How much weight can the interrobang tonneau support?

[Bf3]

Hey there Rivianforums. A frequent question I get is about the weight limit of the interrobang tonneau. Maybe they’re concerned about snow, maybe they want to strap some gear down, who knows. I haven’t had a definite answer though, because I don’t want to break my truck finding out. But it kept nagging at me, so I conducted a totally unscientific experiment to find out so you don’t have to. Short answer is, I still don’t know. I ran out of heavy stuff in my garage around 800lbs. But, I did stack a whole lot of stuff on top of it without finding the breaking point. My guess is the rails will fail before the tonneau does.
For the test I used 70 gallons of water, a yeti cooler, a huge REI tent, a snowpeak octa tarp, a whole snowpeak kitchen set up and fire pit, and 2 bowling balls. My back of the napkin math puts that all somewhere in the 750-800lb range. This is only intended for my amusement, but I can confidently say this is definitely the strongest tonneau for the R1T that’s made by a random guy in his garage that you can buy.

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[COdogman]

Impressive!

I never thought to take bowling balls when I go camping

 

[Dark-Fx]

I ran out of heavy stuff in my garage

Good idea parking your Rivian in the driveway for this photo.

 

[RWerksman]

definitely the strongest tonneau for the R1T that’s made by a random guy in his garage that you can buy.

 

[LongJoSilver]

I just got mine a few days ago and it’s really nice!

 

[Rivian99]

I stood on mine and I am 175lbs over two panels and it didnt even flex ore creak. I did not jump up and down on it but it was sturdy!

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