Cause i'm cheap & have a saw, homemade Tonneau cover

I'm too cheap to pay big bucks for a temporary cover.

 

Looks good so far. Why would the cover be temporary?

 

Make it fold up behind the cab to make a bench seat

 

Have to make an 8 hour trip and might run into rain with junk in the back, guess I could just use trash bags, but what fun is that. I am going to make a rack in the future, no!, not out of wood

 

I once used a HARBOR FREIGHT bed net and had a coupon for a free tarp as a Temporary water resistant cover on my bed, less than $5 bucks, still have them both stashed

 

If it was me, I would take it out for a test drive before your trip- really early in the morning on some relatively deserted highway, wind it out and make sure it’s secure. It would be a problem if it got compromised during your trip especially if other vehicles were involved.

Good luck and nice work.

 

Wow, that's well built. I was fearing it was going to be some serious cobbled together booshit when I saw lumber was involved, but I was wrong.

 

I'm practical as well but didn't think it was crazy to spend $170 on a Tyger trifold.

 

Very nice. Need a pic of it open.

 

The first 12" along the cab are secured to the Eye bolts in the bed, the back portion is just tied down with line & eye bolts (for now)

 

Thanks, I get some pics later, nothing fancy.