THE STOWE 2-IN-1 TONNEAU COVER
WATERPROOF CHEVY TONNEAU COVERS – HOW STOWE ENGINEERED THE FIRST TRULY WATERPROOF TONNEAU COVER
The Stowe 2-in-1 Tonneau Cover is the
Waterproof Chevy Tonneau Covers – How Stowe Engineered the First Truly Waterproof Tonneau Cover
Stowe doesn’t mix words with the 2 in 1 waterproof Chevy tonneau cover unlike the rest of the industry, our tonneau cover is truly waterproof, in fact weathertight, not just water resistant.
Waterproof Chevy Tonneau Covers
Just exactly what does that mean, the Stowe 2 in 1 is a waterproof tonneau cover, aren’t all tonneau covers waterproof, I mean what’s the point of selling a tonneau cover that isn’t waterproof? A leaky tonneau cover, nobody would buy that. Oh, but they do.
We supply hard tonneau covers for the following models: Chevy 1500, Chevy 2500 and Chevy 3500.
Waterproof Chevy Tonneau Covers – The Myth
We have all read and listened to the stories about leaky tonneau covers. It’s the number one complaint online with regards to tonneau covers, waterproof tonneau covers don’t exist, and all of the manufacturers play games with words when it comes to defining how water resistant their covers really are. With them, it’s all about legal liability, how far can we go in misleading the consumer without being held liable, because we haven’t actually said a non-truth. Let’s dig in.
- Many, if not most tonneau cover manufacturers, use the term resistant, because it really defines what the sealing system is, a water-resistant seal. It’s not designed to be waterproof or keep the truck box water and moisture free. In this way, consumers feel like it is water free, because in their minds, who would build a tonneau cover to protect the box contents from water intrusion, but not really stop the water intrusion completely. It simply doesn’t make sense. We didn’t think so either.
- There is a large group of consumers that have given up on tonneau covers and have decided that they will look for the best of the worst, so they buy what they deem to be the least, leaky tonneau cover. Imagine that. In the very least, they expect that whatever tonneau cover they buy, they will have leakage to some extent, they just hope it’s minimal.
- Additionally, tonneau cover manufacturers sometimes, rarely, but sometimes use the term waterproof in their sales material. It’s typically used to describe the “tonneau cover” itself and not the whole system. So, the “cover” is waterproof, but your box won’t be. You need a complete tonneau cover system that is waterproof so your truck box will be dry and water and moisture free. Again, it’s not a false claim to say the cover itself is waterproof, you can spray it with waterproofing sealers, but that doesn’t stop the water from entering the box.
Waterproof Chevy Tonneau Covers – Keeping the Truck Box Dry – Stowe 2 in 1 Waterproof Tonneau Cover
At the heart of the Stowe 2 in 1 is a no compromise commitment to several core tenants.
- First, the system must be waterproof, and beyond that, all weathertight so we can keep out not only the water, but dust, dirt, and moisture, weather and wind driven rain and dust, or otherwise. (more on that later).
- Further, our tonneau cover needed to be the most durable tonneau cover on the market, no exceptions.
- Additionally, we had to have the most secure tonneau cover and tonneau cover system available anywhere
- We had to accomplish all of that while using automotive OEM grade components, sealants, and engineering to ensure this would be “the last tonneau cover you would ever need for your truck”
- It needed to look as if it rolled off the OEM factory floor with your truck, it couldn’t have the compromised appearance, performance, or inherent inadequacies of typical aftermarket, off-shored tonneau covers. It had to be all American made to the highest quality standards and it needed to compliment your trucks styling, period, end of story.
Stowe Waterproof Chevy Tonneau Covers- A New Approach – Redefining What a Tonneau Cover Should be, and What it Shouldn’t
Double Bulb Seals
Stowe’s Innovative OEM factory grade sealing system is based on a custom engineered, high performance, urethane double bulb sealing technology. We took the approach of sealing the seal for the absolutely most waterproof seal possible. This is similar to, but more sophisticated than what you find on your trucks doors given the complexity of sealing a tonneau cover system. The Stowe double bulb seals are custom designed to control seal compression for sealing, panel closing efforts and manage changes in the sealing surface height (eg. bedrail cover ribbing). {insert image of our double bulb seal}
Seal Compression
is key to effective sealing and is affected by changes in height between the covers and the truck box surface around the perimeter of the front and rear panels. Our double bulb gaskets manage this critical factor in keeping your truck box waterproof.
Tool-Box Seal
The Stowe system is designed to be weathertight not simply water resistant; water, dust, moisture and road salt just won’t get in—period. The toolbox is a sealed and secure storage environment. Its top cover is equipped with the same, custom double-bulb perimeter seal that provides extraordinary protection.
Truck Box Moisture
This is simply never addressed with other tonneau covers. On a cool evening after a hot, humid day, your typical aluminum toolbox will suffer from interior wall condensation as the hot air cools, and this moisture, combined with dust and dirt that get by standard consumer grade foam gaskets and seals found on other tonneau covers can corrode anything stored in the truck box . With Stowe’s composite cover construction comprised of multi-layered, insulated, high performance, and impact resistant materials, this just doesn’t happen.
Independent Double Bulb Seals
Our tonneau cover is equipped with the same perimeter seal design as the toolbox cover, providing a true waterproof and weathertight seal around the rear truck box area in addition to the storage and tool box seal
Seal Coatings
When it came to maintaining the waterproof characteristics of our high performance, custom urethane, double bulb seal, we had to ensure the seal itself would last as long as you owned your truck, in order to do that we had to engineer a process and apply a waterproof, antistick coating so that there would be no friction between the seal and the cover, something no other tonneau cover manufacturer does. We had to ensure that there was no sticking between components so that when they separated there was no degradation in the gasket itself over time, and that it would maintain its sealing characteristics in the long run. Other manufacturers use inexpensive foam strips or standard foam seals that deteriorate over time from this type of cover friction, it’s why most tonneau covers leak within a short period of time after installation, most truck owners see water intrusion within the first year from foam failures in the sealing system.
Waterproof Chevy Tonneau Covers - Don’t Forget the Waterproof Tonneau Cover Panel Itself
The Most Waterproof Tonneau Cover for Your Chevy Truck – The Stowe 2 in 1
If you are looking for the most waterproof tonneau cover for your truck, then the Stowe 2 in 1 is a must have. Our tonneau cover is not only waterproof, its all weather-proof, and will protect your gear from wind driven elements such as rain, dust and dirt. But more than that, it’s also the most durable tonneau cover in the market, so if you want the toughest hard tonneau cover, you have come to the right place. If that wasn’t enough, we also engineered the best looking tonneau cover for your truck, our tonneau covers compliment your trucks factory styling and look as if they rolled off the factory floor with your truck when it was assembled!
Call Stowe Today, or Reach out to one of our Retailers for More Information About the Stowe 2 in 1 Tonneau Cover, The Industries Most Secure Chevy Tonneau Cover! 248-795-2240
Waterproof Chevy Tonneau Covers – The Stowe Tonneau Cover Panel Technology
Cover Composites
The Stowe 2 in 1 cover panel is highly-engineered and the most advanced cover technology in the industry. One of the safety measures we took when building the cover panel was to not only mitigate the entrance of water into the panel itself, but if so, stop the water, and its ability to cause any harm to the cover in terms of delamination, deterioration or failures that would further hinder its ability to remain weathertight. Our panel cover uses advanced automotive grade closed cell technology in the core that simply won’t allow water penetration even when faced with moisture. One of the biggest challenges with current tonneau covers is they use open cell, off the shelf foam. For those covers the open cell foam is a critical point of failure. If that gets wet, it swells and delaminates the cover, thus destroying the water-resistant seal, instant leaks forever. We have all seen these covers in the parking lot, they are bulging, lifting up at the corners, and look like hell. Imagine what the stuff inside looks like!
Cover Encapsulation
Our cover panels are fully encapsulated and wrapped using advanced materials and water proofing surface treatments. Many cover systems use the rail system to protect the cover from water penetration, relying on water routing channels to move the water away from the edges and seams, but these channels are easily inundated and overrun with water volume during the smallest of rainstorms, thus exposing weak points at the edges of the covers and seams for water to penetrate and saturate the foam core. At Stowe we merely encapsulated the cover so the core can’t be penetrated, but if it were to be, it is faced with an impenetrable wall of advanced closed cell material.
A first in Tonneau Covers: Our Built-In Toolbox
Get all the benefits of better organization—without the issues of having to fit your truck bed cover to a separate toolbox. Gone are the connecting rails, nuts and bolts, foam strips, leaks, rattles, dirt, and frustrating customer service calls. Instead, you get a built-in toolbox/cargo compartment with 400-lb-capacity that stays dry, is tall enough to stand five-gallon pails and long enough for a set of golf clubs. (Plus, with its drain holes and insulation, it makes a great tailgate cooler!)
The Stowe 2-in-1 Offers What the Others Don't
“absolutely love this setup”
The Stowe 2-in-1 is the only tonneau cover tool-box combo out there that combines truck-tough weathertight security, an all-purpose toolbox to sort and protect your tools and gear, and the careful details that make this such a must-have addition. With our versatile 2-in-1 system, you don’t just cover your gear. You Stowe it!
Weathertight
Want real protection from the weather? This is the only tonneau cover that features fail-safe automotive OEM-grade seals to keep your truck bed, tools, and gear dry and secure all year round.
Secure
With automotive-grade locks and high-strength composite cover panels supported by an aluminum frame, your gear, tools and truck bed have the highest possible level of security.
Durable
Easy Access
Both the tonneau cover and toolbox compartments open wide to give you convenient and easy access to everything in your truck bed.
You Deserve More
- Dry Storage
- Accessibility
- Durability
- Versatility
- Quality Workmanship
- Style
- Security
- Priority Support
STOWE GIVES YOU ALL THIS AND MORE!
The Tonneau Cover System that gives you more
Dealers Love the Stowe 2-in-1
“We sell a ton of tonneau covers, so trust me when I say that this 2-in-1 system from Stowe is a good buy. Loved it the minute I saw it!”
– CPW Truck Stuff, Illinois
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The most indestructible tonneau cover on the Planet
Don’t let our good looks deceive you
The Stowe Cargo System is the perfect cover for your truck bed – no matter how you use it. The world’s first 2-in-1 toolbox & tonneau cover system is built specifically for your truck bed and features durable hard cover panels, with a sealed, lockable toolbox – perfect for securely storing tools and gear of all sorts – and a fully lockable and weathertight one-piece truck bed cover.
The system installs easily and its unique hinge cover design enables easy access your truck bed from all three sides without rolling or folding the bed cover. The large and spacious rail-to-rail toolbox rises off the truck bed, giving you easy access to the full length of your truck bed to store larger items.
What You won't find in any other truck bed covers
There’s Nothing else like it
Custom-Designed Double
Bulb Weather Seals
Automotive Grade Easy
Access Security Locks
Push-button locks provide security with easy access at both entry points, and are free from snow & ice problems.
Heavy-Duty Commercial
Grade Hinges
Industry-leading high-strength six-bar hinge system with integral mounted gas struts provide easy, full access to both the toolbox and truck bed.
Removable Rear Cover
for Taller Loads
The security and convenience of a hard one-piece cover, yet removes easily in minutes when needed. No flipping, folding, or rolling the bed cover.
Nearly Indestructible
7-Layer Panel Design
Highly-engineered, heavy-duty extruded and cast-aluminum frame supports the high-tech composite sandwich cover panels that offer maximum security while being light weight.
Automotive Grade
Aluminum Frame
Textured powder coated rail finish and polyurea-top coated cover panels ensure durability and a uniquely integrated appearance.
"I know in a few years truck guys will look back and agree that this company has changed the game of truck storage”
Derrick W., Michigan
Work, LivE, Play
Your Truck, Your LIfestyle
Around Town
From the nursery to the hardware store to the yard sale and antique shop, the Stowe 2-in-1 has you covered. With maximum usable space for long items and plenty of storage in the box area, this flexible system gives you superior dry, secure, compartmentalized storage for everyday use!
In The Wild
For hunting, fishing, camping and more, nothing makes that trip more satisfying than having everything right where you need it! Our secured multipurpose toolbox has available dividers to put everything where it’s easy to get to. And our weathertight tonneau cover lifts at a touch for quick and easy three-sided access to everything in your truck bed!
On the job
The Stowe 2-in-1 is the most secure, driest, most organized and usable tonneau cover and toolbox you can find. Built rugged and tough to repel the harshest weather and environments and to take the biggest worksite beatings. You can count on Stowe to have to you covered for the life of your truck bed and beyond!
Stowe's 2-in-1 tonneau cover and toolbox combo is the most waterproof truck bed cover system on the market. Our covers are not just water resistant, but totally weathertight.
Waterproof Chevy Tonneau Covers
If you’ve ever bought a tonneau cover or truck bed toolbox to protect your pick up truck contents from weather, water, road salt and dust, how did it do?
Did it live up to the brand’s promises of protecting your truck bed?
At Stowe Cargo, many breakthrough design innovations, like our patented 2-in-1 tonneau cover with a built in toolbox/cargo system, give your pickup the most weathertight truck bed protection you can find.
A First in Tonneau Cover Technology: Our Built-In Toolbox
There’s a big difference between general cargo, which can be stored in the truck bed, and tools and gear that need to be handled more carefully and better protected from vandals and the weather. No tonneau cover alone can do this! That’s why Stowe Cargo designed our tonneau cover complete with a built-in toolbox that is multipurpose—to secure your more sensitive gear and better organize your truck bed.
This is especially important because the air under many tonneau covers is filled with moisture, road salt and dust. These contaminants can soil and even corrode your tools and whatever else you’re carrying in your truck bed. Our tonneau cover’s built-in toolbox overcomes this vulnerability by providing a securely sealed and dependable storage environment—a clean and secure space for your most important tools and gear.
How Stowe Seals the Deal
Double-Bulb Seals
The key to effective toolbox and truck bed cover sealing is seal compression. The more uniform and controlled the compression, the better the cover is sealed. Stowe’s high performance, factory-grade sealing system is based on a custom two-stage design, where a secondary perimeter seal backs up the primary seal, for a true weathertight seal and the most waterproof protection in all conditions.
In fact, the Stowe Cargo cover seal technology is even more advanced than what the Original Equipment Manufacturers trust to weatherproof your pick-up’s doors!
Tool-Box Seal
The Stowe system is designed to be weathertight not simply water resistant; water, dust, moisture and road salt just won’t get in—period. The toolbox is a sealed and secure storage environment. Its top cover is equipped with the same, custom double-bulb perimeter seal that provides extraordinary protection.
Truck Bed Moisture
On a cool evening after a hot, humid day, when the hot air cools, the inside walls of your typical aluminum toolbox will condense with added moisture. The space-age composite construction of Stowe’s tonneau cover/toolbox combo helps protect your truck bed from this added water damage.
Cover-Panel Seals
The Stowe tonneau cover is equipped with the same perimeter seal design as the toolbox cover, providing the most waterproof and weathertight seal for your entire truck bed.
Seal Coatings
When it came to maintaining the waterproof characteristics of Stowe’s high performance urethane double-bulb seal, Stowe had to ensure that the cover panel seals would last as long as you owned your pick-up truck. We engineered a unique process of applying a waterproof, anti-stick coating so that there would be no friction between the cover’s seal and the bed rail. In order to get the best seal and extended life, Stowe chose not to use the industry standard inexpensive foam seals, which deteriorate over time from this type of cover friction. With inferior foam seals, most tonneau covers leak within a short period of time after installation. In fact, most truck owners see water intrusion within the first year from foam seal failures.
WATERPROOF CHEVY TONNEAU COVERS - DON’T FORGET THE WATERPROOF TONNEAU COVER PANEL ITSELF
The Most Waterproof Tonneau Cover and Toolbox for Your Truck Bed – The Stowe 2-in-1
Yes, you can call it a truck bed “toolbox.” But it’s also a strongbox, a big boy’s toy box, a tacklebox, you name it. It’s a sleek, sophisticated, generous 400-lb.-capacity storage compartment that’s tall enough for a five-gallon pail and long enough for a set of golf clubs. It’ll help you organize your pick up truck bed, has available dividers, and even makes a great ice cooler.
Most important, unlike makeshift DIY toolbox-plus-tonneau mash-ups, our unique 2-in-1 toolbox-and-tonneau system is a single integrated design, with both toolbox and tonneau cover truly weathertight and secure. Use them together, or easily remove the tonneau cover when you need to carry taller loads.
Why buy a tool-box to go under your tonneau cover? With the Stowe 2-in-1 tonneau cover and toolbox system, your toolbox is fully accessible and weather tight with its own locking cover. It’s higher-tech protection for your tools and gear.
Call Stowe Today, or reach out to one of our Dealers for More Information about the Stowe 2-in-1 Tonneau Cover Toolbox Combo, The industries most waterproof tonneau cover and toolbox! 248-795-2240
Cover Composites
The Stowe 2-in-1 tonneau cover and toolbox cover panels are highly-engineered and the most advanced cover technology in the industry. One of the safety measures we took when building the cover panels was to not only mitigate the entrance of water into the panel itself, but if so, stop the water, and its ability to cause any harm to the cover in terms of delamination, deterioration or failures that would further hinder its ability to remain weathertight. Our panel covers use advanced automotive grade closed cell technology in the core that simply won’t allow water penetration even when faced with moisture. One of the biggest challenges with current tonneau covers is they use open cell, off the shelf foam. For those covers the open cell foam is a critical point of failure. If that gets wet, it swells and delaminates the cover, thus destroying the water-resistant seal, instant leaks forever. We have all seen these covers in the parking lot, they are bulging, lifting up at the corners, and look like hell. Imagine what the stuff inside looks like!
Cover Encapsulation
Our cover panels are fully encapsulated and wrapped using advanced materials and water proofing surface treatments. Many cover systems use the rail system to protect the cover from water penetration, relying on water routing channels to move the water away from the edges and seams, but these channels are easily inundated and overrun with water volume during the smallest of rainstorms, thus exposing weak points at the edges of the covers and seams for water to penetrate and saturate the foam core. At Stowe we merely encapsulated the cover so the core can’t be penetrated, but if it were to be, it is faced with an impenetrable wall of advanced closed cell material.
