How To Measure A Truck Bed For A Tonneau Cover

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How to measure a truck bed for a tonneau cover.

Limited time offer free shipping. First up bed length. Measure the distance between the bed rails starting from inside to inside of the rail. Place your measuring tape at the bulkhead of your truck bed.

Put down the tailgate and stand at the end of the bed. Measure front inside to rear inside play video. Get the truck bed s length. Inches to feet conversion there are 12 inches in a foot so divide total number of inches by 12 to get your measurement in feet.

Step 2 moving along your bed rail extend the measuring tape to the inside edge of the top of your tailgate. Extend the measuring tape to the far end of the bed in the center and up against the bulkhead. Access roll up tonneau cover. Extend your measuring tape longways in the center of the bed to the far end up against the bulkhead.

You can do this by simply dividing the number of inches your tape measure will show total inches as well as feet by 12. Most bed lengths of tonneau covers are rounded so your number should be within in 1 2 inches. Take the measurements from where the tailgate begins until where the bed ends. More helpful measuring information.

Your new tonneau cover must be an inch or half an inch less the dimensions you get here. Tonneau covers on sale now. Bulkhead wall like structure located at the front of the bed to protect driver from cargo. This is the first thing you need to know and for some trucks the only thing.

Record the measurement in inches. Take your measurement at where the bed ends and the tailgate begins. Pay no sales tax.