BullRing Hidden Pocket Router Bit for Truck Bed Anchor Install #5566

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Worked perfectly on my 2012 5.5 bed F150. It comes with instructions and the measurements you need to drill a hole in the middle of the plastic covering the stake hole. It zips right through the plastic. Make sure you set the router and the proper depth (included in the instructions), Because I have a Bakflip cover on my truck, I had to re-adjust the router depth on the inside cut for the holes near the cab due to my tonneau cover mount being in the way. I carefully lifted the router up onto the tonneau mount and adjusted the depth as needed. Worked fine. On the rear, I just undid the tonneau mount and pulled the rails inward so the router would run flat. I can imagine it would do-able, but a pain cutting it with a utility knife. A Dremel tool could likely do the job too, even a jigsaw. But I think it could scrape the paint on the stake hole possibly causing rust. If you worry about that sort of thing, I do, especially where I live and they lather salt on the roads in the winter. Again, nice product.

Very nice to use. Very helpful installing D rings on 2002 GMC Sierra

I have a 2019 F1505 with the 5.5' bed. I wanted four Bullrings to tie across the top of my hard tonneau, but Ford doesn't have factory cutouts for the front. So, I bought this to expose the front stake pockets in the bedrail caps. It cut just enough to expose the pockets flush and then I cut about another 1/4" with a Dremel and razor knife to fit the Bullring down inside, semi flush. I read elsewhere the some F150s don't have stake pockets in the front, so I recommend checking before you cut! Afterwards, I used black silicone to seal the edges.

Did the job. Clean cuts in the plastic. I did see what some reviews were talking about where if this was not set to the proper depth, you could scratch the paint under the bed rails, but that's a problem with adjustments not a product flaw. Yes, some of the plastic melts and grabs the bit, but that's unavoidable because of the material you are cutting. I recommend moving the router INTO the cut, not away from it. Use controlled steady movements, and this cuts clean. I don't see how you could use any other router bit to do this job as effectively and for the price it was worth the headache it saved.

Made quick and clean work of cutting the stake holes in my 2021 Ram's (new body style) plastic bed rail caps. Study the instructions and on-line videos and be prepared to tweak them for you situation.

Since I did not want to remove my tonneau, this was not useful at all. You cant run a router unless you remove the tonneau rails. I just used a utility knife to cut the bed rail. Worked perfectly, just be patient and be willing to put 10 minutes into cutting out each hole, just a little at a time. Still less time to remove and re-install the tonneau rails. Only gave a 3, because it appears it would be a great tool, just couldn't find out for myself.

Okay I only needed to use this once to cut both of sides of my bed to install the BullRing tie downs but it made it sooooo easy.

F150 bed pocket stake cutout.

Didn’t cut well at all. Absolutely destroyed my top rail. Luckily the bull ring covered all of the ugly. Did the other stake pocket with a dremel and utility knife, and came out way better