I know this isn't the right forum to post this post but I tried other forums and didn't get much response so I desided to post it in this secton. seems alot more people come here.
I have been looking at roll up toneau's. I like the retrax covor but it is too expencive for me so I have been looking for cheaper options and have narrowed it down to the Extang Rt or the Truxedo Lo-Pro . both have similar designs and life time warranties. the extang seems to me to have a better seal on the sides of the cover. dose any one on hear have any experience with these covers. here it has been known to get 20+ degrees below zero in the winter and 100+ in the summer so it needs to be versitil in all climates. It needs to be able to support snow as it can snow as much as a foot in 24 hours here in the winter. dose any one here have any experience negetive or posative with these covers. any info would be greatly appreciated.

 

I have the Truxedo Lo-Pro on my Flairside and it is great. Last winter I had about 6"-8" of wet snow on it and it held up fine. The crossbars are supported by the framework around the bed so there is no sagging. It is made of a heavy duty vinyl material and is really easy to use in cold weather. I have had snap on tonneaus before and I had to wait until spring to get them back on the truck. I have a few pics of it in my gallery if you want to take a look

 

Hay thanks for the info Cincy. your truck is a little like mine. if you like red trucks check out mine in my gallary.
another question are the rails that run doun the side of the bed made fairly sturdy so if I have something in the back of my bed and it slides or falls against it will it damage easily?

 

They are very sturdy as I had to help a friend move and we stacked all kinds of stuff against them. One thing that you need to know is that you will have to drill 6 holes on the bottom edge of the bed rails to attach the side rails. If you go to the Truxedo site and look at the Lo-Pro page, they have a picture that shows the installation on a flair. You have a great looking truck! I was just checking out your gallery. I want to upgrade to 285 BFG's on my truck as well as put in an Autospring leveling kit. I am just waiting to find that pot-o-gold.

 

I have the extang rt on my lariat screw and love it. Here in St. Louis we dont get that much snow but last year we had about an inch and a half of ice. The cover never sagged, but as it melted large sheets of ice came off on the highway. Im glad I choose the extsng its installs without drilling, just two clamps per side. Took about 30 min. It does seal tight and does not flop on the highway. It also is flat with the top of the bed and I can still install bed rails if I want.

Good luck with your choice.

Some day Im going to barrow a camera and have a gallery.

 

Also you can still use the Bed Extender with the XTang RT. I was looking at the JackRabbit cover, but it said you couldn't use the Bed Extender with theirs. I have some photos of mine in my gallery.

 

thanks for the info guys. in my research of these covers I also found out the access covor was the same. and all I have heard was good things about all three. now I got a three way tie. decisions desesions desisions. well this weekend I am going to go to some local dealers and look at a few of them. then I will decide.

 

I've had the Truxedo Lo Pro on my '04 standard bed since March. One good thing about it is it has never leaked a drop into the bed. Through rough rain at highway speeds and high pressure washes it has stayed dry. The automatic adjustment seems to be working right, as I haven't touched the original setting since March, even though the temp has changed 80 degrees.

I really like mine.

 

See my gallery for pics of the Truxedo cover I've got on my truck. I've never had to adjust it since its installation on the day I picked up my truck in mid-November 2003. It's great!

 

well I went to three dealers today and looked at all three. and I am still undecided. thay are all three vary similar in many ways. I am leaning in the direction of the extangrt becouse it is lower profile and cheaper although it seems the extang is lower profile it seems to have it may be less water tight. thay all seem to have the same quality. I got a sample of the material the truxedo is made of it was 4 X 6 and had a slit cut in the middle of it to show its strength. man that stuff it strong. I was impressed. I couldn't rip it if I tried. I put my fingers through that slit and really tried to rip it and couldn't. it looks like the same material on all three though.

 

i have to chime in for the truxedo.mine was mail orderd custom fit for my toolbox and i dont have a complaint. also ,you wont get into it unless you cut it. so theres no use people tryin to steal it . as for your stuff underneath? outta sight outta mind. if they want, they'll get it. regardless.

 

hay Cincy F150. I went to truxedo and looked at the instalation for the truxedo on the 04 flareside. it didn't look like there was any holes to drill. it looked like the clamps reached up behind the bed rails no drilling maybe I missed something I am going to go back and look again. or maybe they desighned some new clamps that work better with the flareside sense you bought yours. I amstill undecided on which cover to get. I was leaning in the direction of the extang rt. because it is cheaper and lower profile. but it't warranty which is supposed to be life time wasn't really a life time and didn't cover everything and covered less than 100% after 3 years. I have yet to get a good look at the warranty for the truxedo yet.it cost about 100 bucks more than the extang so it is gona be a hard decide if it has a better warranty.

 

The regular bed setup doesn't require drilling holes,but the flairside and the previous Screw required drilling. It's wasn't a big deal to me because of the quality of the product. BTW, Truxedo has a true lifetime warranty.
TruXedoŽ LIFETIME WARRANTY
The only warranty in the industry that covers everything, even the fabric.
Warranty applies to original owner.
Check out this link:
http://www.truxedo.com/pdf/1115437-2...-side-rail.pdf

It shows that the bolts go below the rail,but actually,they go through the bottom part and the clamp for the back doesn't exist. If you reach up behind the plastic bedcap you will be able to feel about 1" of a steel lip that the hole goes through.

Here is the link to the main website.
http://www.truxedo.com/

 

hay Cincy F150 thanks for the info. that is the same drawing I saw before. if that drawing is wrong it is false advertiseing. I emailed truxedo to get to the bottom of this. I am hopeing truxedo might have developed a differant clamp after you bought yours that looks like that drawing and requires no holes. drilling holes wouldn't be such a big deal to me either but someday I might decide to get a retrax or some sort of retractable hard cover. that is actually what I wanted to get in the first place but they cost about double the price.