Abstract: A cover for open-bodied vehicles to cover loads during transportation having a reel carried in an assembly removably securable to the front of an open vehicle body, a rod longer than the width of the vehicle body, a tarpaulin at least as wide and as long as the open body connected at one end to the rod and at the other to the reel, removable hooks securable to the back of the vehicle body for holding the rod with the tarpaulin extended, a crank connected to the reel for reeling the cover and a hand implement having a device mating with said crank for manual operation of the reel and a tool for connection to said rod so as to manually transport the tarpaulin from the reeled condition out over the open body.