What I Don't Like About Tilting Truck Covers

By Al Bullington

Tilting truck covers, often referred to as fiberglass lids, are not my favorite truck covers. Here are reasons why these are not my favorite tonneaus.

Well, there's the matter of tall cargo. Haul virtually anything that's taller than the bed sides and you can't close the lid. How cool is that? You can't even carry a lawn mower without leaving the lid up. You can't even carry a garbage can. There's more.

If in fact the cover is made of fiberglass, there's the weight issue. See fiberglass is just by nature heavy. It is after all resin in glass fibers. That means it's heavy to install, heavy to lift and heavy to haul. Heavy in tonneau covers is not very good.

Then there is the look issue. Tilting lids can result in one of the slickest looking truck covers going. But the thickness of the material adds up to a covers that protrude far above the bed. It's noticeable to the point of being distracting. Looks are subjective, but I don't like the look.

Now there is a better solution if you want a tilting tonneau. Undercover covers aren't fiberglass at all and that makes all the difference. With Undercover you get modern polymer construction which results in a total weight of the cover of only 58 pounds for the whole cover.

Lightweight means it is easier to haul, but also easy to take off and put back on. That means the clearance issue is much less of an issue. With tall cargo, it's easy to just pull off the cover. It isn't a monument you see.

Tilting truck covers don't rate very high on my list, unless you pick the lightweight version. Then some of the issues really aren't issues anymore.

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