How To Measure A Truck Bed For A Cover

Accessories such as truck bed covers bed liners and certain nerf bars require knowledge of your truck bed measurements to ensure proper fitment.

How to measure a truck bed for a cover.

Measure your truck bed length. So if your truck bed measures 76 you can go with the product listed for a 6 5 foot bed. Extend your measuring tape longways in the center of the bed to the far end up against the bulkhead. When you measure truck bed length you may find that the exact number does not match any lengths listed on our product pages.

This is the first thing you need to know and for some trucks the only thing. Measure the distance between the bed rails starting from inside to inside of the rail. Your new tonneau cover must be an inch or half an inch less the dimensions you get here. First up bed length.

That s because most truck and accessory companies round off their measurements to the nearest half foot. Your truck bed length is determined by the distance between the inside of your tailgate and the inside of the bulkhead. Put down the tailgate and stand at the end of the bed. Take your measurement at where the bed ends and the tailgate begins.

Get the truck bed s 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 most bed lengths of tonneau covers are rounded so your number should be within in 1 2 inches more helpful measuring information.