Why not just bring it with you?
You will still need wheels and another Datto in the sunshine state is'nt so bad is it?

Its a trailer car mate, and I cant afford a garage to keep it in up there...

(also after somewhere to live, ideally a granny flat, garage with shower or similar, if anyone up that way can think of anything

Long story is that I am going to Uni then hopefully Europe for a few years. The ute is the only thing that I'm keeping really. It will be staying with family.

Ah I miss the forums, so many like minded datto people...

arr i though you wanted to put it in storage .
my list would be wheels off the ground full tank of fuel disconect batt

when you/or friend gets a chance turn over by hand

and after 3 years and your back new oils/fuild's new fuel new fuel lines new batt and a carbie kit

yeah we have met, but i think im the tightest asswad here

Yeah sorry, keeping as in the only possession that im keeping from my life now... so it will be in storage, until I decide to settle somewhere again...

My 2c.
Decommission.
Moisture is your enemy.
Fill fuel tank to top. If you have DCOEs then leave them alone.
Up on stands. Support ute under suspension not body.
Make sure cooling system is full and corrosion inhibitor will last.
Drain engine oil when hot & replace filter.
Fill oil when engine is cold & start engine. When oil pressure lamp goes off run for 10 secs at 2000rpm. Turn engine off.
As Unfamilia says 20 - 30 ml of engine oil in cylinders and turn over by hand 3 or 4 times. Refit plugs.
Remove rocker cover and remove pushrods. Store in oily plastic bag.(yeah I know - pretty anal.) Squirt engine oil over rocker gear. Refit cover.
Disconnect battery, (donate it to someone who needs it unless you can keep it charged) Remove fan belt and store.
Push clutch pedal down. Use a suitable length of timber against the seat crossmember to hold the clutch pedal fully down.
Bleed the brakes so as the replace all the fluid.
Put a rag in the exhaust to seal it.
Tape up air cleaners, breathers or seal air inlet to engine.
Drop windows 10mm. Crack open 1/4 vents. Latch doors on primary latch point to save door seals.
Cover with dust cover.
Good if the engine can be rotated every 2-3 months.

Recommission.
Drain tank and use fuel for mower for the next 5 years.
Put all the stuff back together etc and wind the engine over by hand a few times.
Replace the brake fluid again (yeah I know).
Probably replace battery as its now stuffed.
Fit the fan belt, pushrods (check tappets).
Change the engine coolant and spark plugs.
Start it up and drive it lightly for the first 10 mins.
Realise you were silly to leave your datto for 3 years.
Don't do it again.

You can buy "petrol preservative" which stops your petrol from "going off". You may not want to use the petrol in your beaut ute when it's been sitting there for some time, but you could probably use it in something #OOPS#ty (like, say, a commodore). Anyway if you added it before you stopped driving it it could be in the petrol in your lines, pump, filter and carbies as well as the tank and that would probably be a good thing.
I seem to remember that I've seen it at the mower shop!

Hey, that's cool. If I type #OOPS# it comes out #oops#.

i like wat ddiesel said sound very well thouight out