Hey guys,

 

I just recently bought my first 1 piece rod, before that I was using 2 piece for convenience.  It's a 7'6" Veritas 2.0 - problem is my truck bed is only 5'8" so the rod would still need a bend in it to fit diagonally.  I trailer a 14' jon boat but the trailer is pretty stiff and seems to bounce around quite a bit, so I'm hesitant to leave the rod in there while towing, even if it's strapped down.  Does anyone think that would or wouldn't work?  That would be the simplest solution for my 5 hour trip up north with my fiance (so she'll be in the passenger seat) next week, but also isn't the most secure for anytime I have to stop.  Worst case scenario, I'll fit it into the back of my crew cab and crack a window with the tip out, but I'm hoping you guys can give me some other good ideas.

 

I've done as much research as possible for rod tubes and holders and I just can't find a good option for my truck.  The biggest hindrance is my tonneau cover, makes it hard to mount anything without interfering with rolling the cover back.  Before people suggest rolling the tonneau back for fishing trips and building an angled rod holder at the front of the bed, that wouldn't be ideal because I use my truck bed for a lot of storage for items that can't get wet, so I'd really like to be able to keep the tonneau down.

 

I'd really love to build a lockable rod tube, but again, my issue comes with not interfering with the tonneau cover and how to mount it.  I'd like to mount it off the stake pockets on the top side of the bed and have it hang off enough that it wouldn't interfere with rolling the cover, but I haven't come up with any good mounting ideas yet.

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

 

Red truck is mine, picture below that is the idea I'd like to implement, just not sure how to mount.

8 hours ago, blakebrown71 said:

Hey guys,

 

I just recently bought my first 1 piece rod, before that I was using 2 piece for convenience.  It's a 7'6" Veritas 2.0 - problem is my truck bed is only 5'8" so the rod would still need a bend in it to fit diagonally.  I trailer a 14' jon boat but the trailer is pretty stiff and seems to bounce around quite a bit, so I'm hesitant to leave the rod in there while towing, even if it's strapped down.  Does anyone think that would or wouldn't work?  That would be the simplest solution for my 5 hour trip up north with my fiance (so she'll be in the passenger seat) next week, but also isn't the most secure for anytime I have to stop.  Worst case scenario, I'll fit it into the back of my crew cab and crack a window with the tip out, but I'm hoping you guys can give me some other good ideas.

 

I've done as much research as possible for rod tubes and holders and I just can't find a good option for my truck.  The biggest hindrance is my tonneau cover, makes it hard to mount anything without interfering with rolling the cover back.  Before people suggest rolling the tonneau back for fishing trips and building an angled rod holder at the front of the bed, that wouldn't be ideal because I use my truck bed for a lot of storage for items that can't get wet, so I'd really like to be able to keep the tonneau down.

 

I'd really love to build a lockable rod tube, but again, my issue comes with not interfering with the tonneau cover and how to mount it.  I'd like to mount it off the stake pockets on the top side of the bed and have it hang off enough that it wouldn't interfere with rolling the cover, but I haven't come up with any good mounting ideas yet.

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

 

Red truck is mine, picture below that is the idea I'd like to implement, just not sure how to mount.

 

That's a good idea, in my neck of the woods that should have a red/bright orange cloth hanging from it since it's legally required when an object exceeds the length of the vehicle.

Couldn't you build a lockable tube that you could mount in your jon boat? You could pad the inside of the tube with a Pool noodle and that should suffice to keep the rod safe. 

 

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It won't help here, but about 5 trucks ago I mounted some homemade PVC rod holders to a wolmanized 2x6. I notched the lumber and mounted the holders at about a 45 degree angle. I then mounted the rack to the bottom rear of my tool box with bolts and wing nuts so it was removable and I had a couple of eye hooks mounted in such a way that I could run a bungee across the reels. 10' rods fit in a 6' Silverado bed with no problem. Wish I had pics, it was a pretty slick setup.