It's All About Security.

Security is all about protecting the gear and tools in your truck bed from three main hazards:

• The environment (water, road salt, dust)
• Theft
• Damage caused by driving motion

If you can secure your gear from all three, that’s a home run. And that depends on how your bed cover system is designed, engineered, and built.

Stop the Leaks Once and For All

Protecting your truck bed and its contents from water damage and the environment is a critical concern.See how Stowe safeguards you better on our Weathertight page.

Protecting Against Theft: There’s a Metric for That

Some truck owners rationalize that even a soft tonneau cover would provide enough deterrence: Out of sight, out of mind. But automotive engineers detail how much time, effort, and noise it would actually take a burglar to either break into your truck bed, orgive up and run away.

Our Panel Discussion

To minimize a forced entry, the ideal tonneau cover would balance strength, durability, weight, cost, and impact resistance. The cover’s panel strength depends on the materials used and their structural geometry. A state-of-the-art hard cover will repel intrusion from above and resist pry-bar loads at the cover’s sides and rear.

Keeping Your Truck Bed Locked and Loaded

Most folding and retractable tonneau covers are secured with a plunger slam latch, a inexpensive aftermarket design that works much like your bathroom door latch. You can imagine how vulnerable this type of design is to break-in efforts.

One-piece and many folding covers use a push-pull rod system, where a small-diameter rod extends out under the truck bedrail to hold the cover closed. Just bend the rod, and the cover releases.

At Stowe Cargo, our cover systems ensure fail-safe strength and security by using only truck-tough, automotive-grade pushbutton entry locks with steel rotary latches. No pull rods or plastic components. In fact, our technology is comparable to what your vehicle manufacturer trusts to secure your own pick-up’s doors.

Your Secret Weapon Against Motion Damage: Stowe’s Unique Built-In Toolbox

Every pickup owner knows the damage their gear and tools can sustain from the constant motion of driving. No tonneau cover has ever been able to prevent that—until now.