BENEFITS FROM TONNEAU COVER?

I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THE LOOK OF THEM BUT NEVER KNEW IF THERE WERE ANY BENEFITS THAT CAME WITH THEM?? NEW TO THIS SITE

ANY THOUGHTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED!

 

WELCOME TO TW

 

Keep your shit dry/more secure. Supposedly a little better fuel economy. I've never tested that theory. I only have mine on in the winter so I don't have to shovel my bed out when it snows and when I need to carry a lot of stuff. Other than that I keep mine off.

 

the cover will keep things dry and keep people from using the bed of your truck as a mobile garbage can.

 

I had a Extang Trifecta soft top before I went to a camper shell. It was perfect.
Gas milage I didn't ever compute, but the pure fact that it kept the bed clean in dust and rain storms was worth the price alone.

 

OP aloha and welcome to TW

 

Welcome to TW from Sparks, NV

 

Tonneau + lock for your tailgate = large secure storage area. Sure, it's not exactly Fort Knox but it lets us carry stuff in the bed without worrying if we stop somewhere.

 

This ^^

 

MythBusters did a show on the covers.....no benefit in mpg.

Welcome to TW!

 

Yeah...It's a deterrant. I've got a soft cover with a tailgate lock. Keeps folks from throwing stuff into the bed at random and from looking thru my bed box. It's not hard to get into- but it's harder than an open bed.

Welcome to the board!!

 

It depends on the truck... Just because Mythbusters tested the theory on one pick-up doesn't mean it's the same result for all. A tonneau helped my mileage on my old Ranger and slightly helped the Tacoma. I wouldn't buy one solely for fuel economy.

 

I put on an Extang Trifecta last year along with a Pop-N-Lock tailgate lock. I haven't noticed any difference in mpg, but it does provide a semi-secure place for your stuff.
Most of all, it looks good.

 

Keep stuff dry.
Keep stuff out of plain view.

I don't have a lock but try not leave valuable items back there.

Trust in God but lock your doors.

 

I use it to keep stuff out of sight and to keep it out of the weather. I have a bed extender, which folds over inside the bed, so it creates a trunk where I can put stuff in the back by opening the tail gate but it can not slide forward while I drive. Very handy. I am not sure about the mpg benefit. I have heard that it helps, but have never checked it.

Cover removed to show "trunk" area.

 

Nice, thanks everyone.. I feel like part of the fam already.

I'm def going to purchase one becaus epeople think my bed is a dumpster..

 

good idea... but anyway im gonna buy to keep the bed dry !!