I think I know what cover I want now, just gotta start saving

 

I know right! I'm kinda kicking myself for not getting one of those to begin with, maybe someone out there would like a nice, used, PE JackRabbit in good condition!

Did you take a look at the one that has a toolbox built in? Nice, but $$$$!

- NCSU

 

It just takes up to much room when rolled up,but that me .I went with the Undercover only weights 58 pounds and you don't have to worry about scratching it or storing it.

 

I went with the rollup soft. There are too many times I get to someones house and they need to have something hauled and with the soft I can just roll it up and take it clean off in about a minute.

 

If you take it off, where do you put it?

 

Have you thought about a BakFlip? I had one on my Frontier and just ordered one for my F150 (comes in Oct 29!!!).
Cost me $637 including "free shipping". It is a hard top that folds up into 3 pieces (or more depending on bed length). Holds 200lbs and allows the bed to be locked up.
The biggest advantage besides the ability to lock down the bed and travel with stuff in there dry is if you go to Lowes or somewhere else and buy more than you intended you can fold it all the way up against the rear window and you have all your bed space. That's pretty important for someone like me with a 5'5" bed. The roll up hard tops take up too much of that space.
If you know in advance you are going shopping for big stuff, it takes about 3 minutes to take it off and put it in the garage.
Here's the link: http://www.bakliner.com/g2.htm
If you want to see it on a SCrew, give me a 'til next weekend and I could post some pics.

 

People had theses on company trucks and they all leak,maybe they fix that problem.

 

I have a leer cover....I have no complaints about it....although I do have a trailer if I ever need to haul something large.

 

I have the Bak Flip also. Lockable, good looking, and 100% dry. Now the 1st generation Bak Flip's leaked but not the G2. I have yet to see a drop of water in mine. You can fold it all the way up in about 12.3 seconds or completely remove it in under 3 minutes (sorry timberwolf, I must be a little younger than you lol) Fits flush with the bed.

 

They fixed it

 

It only takes seconds for someone to break a window also..........

And in my case, it only takes seconds to make sweet love..........

No tonneau cover guarantees security. Most of them come with locks that a screwdriver can open. The idea is that you don't leave your valuables behind in your truck. Especially over night. You will not believe how many laptop computers, global positioning navigation devices, MP3 music players, purses, leather jackets, video cameras, et cetera, that I see sitting in plain view. You will not believe how many automobile windows get broken to steal these items which are left in plain view. I've never seen a tonneau cover cut open just because the thieves were on a "fishing expedition". When truck covers are broken into, it's usually because the thief already has an idea of what's inside that he/she wants from you.

I have my tonneau to keep the rain off items in my truck bed. It also helps with the truck's aerodynamics. Under the cover, I have a tool box secured with Master Commercial locks. But even Master Locks really won't keep a crook from taking my stuff.

But if you're dumb enough to have all your savings in a coffee can in the truck bed, secure it with a piece of vinyl held on by Velcro, and then leave it out there over night; you deserve to get ripped off. Just like those idiots who leave their computers, iPods, & GPS on the dashboard. That's just inviting trouble. I don't like to blame the victim; but some victims are to blame. That's like a man dressing as a woman, and wondering why people treat him different.

 

No problem Johnny. I was making the assumption not everyone was as young as me and would NEED the extra minute or so. However I am definitely not the youngest guy here.

Good pics of the tonneau flat with the bed and up against the rear window. I didn't want to post my Nissan pics and won't have it installed on the Ford until it gets here next week.

I can't speak to anyone ever having a leak with these. I do know (based on web research) the G2 is much improved over the first generation (G1). Not just the weather seals, but the entire cover was manufactured using different materials and joints. I can say my G2 never leaked into the bed. Maybe the first generation did. Just based on build differences I would only buy a G2 anyway.

If you look closely to Johnny's pics in the very front corner are huge down tubes that take the water that collects in the joints and channels and runs it toward the cab and out the drain plug in the front bed wall of the truck. Again not sure if those were on a G1, but they worked well on my G2.

There are no "locks" per se on this cover. It has metal extensions that extend into a channel along the cover. These metal protrusions are what lock it down, the cover can only be lifted from the inside/underneath. Your tailgate lock is the only thing you mess with and that is a little more sturdy than some of the locks on the "hard" tonneau covers.

 

 

I priced an Undercover for my 08 F-150 this morning . $750.00 installed. 5 1/2 ' bed.

 

Thats why I love Covers, I am not a moving service. oops sorry can't fit it.

You would understand if you had my mother-in-law.