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countrycampers3's avatar
Oct 04, 2014

Question- Snow & Slide outs

I have a question for those who have experience in this instance.

This is our first camping rig with slide outs. Having camped in the winter with snow before I've not had to deal with this before. No slide outs.

I assume if it snows on your slide out the snow will start to melt do to not the greats insulation in a camper, and probably start to freeze. Then a person would have to crawl up on top and remove that ice to put the slides back in to transport the rig.(something I hope to avoid) Then if you got the slides in all that snow and ice remaing would melt on the inside.

Is there a way to avoid this. No please don't tell me to stay home until spring. Do the Slide out Awnings work in this instance??? What if the wind blows the snow around would snow get under the Awning slide on top of the slide out roof? Has anyone experienced this.

Your help and suggestions are appreciated.

Thank You.
  • Had to clean snow off the slide topers in Denver last fall. A real PIA.

    The snow melted and froze, in fact it froze the toppers to the slides! Used a hose & a long broom to break the toppers loose from the slides, then swept the snow off. Not sure if it would be better with or without the toppers. Either way the snow and ice has to come off and you need to be up on the ladder in the cold.
  • Several times I have had to use a ladder and broom to remove snow from the slides. I don't have slide toppers. Another consideration is the weight of the snow. In Utah one time we ended up with 6 to 10 inches of snow on top of the trailer. I figured the weight to be about 2500 lbs. Needless to say this had an impact on TV performance in the mountains. I ended up having to shovel snow off the roof of the trailer.
  • Winter???

    The following pics are from last May in Cheyenne, WY.

    We wouldn't be w/o our slide toppers.