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Some hard covers can be a hassle when you need to haul tall or long gear. The Lomax Hard Tonneau Cover fixes that with a tri-fold design that opens up two-thirds of your bed in seconds. Built-in handles and quick-release cords at the tailgate make it easy to fold from either side, and integrated storage clips with retractable straps keep the panels secure when folded. If you need the entire bed, just lift and slide the lightweight panels off without tools.
This cover is made from high-caliber aluminum that’s 20 percent stronger than typical truck body panels. It’s impact-resistant, holds up to 400 lbs of evenly distributed weight, and still weighs only about 50 lbs itself. The aluminum side rails add rigidity with a high strength-to-weight ratio, so it’s tough enough for daily use yet light enough for one-person removal.
Rain, snow, and dust stay out thanks to continuous rubber seals along the rails and vinyl-coated hinges that block moisture. A slight arc across the cover helps water run off instead of pooling, so there’s no need for drain tubes. Flexible seals and limited metal-on-metal contact also cut down vibration for a quieter ride on rough roads.
The cover sits just?½" above the bed rails for a streamlined look that reduces wind drag and improves fuel economy. When closed, the panels automatically latch at 10 points along the rails—two hooks at the front, four intermediate hooks, and four latches—to keep everything tight and secure. With your tailgate locked, there are no exposed handles or exterior latches to pry at, keeping your gear safely out of sight.
Mounting the cover doesn’t take special tools or holes in your truck. The aluminum rails clamp inside the bed using eight Tight Bite clamps that hold firm while leaving stake pockets open for racks or tie-downs. Once aligned, the panels drop into place, latch automatically as they unfold, and are ready for use right away.
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Today, we're looking at a pretty sweet upgrade for your truck. This is the Lomax Aluminum Hard tri-fold Tonneau Cover. What sets this one apart from most of the others on our website is it leaves enough room for our stake pockets to be uncovered. So this is a great candidate for a awesome Tonneau Cover Ladder Rack combo. It's gonna keep all those sensitive items and tools and stuff on the inside of your bed nice and dry but we're also gonna have an extra 500 pounds to be able to put up on here with our Ladder Rack. So I think that's pretty cool.
Trucks are meant to do stuff. And with this combo you're gonna be able to do a lot more stuff than some of your friends. And just so you know this is the Adarac Ladder Rack. We have nice seals all the way around the whole entire Tonneau Cover. So when I take this out, you can see the first little section of leather stripping down on the bottom, but it's gonna go all the way around.
The cool thing about this is you don't really have to get up in the bed to make it fold back. All you have to do is come down low and we only need one hand so we can pull this string for this side and pull down a little bit more for that side. Then you can fold it up. Look at that. That's just really cool.
It's very, very close. So a lot of these other tri-fold type Hard Tonneau Covers, they typically have the seals on the outside. This has the seal on the inside which gives us that perfect amount of clearance that is gonna work with this Ladder Rack. So we're gonna fold it back once. The second time you don't have to undo any latches or anything.
You just fold it back again, just like this. And we can drive like this, but what we wanna do before we drive is if you look down at the window over here right at the bulk head, there's gonna be a little notch right here. And this little string is gonna go like this. So that is gonna prevent it from kind of flapping around if you're going off the road or anything. But there's one more little thing that will kind of help with this type of movement. I don't think it's going to come undone, but if you take a closer look, you'll see that we do have some hooks right here. So that'll snap in. But even with these off and this one on both sides. So with this one off and this one off, it's still not going to come undone. It's just a last minute second precaution just to make sure that it's not gonna come undone. But this little string right here will allow it to come up because this isn't something that we're gonna be able to fold up against the cab of our truck. That's just kind of an extra little latch to make sure it's gonna be nice and secure. So we can drive with it like this; In the drive mode, from the very very back of our bed to this part right here, it's about 25 inches and we're not gonna be able to change that at all. The only thing we can do at this point is maybe pull this and then pull it back and then we can remove it. So if you really wanted to, you could do that. It's very, very easy to take on and off. So you could definitely do that if you really needed the bed, it's full length to put some stuff in. Our side rails is what our whole entire Tonneau Cover is gonna sit on and it only takes up about two inches from the inside lip of the rails on the bed of the truck. So that's not a whole lot. And whenever we're ready to cover our bed back up, let's go ahead and fold it back like this. When it's down, it's pretty low profile. So from the rails of our truck to the top of our Tonneau Cover, it's only about a half inch, which isn't a whole lot. And notice how we don't have seals on the outside. So this is made of aluminum. At first when I was looking at it I was like, "Wait, hold on a second. They left some open edges." But it's aluminum, it's not gonna rust away. But then on top, it's gonna have a matte black finish. I like the matte black. I don't like gloss because whenever the sun's behind you, it hits and reflects and then it goes into your rear view. And I just don't being blinded on the road, but then underneath we're gonna have no powder coated finished underneath, but it's just a piece of aluminum. So the cool thing about this aluminum is one it's actually slightly bowed. You can't really tell, but if you really put like a flat board on here, you'll notice that it is kind of slope. So all that water's gonna go out. So that's why we don't really have any drainage tubes with this Tonneau Cover. So that makes the install a little bit easier. But also if you have a evenly distributed weight up on top of here, let's just say a couple pieces of plywood or something. If it's completely evenly distributed, we'll have about 400 pounds of capacity on the Tonneau Cover. This isn't one that you will really want to stand on. But I mean, if you have the Tailgate closed and you're just sitting on the edge, it's not really a big deal at all. So if you just want to kind of just hang out after a kayak ride or whatever kind of thing you're doing, this is also some place where you can kind of just sit and kind of conjugate. It is kind of fun, especially like after like a golf round or a bike ride, you know, kind of just coming around, just have your glass of water, just chilling, talking to your friends. It is kind of a cool little hangout spot. Any Tonneau Cover can be broken into but if you do have a locking Tailgate, this is gonna be one that's gonna be a little bit more secure than some of the Soft Tonneau Covers. So just keep that in mind. It is gonna cover things up. So no one's gonna know exactly what you got in there. So they're not gonna know if they wanna break in or not. So I think that's a good deterrent just in itself. I also think it kind of looks cool but there is a very premium option setup over here so let's go check that out. Come on. The LowMax is definitely more of the entry level range when it comes to Hard Tonneau Covers. But if you come over here, you can see a really cool setup. If you really wanna go all out with your setup, the Retrax is pretty sweet. One, it has a lock on its own. So even if you don't have a locking Tailgate or you do, this one's gonna come with a lock. And the cool thing about it is goes all the way back. One thing that's bad about this one compared to the other one is we do have a little box. This canister is gonna take up a little bit of the bed space, but that's not a big deal with me. I just like how it slides out. I think that's pretty cool. And it also is gonna work with your Ladder Racks but not the Adarac that we have with the Lomax. This one's only really gonna work with the heeded OverHaul HD where you're gonna get same amount of type of capacity. This one's gonna have the same kind of capacity and gonna give you a little bit more security as well. So if I we're to go with one, I would definitely say the Retrax XR is like top of the line, top of the line but there really isn't a whole lot of extra benefits for you to go of that premium route. So if you just wanna cover your stuff, the Lomax is gonna do the job right. If you are one that likes the combo set up, entry level you're gonna wanna go with the Lomax and the Adarac Ladder Rack. If you wanna go all out, you go with the Retrax XR with the overall OverHaul HD. But if you want something that's kind of in the middle, you can go with the Back Revolver, that one with the Thule Tracrack SR with the sliding rails. Those will give you a little bit more capacity, but it's still gonna give you that hard Tonneau Cover security but it's in between these two right here. So it would go like right here. And that's pretty much it for our look at the Lomax Aluminum tri-fold Hard Tonneau Cover..
Ratings & Reviews
The cover is great, so happy to have it.
1st one available for new frontier at the time-fit well-customer loved it
We did not receive this item yet. UPS tracking shows it was delivered to the wrong address, which was a truck stop in Charleston TN about 10 or 15 miles away from our house. UPS is trying to find it. :-(
Well made. Solid. Fairly easy for quick install. All necessary hardware provided.
Lightweight & strong. This cover has gotten alot of compliments & looks great, works well. My only criticism is that the heavy rains can let in a little water but otherwise its perfect and should last a long time to come!
As expected. Easy installation. Get many positive comments. Would purchase again
Very nice. Really sharp looking. This has been the best tonneau cover we have ever had.
Just got it two days ago and am very happy with the quality. The material and workmanship is great, It took 45 minutes from unboxing to driving out of the shop ( having a second person to hold the rails while securing helps ).I park next to a Tacoma with a factory installed cover and there is no comparison (even he says so)
Perfect fit. I was expecting a black cover, but this looked great and turns out to be a real attention getter.
Items well secured when the tailgate is locked. No worries of someone cutting through a cloth cover.
This cover replaced a second soft folding cover. The intense sun here in AZ destroys things in quick fashion. Spending a bit more for a hard cover was the correct move. Installing by myself was challenging but after figuring out the clamping system, I prevailed! There were three different clamps that came with the unit. Viewing a Youtube video on installing this cover, they only showed one type of clamp for both sides of the bed rails. I used the short clamps (4) for the bed front, long clamps (2) for the midsection, and long clamps w/plates (2 for the back near the tailgate. Since my bed is covered with a rubberlike coating, I had to cut out the two plugs from the stake pocket holes in order to install the back clamps. I have an undercover swing out tool box so opening and closing the back panel is so much easier than the soft cover units. I like the slim design and the black diamond surface looks great!
Just what I was looking for easy install
After a year, there are a few honest dings and scratches (it's not a show truck). But.. you really have to look for them. I was afraid an aluminum tonneau cover would be a glare problem, but it hasn't been... and it still looks grand on a silver truck. I specifically wanted a hard cover, and I've found it eminently functional, easy to adjust to different loads (full cover, 1/3 bed cover, or removed), and the side rails haven't impeded anything I want to put in the bed (up to and including a full size carriage axle). When folks ask "Where'd you find an aluminum tonneau?" I send them to etrailer.com because I'm happy with y'all.
Installs easily and does what we need it to do. It is not water tight - things around the edges in the bed will get wet in the rain. It does not fold forward far enough to accommodate our gooseneck trailer when turning sharply.
Very good product, easy to install. Very strong while thin and easy to fold.
I certainly recommend this product.
It installed on the side rails inside the bed.
The look is great. So far the best I ever had.
But the most is that It could be removed completely very easily!! so I don't have any folded cover on the back window of my truck.....
Fairly quick delivery, especially during the holiday season. Super easy install and love the look. Still in the suggested 48 hour initial period so haven't removed the cover and reinstalled it, but if the original install is any indication, it will also go smoothly.
Product is good instructions suck, you tube was more useful. Dont send generic instructions, for two types of vehicles. Handy person can do install but more precise and more detailed pictures of how stuff is installed and direction it should be oriented.
The delivery took a little longer than expected. Installation took about 25-30 minutes. I like it. It works as expected and looks so cool. It does leak just a small amount in the front passenger corner. I think with a little bit of settling, it'll be fine. Perhaps someone there can give me some advice on correcting that.
we installed the Tonneau cover and it was the best-looking item for my truck. I also ordered side boards for my truck from e-trailer too and they were just as good. I am very pleased with the items that were purchased. I believe they are very durable and will withstand the Phoenix heat here. thank you, etrailer.
Love it and so many others also. Great comments for its looks and sturdiness. I made a perfect choice,
Easy to install the frame rails on the Rambox bed. Made slight adjustments to allow the lids to open and close freely.
I like the flush look of this vs the soft cover, plus the added security it offers being rigid aluminum.
Product arrived promptly as advertised. No problems installing, glad I did it myself. Bought some clamps and was able to do it solo. Looks great on my new Maverick. Had one on my 2020 Ridgline previously.
Installation was quick and easy but read the instructions carefully. And watch the video very helpful
Delivery not as listed.
Finish seems durable, but the panel at the tailgate seems to deflect in the center. Does not seem to have any support. Time will tell on the durability.
Overall the cover is the best in looks and functionality. It installs in 20 minutes and fits like glove. Etrailer did a great job with shipping and communication, however I purchased this as an open box and NEVER installed. This was not true. It said it had minor cosmetic damage due to unboxing, I would say that most of the damage was caused by the very poor job of packing the cover back into the box and shipping it somewhere. My box looks like Swiss cheese with all the holes. Yes I did get the cover at a lower cost, and it is fully functional, but if you are considering an open box purchase, beware.
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