Saturday 5 August 2017

Lid Time

what !  Lid ?

My baby truck has a lid. The cargo bed is covered.
5 weeks ago , I placed an order for a tonneau cover or cover for the bed of the truck. I got the call Wed that the item was in.
We arranged for Fri night install date.The rain postponed the outdoor install ( all the bays inside were full ).
Thus , Saturday was the new option date.
I even got to help ( one guy was going to do it alone ). I mostly , watched but every now and then , actually came in handy.
All done in under 2 h.
Sharp look and I'm happy.
The company is called ' Undercover ', thus I have an Undercover cover.

The pluses are complete shelter ( no rain gaps ) and very strong. In fact the top surface is rated at 14oo #. The lid locks and overlaps the tail gate to fundamentally make it hard to open the tailgate w/ the lid down.
The baby truck is gray and the accents black ( plastic trim ) and now the bed tonneau is black.
Minuses are cargo space b/c the lid doesn't fold but cantilevers up on a hinge. Thus , tall things need the tonneau removed and the tonneau stored somewhere.
And cost ! The cheaper covers can be had for $ 900 but some leak in more than a few places and are not as strong

Weather : everything , cool , damp sunny and sprinkles of rain. The high so far is 70 F but the sun is showing , way more now.

The day stayed cool w/ sun , and a breeze

Trimmed the bushes to make it seem like someone cared.




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