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Originally Posted by sa226
What's with the prevalence of tonneau covers vs truck toppers these days? Is it a look thing? I would agree it looks better without the topper. Is it a storage thing? Harder to store a topper vs a tonneau cover if you want it off the vehicle.
Growing up we always had toppers on our trucks, now I hardly see them anymore, and now that I'm packing for a trip with the chance of rain, hard to get everything under a tonneau vs a topper.
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I had a topper on my truck for four years, sold it and now I have had a hard tri-fold tonneau for four years.
Plusses and minuses, but I generally like the tonneau better. I like that stuff is hidden, for one. I like that I'm not limited for height and that I can lower things into the bed from the side. I do use my truck for work and sometimes have to forklift things into it. Going from the back with the forks isn't a problem, but sometimes lowering from the side is better.
Another annoying thing with the topper is the back window gets so dirty in the winter with no way to clean it other than stopping for a squeegee at the gas station every day when it's super sloppy.
My truck bed is 5.5'. I think if I went with a 6.5' box on my next truck I'd consider a topper again, though, just so I'd have the option of making it into a little camper. I really like sleeping in vehicles for some reason.