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Tonneau Covers offer a number of benefits to truck owners, including protection from weather and theft and increasing fuel economy. Truck Bed Covers come in a variety of styles, each with its own features and advantages and mode or ease of installation. For more information, please visit our truck bed cover learning center for details on the following:

We have compatible tonneau covers for the following vehicle makes: CHEVY CHEVROLET DODGE FORD GMC HONDA ISUZU JEEP LINCOLN MAZDA MITSUBISHI NISSAN TOYOTA

Do you have a Ford? We carry a ton of Ford Tonneau Covers! We also carry Dodge Tonneau Covers, Chevy Tonneau Covers, GMC Tonneau Covers, and Toyota Tonneau Covers.

Tonneau Cover Benefits

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Tonneau covers offer a number of benefits to pick-up truck owners, including:

- Protection from Weather for your payload.  A tonneau cover will protect your truck contents and the truck bed itself from rain, sleet, snow and hail.  Your truck bed cover will also protect the contents from blowing around or blowing out of the truck due to wind.  And tonneau covers also protect contents from the damaging effects of the heat of the sun.  

- Security and Theft Protection – Leaving tools, materials or other exposed contents in an open truck bed is practically an invitation to thieves.  Tonneau covers offer increased security, not only because thieves don’t steal what they can’t see, but also because the time it would take to open or remove a truck bed cover would also discourage theft.  For added security, Truck Champ also offers a variety of Tonneau Cover Accessories.

- Organization and Safe Transport of truck bed contents because tonneau covers help keep things in their place.   Truck bed covers keep your cargo from rolling and rattling around, and can help prevent damage and breakage.  Tonneau covers also keep contents from being blown around or blown out of the truck by wind.  Truck bed covers also keep your cargo where you put it, so that things stay organized and orderly in the truck bed. Be safe on the highway! Have a look at some great information from The National Transportation Safety Board.

- Improved Aerodynamics and Gas Mileage - This is a HUGE advantage for pick-up truck owners because truck bed covers significantly reduce drag (wind resistance).  Pick-up trucks are wonderful vehicles, but because of their open truck beds, they are not aerodynamic or fuel efficient. By adding a tonneau cover to your truck, air slides easily off the cover rather than getting trapped in the bed and creating drag. One of the greatest advantages of a tonneau cover is that it will immediately improve gas mileage as a result of the aerodynamic improvement you gain by covering your truck bed.  Industry experts report as much as 5% fuel economy – even with soft tonneau covers! Here are more ways to improve gas mileage.

Add the benefit of FREE SHIPPING included with every Truck Champ tonneau cover order, and you’ll understand why we say: Don’t Delay, Get Your New Tonneau Cover from Truck Champ TODAY!

Tonneau Cover Choices

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Tonneau covers come in a variety of styles, materials, colors and installations. Tonneau cover choices include roll-up covers, folding tonneau covers, retractable covers, snap-on tonneau covers, soft covers, folding hard covers, and hard undercover truck bed covers. Many tonneau cover choices work with a locking system that adds additional security. Tonneau covers are easy to install, look great, and add to the value of your truck.

The various kinds of truck bed covers available include:

• Roll-up Tonneau Covers – these are easy to install, usually made of vinyl and require no drilling, but simply attach to the truck bed with clamps. These covers open and close with a hook and loop (Velcro®) system.  This type installs in less than 30 minutes and improve gas mileage like all tonneau covers.
• Folding Tonneau Covers - usually made of vinyl, this type of cover can be installed in about two minutes and removed in about one minute.  Like all truck bed covers, this model improves mileage.  The unique folding design allows access to 100% of your truck bed.
• Undercover Hard Tonneau Covers – this is the lightest and strongest type of solid cover made.  Lighter than fiberglass, this hard cover installs in about a half hour and is easily removable in less than a minute.  Security is enhanced by dual stainless steel locks.  Designed by an aeronautical engineer, this lightweight hard shell tonneau cover is a terrific option for security and durability.
• Folding Hard Tonneau Covers – are very versatile, with all the advantages of a hard tonneau cover, but with the flexibility of a soft cover, a folding hard tonneau cover can be folded back to allow for transport of large or tall items that extend past the height of your truck bed, and can be completely removed in about one minute.  Offering exceptional security with bitted key locks, and double seals to keep your contents protected from the weather, a folding hard tonneau cover is an excellent option... and provides great gas mileage, too.
• Retractable Roll Truck Bed Covers - this type of tonneau cover takes about an hour to install, but provides super ease of use once installation is complete.  This type of truck bed cover easily retracts to allow complete access to your truck bed and truck bed contents, and its small canister depth provides maximum truck bed storage capacity. 
• Snap Roll Truck Bed Covers – this type of tonneau cover is the lowest-priced and one of the easiest type of covers to install.  Made of heavy-duty vinyl, this tonneau cover requires no drilling; it simply snaps into place.  In addition to ease of installation and low price, a snap roll tonneau cover allows access from any part of your truck bed without having to remove the whole truck bed cover.

Selecting Your Tonneau Cover

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Each type of tonneau cover has its own features and advantages. Some things to consider in making your choice include:

• Weather conditions in your area – if you live in an area with harsh weather conditions, such as constant rain, heavy winds, harsh sun or heavy snow, you will probably want to choose a more heavy-duty tonneau cover.  Because heavy snow can weigh quite a bit, a hard truck bed cover is usually recommended for areas that experience harsh winter weather.  In areas of mild weather, a soft tonneau cover might be just the ticket. Check the weather in your area.
• Security issues, such as the crime rates in the areas your truck spends most of its time during the day and/or where it is parked at night.  A hard cover with a locking tailgate system provides the highest level of security.  A soft tonneau cover offers the level of security that simply covering your cargo provides.  In between, there are lockable and clamped-shut truck bed cover choices that provide medium security.
• Ease of operation and removal – Ask yourself a simple question: will you usually have assistance for removing your tonneau cover or will you be mostly on your own for truck bed cover removal?  If you’re handling the tonneau cover yourself, then light weight, roll-up, folding and retractable might be the way to go.  A lightweight (only 58 pounds!) hard tonneau cover is also an excellent option. If you have assistance, then a hard tonneau cover that provides heavy duty protection and security is a fine choice.
• Ease of installation - Soft tonneau covers are the easiest to install.  Hard tonneau cover installation usually takes somewhere around an hour.  Retractable truck bed covers require careful alignment of rails and frames, but can be well worth the extra installation time because of their ease of use over the life of the cover and your ownership of your truck.  
• Full or Partial Access – if you regularly need to load and unload your full truck bed, then a fully removable or completely retractable tonneau cover is the way to go.  If, on the other hand, you use your truck bed mostly for storage of tools and supplies, and partial access is more your style of daily use, then snap on or folding truck bed covers will work great for you.  If you tend to store things toward the back of your truck, a hard tonneau cover might be a good choice.
• Load Size – if you regularly haul loads that extend over the height of your truck bed, a soft tonneau cover, such as a roll up model or retractable tonneau cover is probably the way to go.
• Look and Styling – different tonneau covers add a different styling to your truck.   Depending on the look you’re after -- sleek or sporty, utility or high-style – one style of tonneau cover may appeal to you more than another.
• Budget – Prices on tonneau covers usually range from a low of just under $160 for a snap-on soft tonneau cover to under $1000 for a top of the line retractable truck bed cover.  Only you know what your budget can afford and what tonneau cover features are most important to you.

All tonneau covers add value to your truck; increase protection, organization, safety and security; and improve gas mileage.  Choosing which tonneau cover is right for you can be a challenge. If you’d like assistance in weighing your various options and deciding which tonneau cover is best for your needs, your particular truck and your budget, please feel free to call us at 1-888-244-5908, and we’ll be glad to help. At Truck Champ, we’re the Tonneau Truck Bed Cover Champs!

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