Heartland RV
Whats your feedback on 5th Big Horn or Big Horn traveller? Or the best Heartland RV We own a Royals International by Carriage.
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justme wrote:ReneeG wrote:
We installed solar panels five years ago and inspect our roof regularly. No problems to date.
The problem is that 1/8" luan is not as secure to mount solar panels as 3/8" ply wood. Yes one can mount them to luan, but if you are traveling 60mph into a 20+ mph head wind you are seeing hurican force winds that could play havac on anything secured to luan. Special precautions would be advised. I wonder if Heartland ever offered or even authorized solar panels on those roofs--. I beleive many folks did add them, but they are dealing with unknown risks. There are aluminum cross members every 4ft that one could ankor those panels to, but I don't think it is practicle unless they use unistrut ankored to those aluminum cross memebers with the panels ankered to the unistrut. Most RVs use 3/8" ply woods with cross members spaced at 16" which would provide a secure roof for mounting things on--- not to mention that any potential water intrusion damage would be significantly lessoned
As I said, we inspect and there is no movement, nothing that is loose with the panels or leaking with the roof. Our unit is a 2011 model and one of the best built. I would not buy a new one today.
