting it on at an angle like so, and gonna hold itself up, and then just hand threading this nut on. And once this is on there all the way or just at least hand thread tight, then we can put the rest of them on. Now we're gonna take a three-16th Allen key, put it on the top where we have a connection made. Once that connection's made, we're gonna go beneath, insert, tightening these bolts down with a hack and socket. After when both sides are tightened down on top, we're gonna come over to the end of it to put on these end caps. We're just gonna take this bolt, run it through, connect it to the hole on the backside, hand tighten that first. Once I get that first one started, I'll grab the second bolt and repeat that process. And then I'm gonna grab our Allen key and that's gonna be a one-eighth and tighten them down the rest of the way. And the last thing I recommend doing is just pulling that tonneau cover all the way out to make sure there's not any tight spots on it and it's fitting well. Another way you can tell this isn't fitting correctly is if you have any bowing on your crossbars, and if it is, then you need to loosen your bars up. But if you like everything you saw today, that's just a look at the installation and some of the features of the LEER's tonneau cover with the ladder rack on the back of a 2022 Ram 1500.
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 Customer Reviews)
Retractable tonneau cover with light-duty ladder rack lets you carry kayaks, surfboards, and other sports gear. Aluminum and vinyl deck has strength of a hard cover and seamless look of a soft cover. Offers enhanced cargo protection for your vehicle.The bed cover, rack and communication was awesome. The printed instructions were a little difficult to understand so I looked at the installation video on the etrailer website which was much better. All in All, I was pleased!
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