An RV or boat cover is a tall, wide, extra-long metal carport built to shelter a motorhome, travel trailer, or boat from the Florida sun and storms. Sandalwood Sheds & More builds RV covers near Ocala and Belleview sized to your exact rig, with a vertical roof we recommend for the best drainage and the strongest hold in storm season. We deliver and set it up free within 50 miles, and our pricing is all-in with no hidden fees.
Your RV and your boat are worth real money, and the open Florida sky is hard on both. A cover sized to fit keeps the sun off the roof, the seals, and the gelcoat, and keeps the rain from sitting where it starts rust. Tell us the length, width, and height of your rig and where it will sit, and a local team that has built in Florida for 30 years will size it, deliver it, and stand behind it.
Central Florida is beautiful, and it is hard on anything you park in the open. The summer sun fades paint and gelcoat, dries out roof seals and tires, and bakes the dash and the upholstery inside. The afternoon storms soak everything, and water that sits in the wrong place is where rust and soft spots begin. On an RV or a boat, that wear is not a small thing. It is thousands of dollars of finish, seals, and resale value aging years in a single summer.
Here is the part that stings. The damage happens whether you use the rig twice a month or twice a year. A motorhome that sits uncovered between trips can need a new roof seal or a repaint long before anything mechanical wears out. A boat’s gelcoat chalks and its electronics cook. And a cover that is too short, too narrow, or too cheap can make it worse, trapping water against the rig or leaving the slide-outs and the bow hanging out in the weather it was supposed to stop. You should not have to choose between protecting what you paid for and overpaying for the cover that does it.
The right cover is the one built around your rig, not a stock size you have to make work. RVs and boats come in a lot of shapes, so we start with your numbers and size from there. Here is what goes into getting the fit right:
We will give you the straight answer on how much cover you actually need, because that is how we sell. For most RV and boat owners, an open cover, a roof on legs with the sides open, is the right call. It sheds the sun and the rain, it lets air move so moisture does not get trapped, and it costs the least to buy and to permit.
If all you want is to keep the weather off the rig between trips, an open vertical-roof cover does that, and we will tell you to stop there.
Where we point you up is when you want the rig fully out of sight and out of the wind. Closing in the sides turns the cover into more of a garage, and that is a different build with stricter rules, but it gives you lockable, all-weather protection for a high-value motorhome or a boat you store for the season. If that is the goal, see our enclosed carports and garages.
So here is our honest take. Start with an open cover sized to your rig, and step up to partial or full enclosure only when security or a salt-air, season-long storage need calls for it. We would rather size you right the first time than sell you more building than the job needs.
Not sure which way to go? Tell us what you are covering and how you store it, and we will point you to the right one, even if it is the cheaper one.
Same metal cover, very different buying experience. When the cover is sized to your actual rig, the price you are quoted is the price you pay, and the people who sell it live down the road, protecting your RV or boat stops feeling like a gamble.
Getting a cover from us is short and clear:
If paying all at once is not the plan, we have financing through a local credit union, a rent-to-own option, and 90 days same as cash. We approve on more than a credit score and we will help you keep the payment sensible. All-in pricing, no hidden fees, and if a smaller cover fits you better, we will tell you.
We are on US 441 in Belleview and we cover the area around Ocala from there. Free delivery and setup reach within 50 miles, and custom factory orders deliver free up to 170 miles, which puts RV and boat country well inside our range. We serve Marion, Sumter, Citrus, Lake, Alachua, and Levy counties, including Ocala, Belleview, Silver Springs, Dunnellon, Wildwood, Bushnell, The Villages, Inverness, Crystal River, Leesburg, and the towns in between. Not sure if you are in range? Reach out and we will tell you straight.
Start with your rig’s real height, width, and length, then add clearance. Most motorhomes need a leg height around 12 to 14 feet once you account for rooftop units and a foot or two of headroom, a width of 18 to 24 feet if you run slide-outs, and an extra-long roof so the whole rig fits with the hitch. Tell us your numbers and we size it to fit.
We almost always recommend it. RVs and boats are tall, long, and expensive, and a vertical roof drains best over a long run and carries the strongest wind rating of the roof styles, so it protects the finish and the structure better than a horizontal roof. See vertical roof carports.
Yes, and that is the main reason to get one. A steel roof keeps the sun off the gelcoat, paint, roof seals, and tires, which are the parts the Florida sun ages fastest, and it sheds the afternoon rain before it can sit and start rust. Keeping the rig covered between trips is one of the easiest ways to hold its resale value.
An open cover is enough for most owners and costs the least to buy and permit, since it sheds sun and rain while letting air move. Choose partial or full enclosure when you want the rig locked up and fully out of the wind, such as a high-value motorhome or season-long storage. We will help you pick. See enclosed carports and garages.
Permitting is the customer’s responsibility, and the rules depend on your exact location, the size of the structure, setbacks from the property line, and whether you are inside a city limit. Larger covers and any enclosed build are more likely to need a permit and a wind-load review. Check with your county or city building department before install, and we are glad to point you in the right direction.
The price moves with the size, the height, the gauge, the roof style, and whether you enclose any sides, so a tall extra-long RV cover costs more than a basic boat cover. We quote it all-in with delivery and setup included, so the figure we give you is the figure you pay. Tell us your rig’s dimensions and we will get you a real number.
Tell us the length, width, and height of your rig and where it sits. We will size the cover to fit, recommend the right roof, quote it all-in, and set it up. No pressure, and if an open cover is all you need, we will say so.
