Monday, February 13, 2012

Truck Canopies or Tonneau Covers?

Truck canopies were once the king of truck bed accessories until Tonneau covers made it onto the field.  Yes, Tonneaus are affordable, provide good coverage, and also improve resale.  We carry a lot of them in our showroom for this reason.  Let me make an argument for truck canopies for a moment.  The Arrow brand cab high SUV look truck canopy not only enables you to shield items from the elements, secure them from theft, but also it gives you the appearance of owning a very different type of vehicle: the SUV.

These items are highly attractive on the back of your truck, but they also don’t muck up a perfectly good hauling truck with back seats that you have to worry about getting dirty.  I LOVE this about the Arrow brand truck canopy.  That whole SUV craze happened because people wanted four wheel drive vehicles that can haul stuff like a truck with a canopy, but also haul children, pets, etc.  Then it went downhill as they started building them on chassis that were made for cars instead of trucks and it turned into basically a minivan in a sport utility body.  Suddenly people didn’t want to put dirty old items in the back of their carpeted Lexus SUV—that would get them dirty! SUVs lost all utilitarian purpose and now…people want truck canopies again.

If you have a dual cab truck with a truck canopy you can do everything you could do with a so-called SUV, but also have a serious vehicle for hauling.  If you need an attractive alternative to Tonneau covers (and SUVs) come on down and check out our Arrow brand cab high truck canopies.

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