[JeffD]

I built a half tonneau cover for my pickup truck and thought it might be helpful to share how it was done.

The first thing was to remove the truck box behind the cab, so I wanted to make sure I had some area that was covered and dry. I also wanted to make it semi-easily removable to haul larger items when necessary. It ended up being 3 pieces: a false floor and a forward wall for the “trunk”, and the cover itself.

Deck screws (only partially screwed-in) are used to keep the floor off the bedliner so that rain water from the uncovered portion of the bed can run underneath. 2X2’s stick out from the side to fit into slots in the bed-liner, keeping the floor from moving around.

2X4’s were bolted to the interior of the tuck bed rails using ¼-20 nuts and bolts. 2x2’s were screwed into these to engage the forward wall and help support the cover.

The forward wall is held in place at the bottom by slipping into angle brackets on the floor and at the top in slots created by the 2x2’s on the side rails. The top cover is bolted to the top rails using a single ¼-20 screw on each side and hinged.

This seems to be working pretty well so far. The uncovered area is usable by reaching over the side and I have a little trunk to keep things dry and out-of-sight which is accessible by lifting the cover. I can remove it all (except the 2x4’s on the side rails) in manageable pieces with just 2 screws.