On Sun, 17 Nov 1996, Norah Kiraly wrote:
> Speaking of weather: Now that all the white stuff is arriving, I don't feel
> like shovelling the stuff out of the back of the truck. Anyone have any
> ideas about a cover for the back. I don't want to spend a lot as I'm
> trading it in next year, unless I can remove it and put it on the new one???
Depends on your definition of a lot of money. I just got a Covercraft
soft tonneau cover for $183 US. It uses aluminum rails that clamp to the
bed. All other tonneau covers I found were either the velcro kind (you
have to sticky-tape velcro to your truck, plus I'm not confident it's
going to stay put on the freeway) or the metal snap kind (you have to
drill holes in your truck for the snaps). The Covercraft will come right
off and requires no modification other than a possible scratching of the
paint up underneath the bed rails where the clamps were. I can still
raise and lower my tailgate with it installed, and I can remove just the
rail that goes over the tailgate by pulling two pins. It also included
two support bows. As long as the new truck has the same dimensions around
the edge of the bed as the old one, it will move over without any
problems. (BTW, if anybody wants it, the part number for the vinyl cover
that fits the the short bed is TY4152.)
I suppose I should mention that I don't work for Covercraft, nor am I
affiliated with them in any way. I just bought one of their covers and
have been fairly impressed with it.
> I did entertain the thought of leaving the snow in, making a snow man and
> driving around with it in the back.
I would like to see a big rams-head logo sculpted out of snow riding
around in the back of a Dakota.
-- Jason Bleazard
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