As most of you remember, I acquired a Peragon truck bed cover shortly after I bought 2011 F-150. Peragon Retractable Aluminum Truck Bed Cover - Premium Design. Affordable Price.

As we near the end of winter I must say that I'm fully impressed. We've had periods of heavy rain this winter and the bed stayed dry. During the Christmas season, I felt more than comfortable using my truck to run errands from store to store as the cover and the tailgate both lock.

The cover sits about an inch proud of the bed rails giving the user a little extra height in the bed for larger objects.

My cover came with the tailgate sealing kit. This is good for rain but it will freeze up when it's very cold and then the tail gate can't be easily opened. This is the only drawback thus far.

The cover is easily removable (about 30 seconds) and can be stored anywhere safe until it is needed again. I've hauled top soil and composte thus far and did remove the cover. I could have simply folded the cover up and left it in the bed where it belongs but I was afraid that the tractor operator damage it somehow with his bucket loader. No worries as it was easily re-installed in about a minute.

My neighbor has a backflip on his 2010 Lariat Screw and I will admit that I like the looks of his better, BUT, he likes the versatility of mine over his. In fact, he stated that he would have purchased the Peragon had he known about them. Backflip and some of the others happened to be better known than Peragon and typically are chosen first for that reason.

You cannot stage heavy objects on the Peragon cover, perhaps 100 lbs max before some damage may occur. Having been warned of this by Heath Copp, I never tested his advise.

No bed cover is going to increase MPG's by any noticeable amount. The cover's main function is appearance and security.

 

Looks nice, if my dog box was about 3" shorter I'd like to put one of them on my truck as well....it would be nice just to keep the snow and ice out of the bed.

 

I so wish I had the funds for one of these last fall. It would have made hauling all my, and my kids', hockey stuff so much easier this winter. This year's tax return will fix that.

 

Looks great Tim. Glad to hear it is holding up well for you. I have been looking at the bakflip and rollbak as well but this is definitely interesting to me.

 

Great cover!

 

Thank you, Tim! I appreciate the follow-up review.

 

My pleasure Heath! As you well know, father's day is coming soon....... Hint, hint!

 

I had to put a utility topper on my truck for a new job last oct and won't be able to put my Parrogon back on until this project ends....Can't wait to put it back on !!!

 

Looks like a nice piece, but I prefer the 10 second roll-up design on my cover. It has never leaked either, although some brands of my style do.
Glad you are happy with the cover Tim.

 

LxMan, which cover do you have on your truck?

 

I love the look of this cover, I went on the website and checked a price for mine, 599$ (F150 2011 Ecoboost XLT). The ONLY concern I have is the drilling required. Any thoughts?

 

You only drill four very indiscreet, one at each corner of the inside lip of the bed rail. These holes are to mount the hardware that attaches and adjusts the track that the cover slides in.

I had the exact same concerns but when I realized how simple it all is, I was fine with it.


One more item that I find noteworthy is that the track is large enough to shed any ice formations and to smoothly allow the ball bearing rollers to ride comfortably in the corrugation and not get bound up.

 

Heath-I know we have been down this road before on another thread. I would like to use your cover system with a gull wing tool box. I have an 8' bed, the tool box is 20" deep. It looks like the 6.5' cover would do the job or take a 8' cover and remove panels to get the run I need. I know you have stated that with your cover who really needs a extra tool box as now your whole bed is now one but I don't like the look of the flatness of any cover on my truck. Thanks Chris

 

This has been brought up a number of times and it begs an answer.

If I were Heath, I would have my design team fab a cover that will fit any bed size with a tool box that I as Peragon could sell you as part of a package.

Not all tool boxes are the same size and to expect Heath to build a cover that fits all tool box applications is unrealistic.

Peragon could break some ground here and build these units to order.

 

Tim, I can see where it would be a maker's nightmare but there has got to be a way to use the cover with a tool box. Heath's design is far better then other makes as it does not have the roll up box to contend with (taking space away from box). I don't really need the cover to be completely waterproof, more for security. That's why I have a tool box, it's a heavy duty one that is very hard to pry or cut (not thin walled). I had purchased a Diamondback cover but found that it's heavy and is not as user friendly as one would hope. When I needed to remove to haul larger item, it is a major job not few minutes as touted. One would say but the Diamondback cover is flat but I have the extended headache rack on it (stops that flat look) yes even us hillbilly want-a-bees like a good looking truck. It will be up for sale soon. I sure Heath will chime in soon, Chris