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Professional land surveyors have a lot of equipment that
requires a unique storage system in their pickup beds to be
efficient in the field.
That's where a high-end bed cap, or topper, and a welldesigned, lockable cargo storage system come into play on
Surveyor 1.
Weldon Banks, the manager of Topper World, the A.R.E.
and Truck Vault dealer in Gulfport, Mississippi, handled the
installation of cap and cargo storage insert.
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34 January 2014 | EquipmentWorld.com
A.R.E. BED SECURITY
Supplying business owners a way to protect valuables in
their pickup beds from the elements has been the forte of
Ohio-based A.R.E. for more than four decades and they
build their bed caps with one goal in mind: high-end
quality.
The company is the only ISO-certified truck cap
manufacturer in the world, and they use OE-quality locks,
D.O.T.-approved safety glass and brake lights to go along
with DuPont basecoat/clearcoat paint to match the truck.
They also offer custom, secure bed storage systems built in
partnership with Truck Vault (truckvault.com).
That's why we turned to A.R.E. and Truck Vault when it
came to outfitting Mobil Delvac/Ram Truck Surveyor 1's bed
with a locking cargo storage system and bed cap that'd fit
a land surveyor's work needs.
CAP AND DRAWERS
The topper we slid on our Ram 2500HD 4x4 Crew Cab
diesel is an A.R.E. ToolMaster, which is a fiberglass
commercial cap featuring heavy-duty side doors with
built-in storage compartments, aluminum window inserts
for added security, built-in LED lighting in both the
compartments and interior, and BOLT locks so the Ram's
ignition key can be used to secure it all. It's also painted to
match the Ram's factory paint.
If one needs to carry longer items, the ToolMaster
roof is designed to carry several hundred pounds on
an aluminum rack designed just for that purpose. It's a
standard feature on ToolMaster Series caps.
But we opted not have it on Surveyor 1 so we could
keep the truck's profile sleek. The cap does have built-in
