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Title: do u find a truck cap useful or a hindrance?
Post by: adamant on September 23, 2012, 09:55:21 pm

i have an opportunity to purchase a cap for my truck. on a beekeeper stand point do u find a cap useful or a pain?

Title: Re: do u find a truck cap useful or a hindrance?
Post by: AllenF on September 23, 2012, 10:29:46 pm

 :?

Cap, a camper shell/ top?

Title: Re: do u find a truck cap useful or a hindrance?
Post by: duck on September 23, 2012, 10:46:16 pm

undercover se here.  I can lock it and not worry about someone opening up a can of bees on themselves! lool  I used to have a camper, and it was nice too.  I slept in that thing many times hunting or fishing.

Title: Re: do u find a truck cap useful or a hindrance?
Post by: Joe D on September 23, 2012, 10:55:20 pm

I like mine, when you get supers off and the bees are everywhere, if you can to truck with not many bees with you and put supers in close the cover no more will get in.  good luck



Joe

Title: Re: do u find a truck cap useful or a hindrance?
Post by: danno on September 24, 2012, 09:02:48 am

I like mine also.  I have full side and back opening windows.  keeps stuff dry

Title: Re: do u find a truck cap useful or a hindrance?
Post by: JPBEEGETTER on October 06, 2012, 10:32:23 am

bought a little astro van to keep from loading and unloading my pickup . and keeps everything dry, my shop vac and hoses are still in original boxes so want to keep dry. As well as all the tools.  Joel

Title: Re: do u find a truck cap useful or a hindrance?
Post by: adamant on October 07, 2012, 01:57:26 am

this is the type of cap i settled for..

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Title: Re: do u find a truck cap useful or a hindrance?
Post by: Mbeck on October 07, 2012, 04:19:45 pm

I have one like this:

http://www.4are.com/mobile/product/lsx_ultra.xhtml (http://www.4are.com/mobile/product/lsx_ultra.xhtml)

In many ways it is great.
You can lock it
Stays dry
Keeps bees confined

The draw back is that it limits storage and acsess.

I think I'll get one on my next truck.