Quad-Fold Tonneau Covers
BAK Industries is the first company to ever make a Quad-Fold Tonneau Cover. The Quad Fold Tonneau, to be marketed under the name FoldBak Tonneau Covers will be released later this year. The FoldBak will be able to install in literally minutes and be as secure as a BakFlip F1 or RollBak G2 tonneau cover. Suffice it to say, it's a pretty damn strong tonneau cover. It will be able to withstand hundreds of pounds of weight on top of it and fold forward in increments to allow ultimate access, function and utility. One of the coolest thing about the new FoldBak Quad Fold Tonneau is that it incorporates the all new "Front to Bak" design, which means that as well as being able to fold forward, from the tailgate towards the cab, it can also fold "BAK"wards from the cab toward the tailgate. The panels incorporate BAK Industries patented slam latch design, secure concealed locking, sleek stealth aesthetics, ergonomically designed operation from either side of the truck, 2 minute install and a power 3 year warranty.
The FoldBak Quad-Fold tonneau cover can be removed just as easily as it can be installed, ships in the best packaging available anywhere and is made right here by BAK Industries in the USA.
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Tonneau covers, motorcycles and quad bikes
There's no question that when it comes to a weekend of fun, throwing your dirt-bike, motorcycle or quad in the back of your truck and heading up to the trails is just the best! What can totally ruin a weekend of fun like this is to return from agreat 2 ride, only to find that you ramps, tent and gear are no longer in the back of your truck. The problem with tonneau covers is that if they are the kind that can keep your cargo secure, i.e., hard, they generally need to be removed in order to get your bikes and gear in the back of your truck. As such, you run the risk of having your stuff stolen, unless you spend the time to load the inside of your truck with all your gear and then unload it again and eedless to say, none of us want to do that!
This age old problem was finally laid to rest w bed ith the advent of the patented BakFlip feature that allows you full access to your truck without removing your tonneau cover. The BakFlip does 3 cool things when it comes to dirtbiking which make it the absolute unrivaled king of tonneau covers for offroading:
1. It allows you to haul your bikes without removing your tonneau cover.
2. The BakFlip protects your cab from being damaged by pulling your bike into the back of your truck. You cannot imagine how many rear windows have been blown out buy doing just that.
3. You get to unload your bikes and lock up your gear under a solid, water tight, secure tonneau cover.
Can I stand on my tonneau cover?
An all too commonly asked question is whether or not you can stand on your tonneau cover. Honestly, when was the last time you had anyone ask if they could stand on the hood of your car? It would seem to me that standing on the average tonneau cover wouldn't make much sense at all, but still, the question comes up more times than you can imagine.
Obviously it must be an important issue. If weight is at the core of the matter, why not ask how much weight the tonneau cover can handle? Why do so many people find the need to stand on the damn thing? Any way, we felt it important enough of a point, based on peoples insistence in finding out whether they can take a stroll on their tonneau, to ensure that all BAK Industries tonneaus at least, were able to allow you to stand on them. Considering that most people weigh less than 400 lbs, there should be no issue standing on any BAK tonneau cover. With that said, here's some advice for anyone that simply has to stand on a BakFlip:
BakFlip tonneau covers are designed to fold over so that each time one panel folds over the next, it is able to withstand an additional 150 lbs of weight. This means that if a panel can handle 150 lbs, then it can handle 350 lbs when folded over. Folding it again will see the BakFlip handle 450 lbs etc. So, before jumping up onto the cover to change that light bulb in your garage, consider this: First fold the cover over once or twice. It will certainly hold your weight without an issue. More importantly however is that when it's folded over, you'll effectively be standing on the underside of the panel. This means that if you ever damage the panel by lets say standing on it with your gold shoes on, you'll not see any visible damage when the cover is closed.
When it comes to a really heavy duty cover like a RollBak all aluminum retractable, you'll have no problem standing on it either. The RollBak is super rugged and it's textured powder coated finish will shrug off pretty much anything you can throw at it. So, when it comes to BAK's retractable or folding tonneau covers, both allow for you to go ahead and do your thing.
But here's the point of this article; I think that most people really want to know whether or not the cover can handle a bunch of isolated weight on it. Unlike a load of snow that is evenly dispersed across the surface of a tonneau, standing on a tonneau cover puts a bunch of weight in one single area. the difference is huge and therefore legitimizes the question.
One thing to consider is that if you're going to put something heavy on the back of your tonneau cover, make sure you can tie it down. I find many one piece tonneau covers and even some poorly designed folding tonneau's that claim to be able to stack a quad bike on the back of them. The problem is that these covers also cover your stake pockets so that tying down the quad is impossible. Make sure your tonneau allows full access to your stake pockets if you're going to be using it to load stuff on it. If it doesn't, you've just spent a ton of money on a solution that's not quite a solution.
BAk Industries tonneau covers always allow full access to stake pockets, so in addition to being able to handle the weight, you can actually put the feature to good use.
Let me know what you think about standing on a tonneau? I'd be interested to get your take on why it's such a commonly asked question.