How To Measure A Truck Bed For A Cover

Your truck bed length is determined by the distance between the inside of your tailgate and the inside of the bulkhead.

How to measure a truck bed for a cover.

Place your measuring tape at the bulkhead of your truck bed. Put down the tailgate and stand at the end of the bed. Your new tonneau cover must be an inch or half an inch less the dimensions you get here. Measure the distance between the bed rails starting from inside to inside of the rail.

First up bed length. 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. Extend your measuring tape longways in the center of the bed to the far end up against the bulkhead.

Measure your truck bed length. This is the first thing you need to know and for some trucks the only thing. Take your measurement at where the bed ends and the tailgate begins. The last measurement you will need is the length of the truck bed.

Accessories such as truck bed covers bed liners and certain nerf bars require knowledge of your truck bed measurements to ensure proper fitment. Follow these simple instructions to determine the length of your truck bed.