How To Measure Your 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.

How to measure your truck bed for a tonneau cover.

Measure the bed length stand at the end of the bed and put down the tailgate. When you measure truck bed length you may find that the exact number does not match any lengths listed on our product pages. Step 2 moving along your bed rail extend the measuring tape to the inside edge of the top of your tailgate. So if your truck bed measures 76 you can go with the product listed for a 6 5 foot bed.

Extend the measuring tape to the far end of the bed in the center and up against the bulkhead. This is the first thing you need to know and for some trucks the only thing. Your truck bed length is determined by the distance between the inside of your tailgate and the inside of the bulkhead. First up bed length.

Use measure and start from the bulkhead of your truck and measure all the way to the inside edge of the tailgate. Most bed lengths of tonneau covers are rounded so your number should be within in 1 2 inches. 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.

Measure your truck bed length. Take your measurement at where the bed ends and the tailgate begins. Put down the tailgate and stand at the end of the bed. Record the measurement in inches.

Get the truck bed s length. The last measurement you will need is the length of the truck bed. Convert inches to feet.