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Rain, dust, and snow can ruin what’s in your truck bed if the cover can’t hold up. The etrailer Hard Tonneau Cover uses fiberglass-reinforced plastic panels with a honeycomb-patterned internal structure that makes it strong and durable. The weather seals keep water out without needing drain tubes, so your gear stays dry. The textured matte black finish looks clean and stays that way through tough conditions.
Sometimes you need to carry more than what fits under the cover. This hard folding design lets you open the cover for up to 3/4 bed access, or remove it completely when you need the full bed. It folds flat against itself so you can load bulky gear, tools, or building materials without fighting the cover.
It’s easy to get into your bed from either side with the built-in pinch levers. The cover shuts whether the tailgate is open or closed, and when locked, the tailgate helps keep your gear secure. There’s no complicated mechanism—just straightforward operation that works every time.
Standing only about 1" above the bed rails, this cover keeps a smooth, low-profile look. Because it mounts inside the rails, it stays aligned and tight, blending in nicely with the truck’s lines without looking bulky.
The rigid fiberglass-reinforced panels support up to 200 lbs when evenly distributed. That means you can set gear on top temporarily while you load or organize, and you don’t have to worry about sagging or damage over time. The clamp-on installation keeps it solid without drilling, so it’s ready to go fast and stays put.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Howdy there, neighbors, Ian with etrailer here. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the etrailer quad fold hard tonneau cover on our 2022 Ford Ranger. Let's get into a couple features and then that install. Now I've put a lot of these etrailer tonneau covers on, both the soft top and the hard top. We actually tested the soft top on this earlier. But I will say the hard top, regardless of what we put it on, has looked great, and no exception here with the Ranger, absolutely visually appealing, just nice clean look.
Yes, it does stick up a little bit above the bed rails, but for the visual appeal of it, I think that is manageable, especially for the price. If you're looking at higher end tonneau covers that do the exact same thing that this one does, you're really not getting the bang for the buck when it comes down to it. And this etrailer one, for the price point and the visual appeal, absolutely wonderful option. And then operation of the cover is gonna be as simple as just reaching underneath here. There's gonna be a couple squeeze tabs.
Does have them on both sides, so regardless of whether you're parked up against a wall, too close on the driver's side or maybe on the passenger, and you wanted to get something out, you still have the option to go to either side and get that flipped up. But they'll just go up one by one. Each panel is going to have its own set of releases. And then with this last one, we're just gonna flip that up. And I will say it's not necessarily too heavy, especially with as short as this bed is.
When you get into the bigger beds, the quad folds do get a little bit clunky, and heavy, and awkward. But this on the Ranger, it's not terrible at all, and I think anybody could manage with it. We do have other hard top options that roll up and give you full access to the bed, whereas you can see this one's gonna take about a foot of space out of the already very short bed. So there are benefits and drawbacks of whether you want the fold-up type or you're okay with this. It is removable, there's no drilling or tapping, so very easy to take out if we wanted the full access to the bed.
And with it in the fully folded position, they do give us these nice little push clasps that are gonna hold that in place while we're headed down the road. That way if it is folded up, we don't necessarily have the situation where it could flop over onto everything back there, or even become damaged or damage anything in the bed. I will say we did some road testing, just to see if there was any vibration or movement. We didn't see any at all, so very, very sturdy construction, especially once it's in there. Lots of tie down points for the rails for it to be good and sturdy. You don't have to worry about it shifting while you're headed down even in the highway speeds. We tested the same situation with the soft tonneau cover, didn't have any noise or vibration out of those. So again, both of those etrailer options, regardless of whether the hard or the soft, did really, really well for our road noise and vibration tests. And closing operation's as easy as just unclasping both of the little push tabs here. Give those a good squeeze and those release. And then they even have a spot for you to be able to stick 'em away once you've got that unclasped. And we can unfold each section. And they just drop and lock into place so that way each of them is where it should be. And then there is a rubber seal that's gonna sit up against the tailgate, so we'll close that last, and that'll complete the closing procedure. And as far as the install for this one, I wouldn't say it's all that hard. There's no drilling or tapping, like I had mentioned. There's no modifications to the bed, just the clamp rails, and then we'll set the cover on top. I would imagine anybody could get that done in probably 20, 30 minutes at most. But if it's not something you want to try to tackle, just go ahead and use that dealer locator we've got on the website. That'll help get you a trained professional to install that for you. But if you'd like to do it, I'll walk you through that process now. Beginning our installation, we'll need to install these rails here. So they do have a identifier as far as left and right, left being our driver's side, right being that passenger side. But there also is a eyelet set. Normally this isn't in there, but this first eyelet set's already installed at the front of the rail. So you'll put this at the front of the bed. Then what we're gonna want to do, with this pressed up against the bed rail, we are going to make sure that's as much at a 90 as we can. And we'll be installing three of these clamps on each side, six in total. And you'll wanna have one at the end, towards the rear of the vehicle, one at the front, here at the bed, and then one in the center. You'll just have to watch for any obstructions underneath, like little tabs that may be to hold the bed rail covers on here. And they will slide into the tracking. You wanna make sure that this angle is facing the outside of the bed, and then we're gonna use this lip here with the grooves against the inside of your bed rail. And you'll feed the bolt through, and then use the provided Allen key to get that snugged up. And then with that firmly tightened down here, we are going to add the bottom twist handle, which is gonna apply some upward force on that bed rail, helping keep that at that nice 90 degrees we're looking for. Then we're gonna take this eyelet that is provided with the kit, and we'll want to have the 90 degree facing downward here at the edge. We want this up at the top so that way when we slide this into the rail, it'll be up towards the cover. Then we'll bring the cover up, and just kind of get that set in place and try to get our left to right. The studs are going to be tucked up in the cover, so we'll have to get those out as well. And they are on a track system so we've got plenty of play to be able to adjust those as needed. And then if you're just doing this with one person, it's a lot easier just to have it on the bed rails and then try to lay those studs as close to the rear eyelets as you can. And then we'll come underneath and lift it up one side at a time. And we're gonna be adding these spacers in between the cover and that front eyelet here. So I'm gonna lift that up and then that will thread down through the eyelet. And just to make sure, before we put any hardware on these studs, we do want to push this rubber seal up here in between the cab and the bed of the truck. We'll just follow that all the way down, giving it a little pressure to get it into place. Then we're going to come back to the studs. We'll be starting with our spin nut here that's just a handled nut, and that will thread right onto that. We are gonna leave these just kind of loose for now. We want to get our final adjustments out of the way before we tighten all that down. But we will go ahead and throw on the wing nut next that comes with that, just a little plastic wing nut. And last but not least, we've got a small plastic cap protector that's going to keep anything from being punctured here in the bed by those studs sticking out. So we'll just kind of apply that. And next we're going to come to these eyelets that we inserted earlier. They will be taking the last of the handle bolts that we have, and we will need to set the set screw that is on the bottom here, again, with the provided Allen key. There's a set of three Allen keys that'll come with this, and the smallest one is gonna be the one for this. So we'll just get that tightened down and lined up with the hole above that's in the cover. And with that set screw in place, we'll go ahead and add our handled bolt here. And then we're gonna unfold just by unclipping both sides here. You can even use that as a handle to help get that started. We're just gonna work our way down, making sure that's latching the way it was intended to. And then we will have the tailgate open for the first one, just to kinda help get that seal that's back there into place. And we can see here, both sides have latched properly, so no issue there. And we'll give this a good close just to make sure that that seal back behind the tailgate does work as intended. And with that, good to go. I wanted to mention, if you do have right or left adjustments, or even forward or back, how to do so, pretty simple with this one. We're just gonna fold right back up and come to the two eyelets, the one in the front and the one in the rear on both sides. We would loosen these up and that will allow either our left or right movement or back or forward. The one in the back is gonna be more of that back to forward movement, and the one up here is more of your left or right, so worth mentioning. And that's gonna do it for our look at an installation of the etrailer quad fold hard tonneau cover on our 2022 Ford Ranger. My name's Ian with etrailer, appreciate you watching.
Customer Satisfaction Score:
78% were satisfied with this product
22% of customers were not satisfied
Ratings & Reviews
The cover is working great for me, it is a very nice product for the price point. I did have to shave one of the latches down so it would engage and lock. I still give it a 5 star.
Installed on 2025 GMC 2500HD; great fit, easy to install even though directions are lacking detail. Like what's the foam strip for? Have yet to rain test but after filling 2 front gaps at rail, there's no light coming through.
Cover fit very well. Appears to be good quality
The etrailer installation video needs to update. The instructions and install has changed a little
Good quality cover. Easy installation
After 1 year it is still looking brand new.
Keeps inside bed dry and flips open enough to hook up the 5th wheel with completely removing. So far very happy
It had a broken part and after a week they still couldn't decide what to do. Replacement part or replacement cover. I sent it back and bought one elsewhere!
Seems a solid and well-built product, especially considering the very good price. Only weak point might be the system used to fasten the rails to the bed, which, on my Chevy with the factory plastic bedliner, anyway, leaves them feeling slightly wobbly. This is very much the nature of these "no-drill" systems, though, and so I don't much mind that I will probably end up screwing or bolting the rails to my bed. To be clear, it works fine as it is. Nice product!
Does exactly what I needed. A cover that is secure, dry and at a fraction of the cost of others. If you want flush this is not for you. But that did not matter to me.
Love it so far after 1 year.
The quality of the cover seems to be there but installation could have been easier. Installed the distance between the rails was a 1/4 inch too narrow and the top would not close. The brackets which were completely different from the ones in the video had to be modified to get my 1/8 inch on each side. Also the were no spacers and brackets to lock down the forward section. Once I modified everything the cover fit and looks great. It would be nice if the installation video included the current brackets which do not work as constructed. I would suggest you try to install the new version of the brackets.
So far the Tonneau Cover seems fine, and a great value for the price. My review is largely for the cover. With appropriate instructions it should take less than an your to install.
Unfortunately the instructions are inaccurate and the video is out of date. The video is fairly close, I would recommend following the video and ignoring the printed instructions. The bed rail clamps have changed since the video was made and a couple of the cover features are a little bit different.
Trying to follow the printed instructions cost me an extra 3 hours. I suspect the instructions were written for a different vehicle and mistakenly reprinted for a 2026 Tundra. The first step is to remove the bed rails and then insert spacers to lower the bed rails. The included tool to remove the rails is the wrong one (allen not Torx). I had to run out and get a tool. Then after removing the bed rails I discovered that this instruction step was incorrect. I had to remove the spacers and reinstall the bedrails. Very frustrating, as you can imagine.
High Quality feel and materials. Fit was perfect for my Tundra. Read the installation instructions thoroughly before installation. Extra parts come in the box to adapt to different type installations. Separate the parts you need and it installs as directed.
Installed on a 2024 F-250. The install was very straight forward and easy to
understand, especially with the install video eTrailer provides. It fits well
and looks good. Took me about 1.5 hours to install.
My new tonneau cover fits great on my 2019 Chev Colorado. It was easy to install, easy to engage with the latching and sturdy when closed. I'm happy with my purchase and recommend it anyone considering this product.
There a rolled rubber seal on the back panel, does it stay inside or do you roll it out?
I purchased this because the Bakflip I had extended too far into the 5'9" bed of my Sierra when folded, and interfered with my fifth wheel hitch. I was skeptical of the etrailer brand, but found both the design and construction superior to the Bakflip. I especially like the straps on the latch release of each section. I took off one star because the latches on the rear-most section do not consistently catch, but this has not been a problem.
For the price, this has been a nice cover. I have had it more than a year now so I have a few thoughts. First of all, the installation was simple and straightforward. The cover itself isn’t too heavy and I was able to put it on by myself. The butyl tape came in handy because on my truck, I had a 1” gap on both forward corners and the tape sealed them up tight. At first, I had trouble with a couple of the side latches staying latched. What I discovered was my truck had a bent side rail where something heavy had been dropped on it. Once I figured that out I was able to add a shim between the attached side rail and the truck bed rail that raised it just enough for the latches to stay latched. I also like that I can leave the cover on when I hook the 5th wheel up to it. I’m using a Gen Y Executive hitch and I have plenty of clearance between 5th wheel and cover. The Tri-fold system is nice and it has straps that secure it in the open position when going down the road.
I do have one negative comment. The rear seal between the cover and the top of the tailgate is so tight that the tailgate won’t open on its own, even with the auto open feature of my truck. I don’t see any way to adjust it to take the pressure off so I’ll just have to live with that. All in all it’s a great tonneau cover and it suits me perfectly.
This is exactly what I was looking for. Form, fit and function are excellent and the installation was easier than what I had anticipated. All for a fraction of the cost of getting a similar product installed by the Toyota dealership. My only issue is that currently 2 of the 8 latching mechanisms are not catching the side rail when I close the cover. I suspect this requires an easy adjustment that I haven’t taken the time to figure out yet. The cover sits flush and secure to the truck bed side rails so I’m sure I can figure this out.
This cover has worked flawlessly.
It has kept the bed dry in all but the heaviest wind blown rain. Better than any other cover I have had
I just finished installing the bed cover on a 2026 Tundra. The product itself is hard to complain about; seems to be good quality, time will tell. The instructions and the etrailer video leave a bit to be desired.
Thoroughly appreciate everyone I spoke to at etrailer and the quick shipping and fantastic pricing. That being said, maybe take a few days and give the instruction sheet a good look.
All this being said, the vague assembly instructions sheet was certainly not enough to keep me from buying this again. Looks much better than many more expensive covers.
A bit of a funky method of attachment and very definitely not waterproof. Looks great and will get the basic job done.
Nice cover! Fits well, solid, folds up fairly small as hoped, and seems to keep out dirt and water. Only issue is some of the hand nuts that hold the front panel to the bed tend to work loose and fall off into the bed. Some look-tite would have been a good addition.
Condition: Badly Dinged
Notes: There is a crack in one of the plastic pieces on the cover. Otherwise, new and unused. All hardware is included.
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