Trucks with tonneau covers

[john hall]

I figure the vast majority of us here drive pickups so IF this applies to you I'd like to hear what you do. My son just got a full sized truck with a tonneau cover. The cover really dresses up the truck. Being a student he won't haul a lot of stuff, however mom and dad are sure enjoying being driven around in it. Anyway, hauling groceries and such is a bit of a pain as they tend to slide to the front. I'm considering just getting a cargo net but wouldn't mind something more substantial. I've searched the net and the best thing I have found is an adjustable bar kind of like goes inside semi's. Anybody ever use one? I've also found some nets that appear to be a lot heavier than others that may do the job as well. When it comes to trucks, I'm rather boring in that 26 years of driving one I've never added any accessories other than bed mats and running boards. Some of this stuff looks gimmicky, some really expensive. If you drive a truck with one of these covers, how do you manage your cargo?

Here is a load of oil we got the other day, I used a couple ratchet straps to keep it from going forward.

[PaulS]

In my Chevy truck that had a tonneau cover there was a vertical indention in the bed just to the rear of the wheel well. I used a shaped board in those slots and it held things well for next to nothing cost wise.

[darkminion_17]

My F150 has a bed liner and had a tonneau cover,it has the spot on both sides to put a 2x6 across to keep stuff from moving around,did I mention I removed the cover as it was torn up.

[athomas]

I use the adjustable metal bar but it still is usually set at the wrong height every time I haul something it's to high /to low stuff still slides under it sometimes due to the plastic bed liner. Sometimes I use a large plastic tote and at least the bar keeps it from sliding clear to the bulk head and every thing is consolidated in the tote !

[DieselDoctor]

I have a 2 x 6 cut to length to fit across the bed and be stopped from moving forward by my wheel wells. It's cheap, easily removed, and it works.

[rocker582special]

I had one on my F-150, it also had a spray in bed liner. Never had issues with stuff sliding around. Eventually I took the cover off in favor of a toolbox, plus it gave me more room to haul bigger items. They are nice and do dress up the trucks but that's about the extent of them being useful.

[Berwil]

I would make (or buy) a bed extender. I made one years ago for my old midsize pickup. It was reversible, so it sat on the open tailgate and kept gas cans/gear from falling out when hauling my dirt bike, and fit under the tonneau to keep things from sliding. There are dozens of variations if you search "bed extender" on google. Here is an example, if you open the tailgate, if will flip 180 and enclose the length of the tailgate.

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Bill