Archive for May, 2011

Folding Tonneau Covers

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

Why are Our Folding Tonneau Covers Better than the Rest?

While we are not the only manufacturers of folding tonneau covers in the market, we feel that ours are far and above the best available and with good reason. Our folding tonneau covers are manufactured from FRP or aircraft grade aluminum, depending on which style you choose. This makes them far more durable that those plastic tonneau covers that other manufacturers are selling.

With seamless rubber hinges made from EPOM, you will never need to worry about water leaking into the bed of your truck and ruining your load. This material will never rust, rip, leak or become too stiff to function when the weather is cold.  Finally folding tonneau covers from Bak Liner have one big advantage over the other guys, they fold up to give you full access to the entire length of your bed, the other guys end up leaving the last two feet or so unusable as this is as far as they fold up.

Hard Tonneau Covers

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Hard Tonneau Covers Cut Your Costs at the Pump

With the price of a gallon of gas still hovering around the $4 a gallon mark in every state in the country with the exception of those that are already well over this price, driving a pickup truck with an open bed just doesn’t make any sense.  With an open bed, that closed tailgate acts just like an air dam as you are driving down the road, our hard tonneau covers are the perfect solution to this problem.

When you install one of the hard tonneau covers form Bak Liner on your truck, you cover the entire bed creating a smooth surface for the air to travel over, stopping the tailgate from acting like a giant airbrake. Once you install a tonneau cover on your truck, you will begin experiencing as much as a 20% increase in your overall fuel economy. This is no small savings when you measure the high cost of fuel today and the average low mileage of most pickup trucks.

Tonneau Covers

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Not all Tonneau Covers are Created Equally

If you are shopping for tonneau covers, you should be prepared to spend some time looking closely at the different brands on the market as you are going to find that not all tonneau covers are made to the same high standards of quality. It might be tempting to try and save money by purchasing a cheaper cover; the only problem with this is that you are going to get what you pay for.

Many of the cheaper tonneau covers are made from plastic if they are hard covers or of course vinyl for soft covers. Neither of these materials is going to last long, nor are they going to take much in the way of abuse.  The worst part is that while these covers may look great when you first buy them, but after just a few months they end up looking like they are several years old. At Bak Liner all of our tonneau covers are made from the finest materials available to ensure that not only do they last for many years, they stay looking good.

Tonneau Cover

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

Is a Tonneau Cover Really Necessary?

Even though you might have bought your pickup truck for personal use and generally do not use it haul or store anything of real value in the bed, you can still benefit from installing a tonneau cover. When you own a pickup truck you are going to use it for things like grocery shopping and other personal errands. If you do this with an open bed, you risk having your purchases stolen or at the very least exposed to rain, snow and the rest of whatever the weather has to throw at them.

Even if you never use your truck to carry anything, adding a tonneau cover from Bak Liner can help you save money every time you go for a drive. This is because the tailgate of your truck acts just like a wall and this will cut down on your fuel economy. By adding a tonneau cover you create a much more streamlined aerodynamically correct shape, this can help improve your fuel consumption significantly.

Retractable Tonneau Covers

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Our Retractable Tonneau Covers are Watertight

Far too many people complain that the other leading brands of retractable tonneau covers let the rain and snow in on the things that they have stored in their truck beds. Many of these less expensive covers rely solely on the fact that the individual slats are designed to overlap each other to seal and this simply does not work as they end up letting water drip through and ruin the items in your truck bed.

Our Bak Liner RollBak retractable tonneau covers use EPDM to form a seal along each individual slat.  This is the same rubber material that is used to make the seals the go around the doors of your truck. It is strong enough to last lifetime and soft enough to create a permanent seal that will stay flexible no matter how cold it gets to ensure that everything in your bed stays perfectly dry.

Folding Tonneau Covers

Friday, May 20th, 2011

Our Folding Tonneau Covers Give You Plenty of Room for Big Items

One of the biggest complaints people seem to have with most folding tonneau covers is that even when they are folded out of the way, they are still in the way. You installed a tonneau cover on your truck to provide you with a dry safe place to store things such as work tools and the groceries. The problem is that if your cover cannot be folded completely out of the way so that you can carry big items such as your favorite dirt bike or the tiller for your garden, you are going to have to remove it completely

At Bak Liner our Bak Flip folding tonneau covers are designed so that they fold up against the back of the cab and stay that way giving you access to every inch of your truck bed. The panels are flush mounted with our patented rail system to allow you access to the stake pockets so that you can use them for rails, racks tie downs.

Hard Tonneau Covers

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Hard Tonneau Covers Provide You with Real Security

That soft tonneau cover might provide you with easy access to the things you have stored in the bed of your truck, but it gives everyone including would be thieves the same level of easy access.  If you install one of our hard tonneau covers with full locking security it will keep all of your stored items out of site as well as safe and sound. No matter whether you choose one of our tilt back, folding or retractable cover, they all provide you with lockable security.

Not only do our Bak Liner hard tonneau covers provide you with superior security, they are the only folding hard cover that provides you with full access to your bed. Once folded up out of the way you will be able to use your entire bed and not just a portion of it like so many of the other covers. When you have a big load to carry this can be a very important factor.

Tonneau Covers

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Becoming a Bak Liner Tonneau Covers Dealer

If you are already running an automotive repair shop and are looking for a way to increase your revenue, then you need to consider adding a Bak Liner tonneau covers dealership to your line up. We feature the best hard tonneau covers in the industry. With several different styles to choose from, your customers will keep you very busy installing them on their trucks.

All of our tonneau covers are made from the finest materials available including FRP and aircraft grade aluminum to ensure that your customers will always be more than satisfied with their purchase. They also feature our patented no holes installation technique and can be installed in a very short period of time. All you have to do to become a Bak Liner dealer is visit our web site and fill out an application so that we can establish your account and you are on your way.

Tonneau Cover

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

What Kind of Tonneau Cover Should I Buy?

Of all the questions we are asked here at Bak Liner this is the most common one we are asked. Most truck owners know that they want some type of tonneau cover on their truck; they just don’t know which one will best suit their needs. To begin with, you need to think about how you use your truck. If you are using it for your grocery runs or to carry the things you need for your next DIY project, a light duty cover will suit you perfectly.

You might find that our RollBak is the perfect answer, while it is heavy duty, it is very easy to operate and can be locked. If you need a tonneau cover that is a little more heavy duty for work use, consider the TiltBak. This one piece cover is easy to install and remove for when you need to have full access to your bed and can carry up to 300 pounds of load. We carry a full line of tonneau covers to fit most of today’s trucks.

Aluminum Tonneau Covers

Monday, May 16th, 2011

Our Aluminum Tonneau Covers Work Hard Just Like You

You work hard on the jobsite it only makes sense that the tonneau cover you choose should be up to the task as well. Those soft covers are only good for show as they are not made to carry a load. Bak Liner’s aluminum tonneau covers are built to take whatever you have to throw at them. Not only are the designed to protect your load from the weather, they are impervious to chemicals like gasoline, fertilizers, acids and many other hazardous things that you probably carry around your worksites.

At the same our aluminum tonneau covers provide you with a solid deck that can handle up to 450 pounds of load weight. Finally you can keep your valuable tools locked safely under the cover and stow the lumber you need for your next project on your built in flat bed surface. Your tonneau cover has never been so useful.