Tonneau Covers for contractors & construction
If you're a contractor, a builder, a plumber, an electrician or anyone that works in construction, you likely own a pickup truck and probably want to know what the best tonneau cover choice would be for your truck. In a sea of options, let's consider what's important to you:
Contractors tonneau cover
1. The ability to carry and lock up your tools in the back of your truck is probably very important. As such, a hard tonneau cover is a must, as a soft tonneau probably won't give you the security you need.
2. Water resistance is very important too. You don't want your expensive tools, plans, samples or gear getting damaged form the elements.
3. The ability to gain easy access to your truck bed is important. You don't want to move that wheelbarrow, saw, table, fridge, furniture or anything else that's large and have to now find a place to store a large monster of a tonneau cover. That's why a good folding tonneau cover or retractable tonneau cover would suit you better.
4. Consider that space in the back of your truck is precious, so be careful not to get a folding tonneau cover that takes up a quarter of your bed or even worse a third or half of your bed. Look at the new BakFlip folding tonneau covers. They will give you great security and full use of your whole truck bed when you need it, without having to remove it. retractable tonneau covers like the RollBak are very strong, but remember, they have a canister that the cover rolls into which can get in the way.
5. You probably have the need to use a rack every now and then. This point dramatically reduces your options for a good contractors tonneau cover, because if you consider the important features you need out of a tonneau cover, there are very few that cater to your precise requirements. Now what you need is a tonneau cover that gives full security against theft and the elements, full access to your truck bed and the ability to accommodate a contractors rack.
To my knowledge, the only such tonneau cover is the BakFlip Contractor Series (CS). This folding tonneau cover has a really trick contractors rack built into it that can slide and be removed in seconds. It is strong, American built and designed for the Ultimate Contractors rig. The BakFlip CS gives you options to add tie downs, lumber grips and other job solution tools to your tonneau cover as well.
BakFlip CS contractors tonneau cover
BAK Industries is also able to make a custom tonneau cover for you to work with a toolbox that you may have on your truck as well. check them out at www.bakliner.com or call them at (818) 365-9000.