cheapo tonneau cover DIY

For my last road trip I wanted a tonneau cover. These things are pricey. Not willing to spent that much money, I opted to build my own.
I needed it quickly so I decided to build a simple cover with wood.

Here my inggredients:

1x sheet of plywood 4x8x0.310 (to keep the weight down)
4x 2x4 frame
4x 2x3 cross member
2x garage door hinges​

All together less than $50. The build took roughly ~10hours plus the time for the glue to cure overnite.

The cover is strong enough to top load some of my gear for the next adventure.

Next day I changed the design and screwed another set of 2x3, to gain some more desired load height.

 

here some more pictures

 

Looks heavy. nice job tho.

 

You have more invested in the clamps than the cover. Nice !

 

we used do this back in the 80's during the mini truck phase- not as robust as yours but we covered ours in black vynl when done. There are a few paint options that you could go with today that you coat that with too.