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grizz272
Explorer
Feb 14, 2018

Tonneau cover

What type of bed cover is the one to buy? Soft, hard, trifold or roll up? I like the idea of covering the bed when I am not towing. It is for a long box GMC 3500HD swr.
  • I went with Roll N Lock on our 17 KR and glad I did. Was looking at a folding cover but anothern couple were picking up their new DRV MS Madison. They had a Platiumn so basicly the same truck with more bling. Gentleman had a folding cover but had to compleatly remove it as the newer trucks are so tall he would have raise his hitch and been nose high to clear the foldup in tight turns.
    Something to think about.
  • The 4-fold on my long bed was so heavy that, as I got older, it became a giant PITA.

    The kids gave me a Pace Edwards retractable as a birthday gift and it is great. Fits perfectly. locks in any position. And is manageable with one hand.

    I put a plywood partition across the bed ahead of the hitch rails and can lock the cover at that point, giving me a (mostly) secure truck box for setup gear.

    (I know somebody could rip through the plywood, but if they are going to that much trouble they could rip the tonneau off.)
  • FWIW
    I have a BAKFLIP G2, for my 2010 f250. It covers my 5th wheel Superglide 16K hitch, so no in and out.

    https://bakindustries.com/
  • greende wrote:
    I have a Fold-A-Cover brand hard tonneau. It folds in four sections and lays flat and does not block the back window.


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  • I have a Roll n Lock and really like it. I can open it as much as I need and it locks up solid.
  • I have a Fold-A-Cover brand hard tonneau. It folds in four sections and lays flat and does not block the back window.