Tom57
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My Motto: Buy It Once So You Don't Have To Buy It Again
I couldn't make up my mind between a hard or soft Tonneau cover - they both come in tri-fold that I want
I can be a cheapskate and find a soft tri-fold for as low as $180 or I can spend $500+ for a hard tri-fold.
My issue is snow and ice load on the bed cover in the winter, I live in a high mountain snow belt where it's normal to get feet of snow and I just have issues of a foot of snow weight crashing down a soft bed cover, yes, I know it has a ridge on it where some snow can slide off but many times we get heavy snow mixed with rain that freezes that turns the snow pack stuck like a big snow ice cube.
My disavantages is I use my bed a lot for heavy hauling where I will need to remove the tonneau frequently and it will be heavier and much more effort to remove. But most of the time I'm not hauling.
The Amazon picture shows a man standing on top of the hard tonneau cover that supports 350 lbs, has anybody tested that on their own hard cover? ( I would rather buy the $500 one from Amazon than spend $1000+ for the brand name ones thinking they are the same )
and I believe the hard covers that sit on top of the side bed rails are stronger and better weather protection-sealing than the low profile level fit ones that use an added rail ?
I would love to read your opinions
Thank You
I couldn't make up my mind between a hard or soft Tonneau cover - they both come in tri-fold that I want
I can be a cheapskate and find a soft tri-fold for as low as $180 or I can spend $500+ for a hard tri-fold.
My issue is snow and ice load on the bed cover in the winter, I live in a high mountain snow belt where it's normal to get feet of snow and I just have issues of a foot of snow weight crashing down a soft bed cover, yes, I know it has a ridge on it where some snow can slide off but many times we get heavy snow mixed with rain that freezes that turns the snow pack stuck like a big snow ice cube.
My disavantages is I use my bed a lot for heavy hauling where I will need to remove the tonneau frequently and it will be heavier and much more effort to remove. But most of the time I'm not hauling.
The Amazon picture shows a man standing on top of the hard tonneau cover that supports 350 lbs, has anybody tested that on their own hard cover? ( I would rather buy the $500 one from Amazon than spend $1000+ for the brand name ones thinking they are the same )
and I believe the hard covers that sit on top of the side bed rails are stronger and better weather protection-sealing than the low profile level fit ones that use an added rail ?
I would love to read your opinions
Thank You