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ScottG
Jun 14, 2018Nomad
I got them to throw in the two s/o covers for $400. It was a bad deal.
The slide toppers that AF factory install are terrible junk and I told Mr. Nash so. The material is so thin the sun comes through it. Also the "Tubes" are under sized and bend when the slide is out. When it rains, the material stretches and forms pools of water. Then when you roll them up the material is all stretched out and doesn't wind up right. I have to stuff long pieces of styrofoam under them to keep them from doing this other wise then end up all wrinkled and want to tear.
The S/O covers they use are not even available to the general public - you cannot buy them of get parts for them.
The covers they buy are from Carefree but are a model well below their cheapest model that you could buy. They are a model that is built just for manufacturers to install.
I strongly recommend that you get the trailer without them and then buy them yourself after purchase. Because even the cheapest Carefree awnings are a huge step up from these.
BTW, I had them on the last TT and would not have a trailer without them ever again.
The slide toppers that AF factory install are terrible junk and I told Mr. Nash so. The material is so thin the sun comes through it. Also the "Tubes" are under sized and bend when the slide is out. When it rains, the material stretches and forms pools of water. Then when you roll them up the material is all stretched out and doesn't wind up right. I have to stuff long pieces of styrofoam under them to keep them from doing this other wise then end up all wrinkled and want to tear.
The S/O covers they use are not even available to the general public - you cannot buy them of get parts for them.
The covers they buy are from Carefree but are a model well below their cheapest model that you could buy. They are a model that is built just for manufacturers to install.
I strongly recommend that you get the trailer without them and then buy them yourself after purchase. Because even the cheapest Carefree awnings are a huge step up from these.
BTW, I had them on the last TT and would not have a trailer without them ever again.
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