Tonneau Covers, Protecting Your Cargo & Saving You Money

Tonneau Covers, Protecting Your Cargo & Saving You Money

Article by Daniel Cruse

If you ride around in a pickup, you know the hassle of having to haul tools and other gear in and out of your truck bed every night...and often multiple times throughout the day. Why? Because odds are that if you're reading this, you don't live in Amish country. And in the big city, gear left in the back of your pickup has a way of disappearing when your back is turned. But with tonneau covers, you can transform your pickup bed into a safe on wheels, protecting your gear while streamlining your truck bed, improving fuel efficiency at the same time. Here's how.

Also known as a truck bed cover, tonneau covers like the Bak tonneau cover and Lund tonneau cover transform your truck bed into a sheltered compartment, protecting gear, tools and anything else you're hauling from Mother Nature and the quick fingers of thieves. Think you can achieve the same results with a tarp? Think again.

From rain to dust, the gear you haul can quickly become waterlogged or coated with airborne debris. Far more effective than a tarp, a Chevy Silverado tonneau cover, Toyota Tundra tonneau cover and all those like them provide an impenetrable shield that deflects anything the environment throws your way, including the sun's highly-damaging UV rays.

Aside from protection from the elements, tonneaus also provide privacy and security. They keep prying eyes from seeing what you've got in back and in doing so act as a great theft deterrent. After all, if they can't see it, they won't want to steal it. This is one of the most popular features of a tonneau, especially for those who haul around valuable cargo. A hard tonneau makes your truck bed lockable and impenetrable, ensuring your valuables will be there when you get back.

By adding a tonneau cover, you've effectively saved your gear and in doing so you're saving fuel in the process. As air passes over your cab, it flows into your empty truck bed where it collects and produces drag. Closed-air truck beds offer lower air resistance, streamlined for optimal performance like their racing counterparts. This reduction in drag creates a faster, more energy-efficient truck that's been shown to extend gas mileage by up to 10 percent, easily saving you several miles of gas on every trip while adding a finished appearance to your rig.

And speaking of finished, whether you're in the market for a hard tonneau cover, folding tonneau cover – like the Extang tonneau cover and Truxedo tonneau cover – or a soft roll-up tonneau, each comes in a variety of paint-ready styles and standard colors to perfectly match any exterior, no matter how custom.

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Tonneau covers from AutoAnything are the surest and simplest way to protect your gear. And with the lowest prices anywhere and free shipping, upgrading your pickup has never been more affordable!

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