Any recommendations for a truck cover?

[robert]

Does anyone have any recommendations for a quality truck cover. I'm going to be out of the country for a couple of months to a year and don't really want to leave the thing sitting. Unfortunately I don't have a garage to park it in and I can't build one of those aluminum carport things so it'll have to sit outside but I'd like to cover it. It's an '05 AccessCab with a camper shell on the back; the Yakima racks will go in storage. Whatever I get needs to survive the southern summer without trashing the paint.

 

[TwoTrack]

Is the truck going to sit, undriven, for a year?

I use a budge cover on my boat. It's been sitting in direct Florida sun for 3 years and is still in good shape. They make vehicle covers as well.

 

[calicamper]

I used a Costco cover for two years for about 3-4 months at a stretch 3rd year it finally fell apart. I wouldn't spend too much on a cover they all seem to have about the same life span with sun exposure.

 

[robert]

It's going to end up parked at my folk's house on the dirt. They're going to start it for me periodically but I don't see my dad driving it (mom can't drive a stick). I've got a battery tender lead on it already so it can be plugged in periodically too. I've left it sitting for up to six months without worrying about it but I'd like to take better care of it if I can.

 

[calicamper]

My 3-4 month covered LC and Subaru they were swapped out and spent 3-4 months parked on a paved driveway the dust gets blown into the cover and if the cover is not soft it will sand your paint with the wind moving the cover around. If its parked in the dirt I would leave it uncovered and sort out a way to cover the windows to keep sun damage minimal on the interior. Be sure to get a good quality battery tender a cooked battery was one of my issues using a cheap battery tender. I ended up dumping the tender at the 4 month point the LC and the Subaru would start but once they were turning over I would keep it going till they started because that was about all the battery would handle one attempt at 4 months.

You could just pull the battery cover the windows and tires up RV style and not worry about it.

Parked on dirt with the cover would make me worry about it getting really dusty under the cover and the wind moving the cover around doing a number on the paint.