How To Measure Your Truck Bed For A Tonneau Cover

Use measure and start from the bulkhead of your truck and measure all the way to the inside edge of the tailgate.

How to measure your truck bed for a tonneau cover.

This is the first thing you need to know and for some trucks the only thing. Your truck bed length is determined by the distance between the inside of your tailgate and the inside of the bulkhead. Measure the distance between the bed rails starting from inside to inside of the rail. Convert inches to feet.

Measure your truck bed length. Extend the measuring tape to the far end of the bed in the center and up against the bulkhead. Put down the tailgate and stand at the end of the bed. That s because most truck and accessory companies round off their measurements to the nearest half foot.

So if your truck bed measures 76 you can go with the product listed for a 6 5 foot bed. When you measure truck bed length you may find that the exact number does not match any lengths listed on our product pages. The last measurement you will need is the length of the truck bed. First up bed length.

Take the measurements from where the tailgate begins until where the bed ends. Place your measuring tape at the bulkhead of your truck bed. Extend your measuring tape longways in the center of the bed to the far end up against the bulkhead. Most bed lengths of tonneau covers are rounded so your number should be within in 1 2 inches.

Take your measurement at where the bed ends and the tailgate begins. Get the truck bed s length. Measure the bed length stand at the end of the bed and put down the tailgate.