Decisions between Gaylord and bedspread hard Undercover

A local boy to truck parts position once told me that I was wasting my time and money by purchasing a tonneau cover. His theory was that nobody in the West of the Rockies needed to cover their bed, because the snow was the only thing worth keeping the payload. He figured it would get any water past a lid that is probably fading fast. Knowing that it was a crazy, I bought one anyways--a cheap, soft. So, when I went through a cycle of pieces of my vinyl tonneau stole about a month later, I went back to the grill again the idiot. After all, if anyone need one here and no one wanted one here, then why was my cover is treated as a Sprint in the salvage yard? Has not had any response, only a grunt stupid.

My next step has two parts: 1. find a new truck parts shop with fewer blowhards (after all, I could just go to Ricky for that type of entertainment) and 2. Choose a cover without loose parts, accessible or soft that could be picked clean like strands of meat dangling from a hot wing. I came to a truck bed cover hard like my best option. Cost much more than the designs of vinyl, but I found that really do get what you pay for. On the flipside of the tag price, also watch many times better, and are infinitely safer--which now was my de facto area of greatest need.

The first time I watched it was getting a custom cover for Gaylord bed truck. There are many brands out there make a truck bed cover in this style: fiberglass construction, gas strut lifts, opening with key and custom paint matching. There is no doubt that a lid like Gaylord is pretty impressive; the price is just a little difficult to deal with--approximately 6 times that I was replacing cover softy. And, it is heavy, which means a few drawbacks to pull a heavy load. First, you must raise the truck after cancelling Struts and hinges. For some it is a work of two men. Then, there is to find a place to hang the cover where the paint doesn't get jacked. I had a place to hang the lid, and a wife who loves to show you can handle the lifting from time to time. Everything that I had to do was to familiarize yourself with the price.

I decided to take a look at coverage of my friend's bed. He found his receipt for it so that he could tell me the brand (it was a gift, so he really knew himself). It was called an Undercover tonneau cover and is very different from that of Gaylord, despite the similarities. First, the Undercover wasn't smooth painted to match; It was actually kind of rough to the touch. No big deal, I thought, because the black would look good with my GMC dark blue, and has cut more bills out the price tag. Also there is fiberglass, but a lightweight plastic, making removal a one-man gig. This is another bonus, but also helps to cover looking a bit vague and much less as a custom, professionally crafted element. The price tag on Undercover (about half the Gaylord) started to look more attractive and pleasant.

I thought about how I used my truck, which did not provide many answers. While I don't often bring great things and my bed is usually full, I like to be able to use my truck as a real truck when I need. This means don't worry about scratching my cover the way that I worry about the rest of the paint. Speaking of paint, I wasn't sure how I felt about the issue. I like to keep my truck sharp, but is hardly one of those rig decked out with $ 20 K in extra work that makes you whip your head around or just shake it. So, a custom painted cover is not a "must", but it doesn't look that bad.

Finally, I chose the cover to read Gaylord truck, and I did it for two reasons. First, I couldn't get the same thing as my friend. Secondly, was due to an examination of the prostate that later this week and I figured that it would be nicer if the lid survived.