BED COVERS "'To buy, or not to buy', that is the question"
#11
08-19-2005, 12:54 AM
#12
08-20-2005, 05:46 PM
RE: BED COVERS "'To buy, or not to buy', that is the question"
This webpage is now longer online, but a version was stored in the web archive:
http://web.archive.org/web/200304141...affner/did.htm
note that lowering the tailgate only helped a very small amount,
removing the tailgate actually hurt,
but using a bed cover helped a significant amount - almost 12%
The picture of the model truck with a bedcover is at
http://web.archive.org/web/200304142...er/Tonneau.htm
The students that did this project won a prize from the Society of Automotive Engineers who must have judged their work as having some reliability.
http://web.archive.org/web/200304141...affner/did.htm
note that lowering the tailgate only helped a very small amount,
removing the tailgate actually hurt,
but using a bed cover helped a significant amount - almost 12%
The picture of the model truck with a bedcover is at
http://web.archive.org/web/200304142...er/Tonneau.htm
The students that did this project won a prize from the Society of Automotive Engineers who must have judged their work as having some reliability.
#13
08-21-2005, 03:57 AM
RE: BED COVERS "'To buy, or not to buy', that is the question"
ORIGINAL: 1500sport
I would have to recommend sportmaster brand tonneau covers to anyone.
http://www.sportmasters.com/
I have the slant side snap cover which is a full snap cover. They also make a hinged snap cover and full roll up cover. The website the is manufacturer's website and does not give prices. I have looked at other cover including extang and have yet to see anything as good as the sportmaster. The snaps are metal and have set screws to keep them from moving at all while the cover is unsnap therefore allowing resnapping to be very easy. My family currently has three of the covers and we are going to get two more for other trucks. I got my full snap cover for $200 plus tax. It was hard to find this price but a good accessories place can do it.
I would have to recommend sportmaster brand tonneau covers to anyone.
http://www.sportmasters.com/
I have the slant side snap cover which is a full snap cover. They also make a hinged snap cover and full roll up cover. The website the is manufacturer's website and does not give prices. I have looked at other cover including extang and have yet to see anything as good as the sportmaster. The snaps are metal and have set screws to keep them from moving at all while the cover is unsnap therefore allowing resnapping to be very easy. My family currently has three of the covers and we are going to get two more for other trucks. I got my full snap cover for $200 plus tax. It was hard to find this price but a good accessories place can do it.