Truck Bed Covers: Save Gas And Transform Your Truck
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Let’s Not Forget Liners and Secure Tailgates!
Truck bed covers, liners and locking tailgates are features that every truck should have. These features shield our vehicles from the elements and provide our precious cargo with an extra layer of security. Let’s dive a little deeper and explore these necessities along with a few less-discussed, yet equally important benefits truck owners gain from covers, liners, and tailgates.
What is wrong with this picture?
Aside from the classy design and highly-skilled custom fab work shown in the photos above, this truck is missing:
That answers the question, “why are they important?” Now, let’s look at each feature and answer the other question, “how do they benefit us?”
Bed Cover Features:
- • Strong, rigid canopy covers
- • Protect your transport items
- • Some are detachable
- • Easy to install
- • Do not restrict the use of your tailgate
Video: Check out how handy a bed cover/canopy was on this mission!
Did You Know Bed Covers Save on Gas?
As air flows over the front end of your vehicle, it careens into the hollow bowl of your bed and produces opposite force to your truck. This could easily eat several miles from your gas mileage every time you use your truck. These types of covers also provide extra gas mileage by reducing air drag that is exacerbated by the truck bed – an aerodynamic nightmare. You could even save about 10% on your gas with a good truck cover!
TRUCK COVER BASIC TYPES
There are more than two types of covers, we get that. We’re sticking to the basics here, hard or soft. Example: It’s 3 am in the Taco Bell drive-thru and we’re the designated driver for an out-of-control bachelor party that is currently trying to decode the entire menu while texting their girlfriends “I only had a! fewe drunkzs”
Hard Covers
Firmly attached, they do not blow off even at highway speeds. They are available with hinge systems to allow an easier lifting of cover to put or get the cargo. It also is secure and lockable. These hardcovers weigh about 100 lbs. Hardcovers are also more expensive than vinyl covers. They are more durable and are also weatherproof.
Soft Covers
These, on the other hand, are easy to remove and install. They often just snap on to the truck rails and are ready to go. Although they may not be as tough as hardcovers, they are still strong enough to provide protection for 1 to 2 people. If you are hauling large cargo, these covers come off easily to accommodate the extra space.
Bed Liners
Liners are great for protecting the integrity of the original truck bed. Why destroy the bed when you can lay all the wear and tear on a replaceable liner?
Locking Tailgates
If you carry anything of value, you will know that locking your tailgate is a huge necessity.
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ABOUT Bolt®
STRATTEC Security Corporation is the world’s largest manufacturer of automotive locks, keys, and related access control products, and is the primary lock supplier to Ford, GM, and Chrysler. STRATTEC’s history in the automotive business spans 100 years. STRATTEC common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol STRT.
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ABOUT Bestop®
Tom Bradley created Bestop in a small upholstery shop in Boulder, Colorado in 1954. Working out of an old brick schoolhouse with seven employees, Bestop developed a reputation for quality and the word spread. Bestop continued to grow and its canvas soft tops were distributed throughout the United States and internationally. More than six decades later, Bestop is the leading manufacturer of premium soft tops for Jeep Wrangler and CJs in the world, and is the sole supplier of factory soft tops for Jeep Wranglers since 1986. Bestop is located in Louisville, Colorado not far from where it started, and manufactures a broad line of Soft Tops and Accessories for Jeep CJ and Wrangler, plus an expanding line of Truck Accessories.
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ABOUT Bedrug®
BedRug is well-known for its line of rugged and waterproof liners for both the inside and outside of trucks, SUV’s and trailers. BedRug, Inc. products are proudly manufactured with a fully recyclable polypropylene composite in Old Hickory, Tennessee. BedRug is a one of the many brands owned by Truck Hero, Inc.
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