How To Measure A Truck Bed For A Tonneau Cover

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How to measure a truck bed for a tonneau cover.

Extend your measuring tape longways in the center of the bed to the far end up against the bulkhead. If you are fitting your truck bed for something like a bed rug or a tonneau cover you may need to know its dimensions in fractions for instance 6 2 feet. First up bed length. Record the measurement in inches.

Bulkhead wall like structure located at the front of the bed to protect driver from cargo. Your new tonneau cover must be an inch or half an inch less the dimensions you get here. Extend the measuring tape to the far end of the bed in the center and up against the bulkhead. Access roll up tonneau cover.

Step 2 moving along your bed rail extend the measuring tape to the inside edge of the top of your tailgate. Inches to feet conversion there are 12 inches in a foot so divide total number of inches by 12 to get your measurement in feet. Put down the tailgate and stand at the end of the bed. Measure the bed length stand at the end of the bed and put down the tailgate.

Measure front inside to rear inside play video. More helpful measuring information. Measure the distance between the bed rails starting from inside to inside of the rail. Place your measuring tape at the bulkhead of your truck bed.

Take your measurement at where the bed ends and the tailgate begins. Most bed lengths of tonneau covers are rounded so your number should be within in 1 2 inches. The last measurement you will need is the length of the truck bed. Pay no sales tax.

Get the truck bed s length. Take the measurements from where the tailgate begins until where the bed ends. You can do this by simply dividing the number of inches your tape measure will show total inches as well as feet by 12.