We are in Montana and normally we don't get too much snow.This year I am looking at 26" of snow on top of the rig.Whats the safest way to remove the snow? The snow is still soft.
I can tell none of you work at a car dealership. All the dealers around here use leaf blowers to clean off the cars every time it snows. I dont even bother. Just leave it and let it melt as it needs to. Me walking around up there cleaning leaves and accorns off the slides on Sundays in the summer to pull in slides probably puts more load per square inch on the roof than a winters worth of snow.
We have used our telescoping pool cleaning brush....and the 8' step ladder....works very well, carefully pulling the snow off. The very center of the roof is hard to get, but getting 85% of the snow off is better than not. We have had 2' of snow - but, it's rare.
120+ inches of snow here so far this winter. I usually do not clear mine off. If you can find a thing called a Sno-Brum it will not damage your roof. I would not get up on a Rubber/EPDM roof this time of the year. I know others as above have done it but one false step and you're done for. This coming from someone who works in Orthopedics at a Level I trauma center:).
A long-handled snow rake (roof rake) would make easy work of that - ours has a plastic blade that doesn't hurt the shingles of a house, so wouldn't hurt the RV roof, either. The handle is usually 12' long (3 four-foot sections)
I have about 18" or so on the roof. The camper has a cover but we don't usually worry too much about the snow unless it gets over 3'. We have had as much as 4' up there and will only remove it if it looks like we are going to get warm weather with rain. The snow on the roof right now is layered with ice as well this year so it would be pretty hard to remove. Agree soft brush is the best way if you are going to try and remove it.