| If you have a truck, adding a tonneau cover is a | | | | groceries, to heavy furniture, the tonneau cover |
| necessity. Why? Because they provide you with | | | | does the trick. The cover shield your items from |
| an organized storage for whatever you transport. | | | | view, from the weather and from damage. Even |
| It also provides coverage from weather | | | | simple covers can sufficiently protect your stuff. |
| conditions, like rain, snow and extreme sun. | | | | In some instances, tonneau covers employ |
| 1. What are Tonneau Covers? | | | | strategically-placed weather seals that channel the |
| Your pick-up truck has a bed that is used to | | | | moisture away from the covers. With such |
| transport items. These beds are usually exposed | | | | equipment, truck owners have a greater peace of |
| to the weather. Tonneau covers provide shelter | | | | mind when transporting items sensitive to such. |
| for the items stored in your truck bed. They turn | | | | 5. Added Security |
| your truck bed into a sheltered compartment. | | | | If you can't see it, you can't steal it. Since |
| They are different, however, from camper shells | | | | tonneau covers hide your items from sight, |
| that turn the truck bed into a camp-like | | | | thieves would most likely pass over your truck |
| compartment. | | | | when considering which to victimize. Some models |
| 2. History of Tonneau Covers | | | | of the tonneau provide added security: locks, |
| Tonneau covers are also known as truck bed | | | | alarms, and designs that make stealing from them |
| covers. They have evolved from a number of | | | | hard. |
| versions that have been designed for different | | | | 6. Tonneau Styles |
| uses, and because of this, no one person can | | | | - Heavy-Duty Soft Tonneau |
| claim to have invented the tonneau cover. Soft | | | | - Hard Tonneau |
| covers gained became popular on major | | | | - Retractable Tonneau |
| speedways. Sport truck racers used soft tonneau | | | | - Toolbox Tonneau |
| covesr to improve aerodynamics and reduce | | | | 7. It Saves Gas! |
| drag. Hard top tonneau covers rose in prominence | | | | Believe it or not, tonneau covers save gas! Closed |
| as an alternative to camper shells. These | | | | air truck beds lower air resistance (this is why |
| highly-customized truck bed lids evolved to suit | | | | they are in high demand in racecars). Less drag |
| the various needs of truck drivers. | | | | means you will be driving a faster, more energy |
| 3. Tone - what? | | | | efficient truck! As air flows over the front end of |
| The name tonneau comes from the French word | | | | your vehicle, it careens into the hollow bowl of |
| that means rear seating compartment of a | | | | your bed and produces opposite force to your |
| vehicle. While your truck bed isn't a seating | | | | truck. This could easily provide you with several |
| compartment, the term is still appropriate. | | | | miles of additional gas every single trip! Using a |
| Sometimes tonneau is spelled tonno. Even though | | | | well-designed tonneau cover could extend gas |
| this is the case, tonneau is still the best known | | | | mileage by about 10%. In essence, purchasing a |
| variation of the cover's name. | | | | tonneau cover today would be a great |
| 4. Tonneau Cover Storage Basics | | | | investment since these covers pays for |
| When you need to transport items ranging from | | | | themselves in the long run. |