subject: Truck Bed Covers -- 5 Ideas For Picking The Best One [print this page] Truck Bed Covers -- 5 Ideas For Picking The Best One
Remote control makes a bed cover like a remote trunk lid. That's another possibility with sliding retractable covers. With an electric tonneau, the cover slides to or fro at the push of a button almost as if you had a giant trunk with remote control. That's a luxury for sure, but useful in nasty weather and a convenience at any time. It's a luxury for sure and not a must but a nice touch. Read reviews online. It's a plus to see reviews of most popular tonneau models and get the story on everything from which ones leak to which covers are harder to get on than they say. For example, AutoAnything publishes many reviews that describe experiences with installation, durability, service and all kinds of odd problems that arise with bed covers. Check reviews before buying. Shopping for pickup bed covers at online stores is one fast and relatively easy way to gather all the facts you may need to make a decision about the best cover to buy. The large number of choices is not only just between types of covers, but also between manufacturers as well. Getting an inexpensive soft tonneau cover can add a valuable option to a truck without spending much money at all. At the other end of the price spectrum are the metal retractable covers that turn any pickup be into a virtual locked vault. Following are some tips for getting the best cover for your pickup. Fiberglass bed covers are not always of the tilting kind. Looking at hard covers rather than just soft ones means many more options. A classic sort of hard cover is the tilting lid from Gaylord. Then there's the Undercover tonneau that looks like fiberglass but isn't. It's a plastic, not fiberglass, cover that because of the material is impact resistant and just weighs 58 pounds. Tilt lids have some problems though and that's the reason for the other options maybe. Retracting tonneau covers often get the nod at the really premium choice for a bed cover. That's due partly to the cost but there are other reasons as well. A retractable cover is really at the core a sliding metal sheet of aluminum that moves forward and back as needed to close or open the bed to access. When not in use the cover slides into it's own storage can out of the way and out of sight as well. As secure as the hard covers that tilt or the tri-fold covers, the roll forward covers also permit easy access to the entire bed for using it any way you choose. Unlike tilt forward covers, the retractable bed covers put no limit on the height of the load carried either. Any cargo that fits the bed, fits the cover too. Pickup bed covers offer protection for cargo as well as for the pickup bed as well. The great variety of choices makes deciding on what to get more difficult as well as more of a puzzle. Getting a cover that works is easy and you can shop locally or online dealers are also an option and often getting a cover from an online supplier is just as easy and simple as getting one through a local outlet. in either case the cover gets shipped in and often very rapidly and for little or no extra cost to the purchaser. Pickup bed covers come in all sorts of designs as there really are all kinds of variables to the covers. Some are mostly looks and some are about function. How your truck gets used is key to which works best or better. From the least expensive soft tonneau covers to the retractable metal bed covers, tonneau covers are for many truck owners more than just a desirable option, they are all but a must-have pickup accessory.
