abasile
Conscientious investor
I think you're right about the high sides interfering with access to the bed. When I asked a friend who owns a construction business what he thinks of the Cybertruck, his biggest beef was exactly this. We previously owned a small pickup that got a lot of use when we were doing multiple, major construction and remodeling projects. It was great to have easy access to the bed from all angles, particularly when we had two or more guys loading/unloading rocks, dirt, and gravel.
On the other hand, I think the Cybertruck will be great for use as essentially a large SUV with the ability to carry a lot of cargo. The integrated bed cover looks much better than a typical camper shell, it's retractable, and it gives the Cybertruck a serious aerodynamic advantage over other trucks. It will be perfect for long camping trips and road trips.
I also appreciate the lack of wheel well intrusions into the bed. Carrying furniture will be much easier as a result.
Another question is, will the rear window on the cab open? Sometimes it's handy to be able to have long items, such as 12 foot trim boards, extend from the bed into the cab.
As someone who parks outdoors, I share the concerns about potential intrusion of rain, snow, dirt, leaves, and pine needles into the bed cover, its roll-up compartment, and the under-bed storage. It might not be wise to leave the Cybertruck parked outdoors with the bed cover retracted.
Finally, I wonder how well the bed cover will hold up under heavy snow loads. Each winter, it's not unusual in our mountain town to have at least one or two storms that dump more than three feet of snow, sometimes heavy, wet snow. To get the snow to slide off, perhaps it could help at times to run an electric space heater off the 120V outlet inside the bed. But I expect the bed cover to be designed to tolerate being buried for a while.
On the other hand, I think the Cybertruck will be great for use as essentially a large SUV with the ability to carry a lot of cargo. The integrated bed cover looks much better than a typical camper shell, it's retractable, and it gives the Cybertruck a serious aerodynamic advantage over other trucks. It will be perfect for long camping trips and road trips.
I also appreciate the lack of wheel well intrusions into the bed. Carrying furniture will be much easier as a result.
Another question is, will the rear window on the cab open? Sometimes it's handy to be able to have long items, such as 12 foot trim boards, extend from the bed into the cab.
As someone who parks outdoors, I share the concerns about potential intrusion of rain, snow, dirt, leaves, and pine needles into the bed cover, its roll-up compartment, and the under-bed storage. It might not be wise to leave the Cybertruck parked outdoors with the bed cover retracted.
Finally, I wonder how well the bed cover will hold up under heavy snow loads. Each winter, it's not unusual in our mountain town to have at least one or two storms that dump more than three feet of snow, sometimes heavy, wet snow. To get the snow to slide off, perhaps it could help at times to run an electric space heater off the 120V outlet inside the bed. But I expect the bed cover to be designed to tolerate being buried for a while.
