I looked at my BL last night, I don’t have that cover either. But since I don’t notice unless my head is down in the footwell, I’m not really concerned about replacing it. Ymmv
So at least in my state we’ve had a lot of people abuse this, but mostly towing something. But if a car accident or something like that happens and they even remotely think it has to do with hitch use, they’re going to ask for the weight receipt. Then they’ll go for the certified paperwork...
+1 on the gazelle, I’ve had one for a few years now and it’s survived everything you can imagine. Makes a great 4-season tent with one of those diesel heaters. I keep meaning to print a storage tube so I can put mine on my roof, I’ll have to get around to doing that soon…