DRAT! I must have seen an earlier manual that showed the bows draped over the side boards. Picture this, the cross bars of the bows are stacked on the headache rack. It works (a tight fit), but there's no way to strap them down using the loops.
TOM R wrote:THANKS, that explains it very well, looks like you need to leave the drivers side troop seat down to stow the bows
Having rethunk how to stow the bows, it looks like you need to put both seats down to get the bows in, but you should be able to put the seats back up when everything is strapped down - the bows seem like they will rest on the edge of the bed.
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