How To Measure Your Truck Bed For A Tonneau Cover

Take the measurements from where the tailgate begins until where the bed ends.

How to measure your truck bed for a tonneau cover.

Get the truck bed s length. So if your truck bed measures 76 you can go with the product listed for a 6 5 foot bed. The last measurement you will need is the length of the truck bed. Measure your truck bed length.

This is the first thing you need to know and for some trucks the only thing. Put down the tailgate and stand at the end of the bed. Measure the distance between the bed rails starting from inside to inside of the rail. That s because most truck and accessory companies round off their measurements to the nearest half foot.

Extend the measuring tape to the far end of the bed in the center and up against the bulkhead. Place your measuring tape at the bulkhead of your truck bed. Most bed lengths of tonneau covers are rounded so your number should be within in 1 2 inches. Your new tonneau cover must be an inch or half an inch less the dimensions you get here.

Your truck bed length is determined by the distance between the inside of your tailgate and the inside of the bulkhead. Step 2 moving along your bed rail extend the measuring tape to the inside edge of the top of your tailgate. 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.

Convert inches to feet. Extend your measuring tape longways in the center of the bed to the far end up against the bulkhead. Measure the bed length stand at the end of the bed and put down the tailgate.