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| Author: Charlotte Alice |
| < P > T o n n e a u c o v e r s s e r v e u t i l i t a r i a n a s w e l l a s a e s t h e t i c p u r p o s e s . M a n y p e o p l e p r e f e r t h e l o o k o f a t i d y s t r e a m l i n e d c o v e r t o t h a t o f a n e m p t y , o p e n t r u c k b e d . B e y o n d a e s t h e t i c a p p e a l , t h e r e a r e s e v e r a l p r a c t i c a l r e a s o n s t o i n c o r p o r a t e a T o n n e a u c o v e r i n t o y o u r t r u c k ’ s e x t e r i o r s t y l i n g . < / P > < P > F i r s t o f a l l , a s a n y o n e c a n t e l l y o u , o p e n t r u c k b e d s p r o d u c e d r a g . D r a g i s t h e f o r c e t h a t i s f u n d a m e n t a l l y o p p o s i t e f r o m t h a t o f t h r u s t , o r t h e f o r w a r d m o t i o n o f a p r o p e l l e d o b j e c t . T h e f a s t e r t h e d r i v i n g s p e e d , t h e m o r e d r a g i s p r o d u c e d . F o r t h i s r e a s o n , p e o p l e t h a t r e g u l a r l y d r i v e c r o s s c o u n t r y a t h i g h s p e e d s a r e t h r o w i n g m o n e y o u t t h e w i n d o w i n t e r m s o f t h e e x t r a m o n e y t h e y ’ r e s p e n d i n g o n p u r c h a s i n g g a s o l i n e t o r u n t h e i r v e h i c l e i f t h e y d o n o t d o s o m e t h i n g t o r e d u c e t h e e x t r e m e a m o u n t s o f d r a g t h a t a r e p r o d u c e d b y l a r g e o p e n t r u c k b e d s . < / P > < P > T h e r e a r - m o s t l i p o f t h e t r u c k b e d i s , n a t u r a l l y , t h e p o r t i o n o f t h e t r u c k t h a t c r e a t e s t h e m o s t d r a g . A l s o , s m a l l e r t r u c k s a n d o t h e r s p o r t u t i l i t y v e h i c l e s m a y n o t h a v e t h e s a m e l e v e l o f d r a g p r o b l e m , b u t w i l l b e n e f i t f r o m u s i n g a T o n n e a u c o v e r . M o s t p e o p l e t h a t d r i v e f u l l - s i z e d p i c k u p t r u c k s n o t i c e a m a r k e d d i f f e r e n c e i n g a s m i l e a g e r a t e s a s w e l l a s d r i v i n g p e r f o r m a n c e o n t h e h i g h w a y . < / P > < P > I n a d d i t i o n t o a e s t h e t i c s a n d a e r o d y n a m i c f a c t o r s , T o n n e a u c o v e r s a l s o p r o v i d e p r o t e c t i o n a g a i n s t t h e f t . I f w o u l d b e t h i e v e s c a n n o t s e e o r e a s i l y a c c e s s i t e m s s t o r e d i n a t r u c k b e d , t h e y w i l l n o t b e n e a r l y a s l i k e l y t o a t t e m p t s t e a l i n g t h e m . < / P > < P > O n e o f t h e b i g g e s t a d v a n t a g e s o f u s i n g a T o n n e a u C o v e r o v e r o t h e r s y s t e m s f o r e n c l o s i n g t h e o p e n b e d a r e a i s t h a t T o n n e a u C o v e r s a r e g e n e r a l l y m u c h m o r e a f f o r d a b l e t h a n o t h e r b r a n d s . T h e y o f f e r s e v e r a l s t y l e s a n d c o l o r s t h a t w i l l f i t a n y t r u c k o w n e r ’ s b u d g e t . < / P > < P > T h e d i f f e r e n t s y s t e m s o f f e r e d b y T o n n e a u C o v e r s i s t h e r a i l s y s t e m , t h e l o w p r o f i l e r a i l s y s t e m a n d t h e h o o k & a m p ; l o o p s y s t e m . T h e m o s t p o p u l a r v e r s i o n i s t h e t r a d i t i o n a l r a i l s y s t e m T o n n e a u C o v e r . T h i s d e s i g n u t i l i z e s a p e r i m e t e r o f a n o d i z e d a l u m i n u m f r a m i n g t h a t m o u n t s q u i c k l y a n d e a s i l y w i t h o u t t h e u s e o f a n y s c r e w s o f a d h e s i v e . A l s o , a s p e c i a l k e y i s p r o v i d e d f o r e a s y r e m o v e l o f t h e f r a m e d r a i l s y s t e m . < / P > < P > T h e l o w p r o f i l e T o n n e a u C o v e r d e s i g n i s c o m p r i s e d o f t h e s a m e p i e c e s t h a t t h e r a i l s y s t e m i s , e x c e p t t h a t t h e m o r e t r a d i t i o n a l s n a p s t y l e h e a d s a r e u s e d i n s t e a d o f t h e h i d d e n f a s t e n e r s o f t h e r a i l s y s t e m . < / P > < P > T h e h o o k & a m p ; l o o p T o n n e a u C o v e r s y s t e m i s q u i t e d i f f e r e n t f r o m t h e o t h e r t w o d e s i g n s i n t h a t s e l f - a d h e s i v e s t r i p s a r e p l a c e d a r o u n d t h e t o p o u t e r e d g e o f t h e t r u c k b e d . T h e s e a d h e s i v e s t r i p s h a v e a V e l c r o m a t e r i a l o n t h e e x p o s e d s i d e , a s d o e s t h e u n d e r s i d e o f t h e c o v e r . < / P > < P > A l l T o n n e a u C o v e r s c o m e w i t h s t r a p s t h a t a r e l o c a t e d a t t h e f r o n t e n d o f t h e t r u c k b e d . T h e s e a r e t o e a s i l y s e c u r e t h e r o l l e d u p c o v e r w h e n l a r g e o b j e c t s a r e t o o t a l l t o h a v e t h e T o n n e a u C o v e r p l a c e d o v e r t h e m . W h e n t h e c o v e r i s n o t i n u s e i t c a n b e r o l l e d u p a n d s e c u r e d w i t h n o w o r r y a b o u t t h e c o v e r b l o w i n g a w a y . < / P > |
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