Hey, guys.
It's Joe from AmericanTrucks.
And today, we gonna to be working with the Rough Country Soft Tri-Fold Tonneau Bed Cover,
fitting all '15 and newer.
F-150s with either the 5.5 or 6.5-foot beds.
Now, simply put, this is gonna be perfect for the F-150 owner who's looking for one
of the most cost-effective ways to get some coverage over their cargo.
This is made out of a durable and UV-resistant double coated vinyl, it's stretched over a
6061 aluminum frame which means there's no buttons or snaps.
Tonneau covers that are made out of vinyl like this one are infamous for shrinking.
So when you go with a cost-effective option that usually feature buttons or snaps, in
the wintertime, you're gonna be really, really struggling to get those snaps at the back
and basically stretching this thing out by hand.
The fact that this is stretched over that awesome aircraft grade 6061 aluminum frame,
means you're never gonna be fighting any buttons or snaps, as this thing is going to be good
to go even in the coldest temperatures.
So speaking about rolling this thing up and down, you can get that done with some serious
speed as well.
It's got this lever action tension system at the tailgate that makes this extremely
easy to use, very fast to roll up and down and get your cargo sealed away from the elements
as fast as possible.
This guy is gonna be one of the most cost-effective options on the website, it's gonna drop in
right around that $260 mark.
This is gonna be the perfect option for the guy who is looking for a basic tonneau cover
to keep their stuff sealed away from the rain, keep it out of the sun and prying eyes as
well.
Now, if you're still not sold on this one, Rough Country even throws in a three-year
limited lifetime warranty.
Install is going to be extremely easy.
No tools required for this one, so no modification.
Obviously, no drilling, nothing like that.
It's gonna make this an easy one out of three wrenches on our difficulty meter.
It should take you no longer than 10 minutes to get this hooked up to your truck in the
driveway.
So without any further ado, let me show you how it's done.
So like I said earlier, no tools required for this one and this is pretty much good
to go right out of the box.
All we're gonna do is pick the thing up and throw it across the bed of our truck.
You want to make sure the side with the latching mechanism is face down toward the bed of the
truck.
So now we're just gonna climb underneath, take that latch, slide the whole thing over.
You want to make sure that this lip makes it underneath the bed rail and make sure everything
is aligned and then you can tighten this thumbscrew.
Now we can come to the other side of the bed and do the same thing.
Again, I'm just gonna slide this over.
Make sure that lip seats and tighten up this thumbscrew.
As you see this right now, this is gonna be the rolled up position.
We're just gonna come up to the top here.
And if you haven't done so already, we can unclip these buckles.
Already have the one on the other side done and we're just gonna unroll the tonneau cover.
So as far as the rear latch system goes, it's gonna come out of the box just like this.
As you can see, the handle is in this little patch right here, this is basically the stowed
away position.
You want to make sure it makes it back to this position every time you roll the tonneau
cover up and down, otherwise, this might poke a hole in vinyl or just rattle around which
you definitely don't want.
But with that being said, we're just gonna pull that away from the catch here, flip that
down.
And we're gonna pull this lever up to make this go into the open position right there,
then we could lower our tonneau cover.
And all we're going to do is slide that over.
You can see we're already pretty tight to the bed rail here.
This is threaded, so if this needs to come up a little bit, you could spin it and dial
in your adjustment exactly how you need it.
Once that's under the lip though, just pull down on this handle and that lobe at the top
of the handle is basically going to pull this tight into the bed rail and create that tight
seal.
Now we're just gonna come over to the other side and do the same thing.
As you can see, this is how you adjust this up and down.
Once that's dialed in, I'm just gonna put that under the lip, pull down on this lever
and lock it in place.
And lastly, close the tailgate.
But that's gonna do it for my review and install of the Rough Country Soft Tri-Fold Tonneau
Bed Cover, fitting all '15 and newer F-150s with either the 5.5 or 6.5-foot beds.
Thank you for watching.
I'm Joe.
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