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Hey guys, it's Jake here with etrailer. Today we have a 2023 GMC Sierra 3500 and we're gonna be taking a look at and I'm gonna show you how to install the Retrax Pro MX hard retractable tonneau cover. Adding a tonneau cover to your truck is gonna be the first step to protecting the contents on the inside of your truck bed, from water, from theft, any of those things. A hard and retractable tonneau cover is going to be a great way to do both, both keeping water out and keeping the contents safe. There's a lot of tonneau covers out there that are soft tonneau covers and someone could simply take a knife, cut it open, and see what's inside your bed and perhaps take what's in there. This tonneau cover is gonna be a nice, sturdy aluminum construction.

It's gonna be very, very difficult to get into this. People are gonna see it and they're not even gonna try. It's gonna have a lock on it too so that you can lock it up. What I like about it is that Retrax actually advertises this as you can use it as a small load stop, so when you open up your tonneau cover, a lot of people will carry different things in the bed of your truck so if you're carrying a elongated load, say some boars or some ladders out the bed of your truck, what you wanna do is you'll still wanna tie 'em down, but then you can slam your tonneau cover up against it and then lock this anywhere along the way and it's gonna help keep those items in place. To open and close this tonneau cover, you just have to unlock the cylinder, push this button, and then this lever acts as your handle.

If you have it set up right, the spring mechanism inside your tonneau cover should allow you to open and close your tonneau cover with ease. Over time, it may take some adjusting. We all know that truck beds may get out of whack from over the years. If you haul a heavy load in it your truck bed may not be perfectly square anymore or it may not be perfectly square from the factory, who knows But we've got this one dialed in pretty good so that it's nice and easy to open for the owner of this vehicle. With the cover completely open, the canister's gonna take up about 12 inches in front of your, up by your bulkhead, which is not a huge deal on a shorter bed truck you will still have some space underneath.

I have this cover on my personal truck and I really like it. The only time I do miss this space is when I'm going on a camping trip or something like that and I have a lot of taller items and I really need all the space in the bed of my truck. But if you're using this on a daily basis to carry tools in the bed of your truck this is gonna be the ultimate way to protect them. The other thing is if you're using it for a to carry a fifth wheel or gooseneck, you can have all your items from camping, including your fifth wheel head still in the bed of your truck, as long as you have it set the top of the head below the rails, you're gonna be able to close the cover when you get to your campsite, (covers sliding) hide that fifth wheel, and not have to worry about anybody taking it. The tonneau cover rails are gonna be about a 1/4 of an inch here on this lip above your bed rails.

This taller part, in order for the mechanism to slide in and out of it, will be about 3/4 of an inch, but as you can see, it has a nice clean look. I think these really do add to the looks of your truck. The other thing that this tonneau cover's gonna feature is it has a 500 pound evenly distributed weight capacity, so I know with my personal tonneau cover, what I'll do is if I'm carrying a box or we're getting ready to go on a trip and I have some luggage, I will set them up here and then I can get a hand, open up my tailgate and then be able to slide things in the end or set it on the tailgate, open the cover up, what have you. With a soft cover, you're not gonna be able to do that. You're gonna end up stretching the fabric, potentially ripping it, but it's pretty strong so you definitely want to use that to your advantage. If you have some building materials, you can set stuff up here, but again, make sure that you have the weight evenly distributed if you decide to do that. Now one thing to note with these tonneau covers, it's not going to be waterproof. Almost every tonneau cover, you're gonna have a little bit of water getting in, especially if you go through a car wash. If you go through a car wash with your truck, these can handle either the touchless or the car washes with the mops, but what I will say, we'll show you some footage of me going through a car wash with my tonneau cover. That is the hybrid version of the Retrax. It's a li