Hello all,This year we purchased our new to Us 25' class A motorhome. We live in North Idaho and so yes there is snow in Winter. Next year we will have a metal garage/carport for our motorhome but this winter it will have to stay parked outside on our land. What are the PRO's and or CONS to cover or not to cover our motorhomeNo one will be here for the winter to remove the snow off the roof as we will be gone all winter. We are snowbirds. We are thinking of this RV cover anyone ever used a cover from this company?https://www.empirecovers.com/detail.aspx?p=EMP77AP&v=EMP77A2P&source=cartAny input would be greatly appreciated.Mahalo!

Guess it all depends on if you want to find out how good the seals are. Personally, I'd cover it and not find out.

Covers are known to whip around in winds, scuffing the paint, causing damage in multiple places. Difficult to install, difficult to remove. Prone to develop moss and other nastiness both external and internal as they age and the anti-fungals evaporate. Often seen as a sales scam by previous owners who abandoned them. This all depends on storage area and humidity of course.Rule-of-thumb is to wander around your potential storage area and see what your neighbors do as the cold season approaches. Then do what they do, assuming you find many to compare.Up in Fairbanks Alaska where I overwintered for 3 winters, I saw maybe 1 or 2% of RVs had full covers. Most were just parked with no cover.What I did was watch the weather carefully as spring approached and then got up there and shoveled off the snow well before it broke the freezing mark during the day.If you have a building you can snuggle the RV up against to block the winds, that would help.

If you get the right size cover and keep it snug it will not cause any wind damage.I think many people don't know how to install a cover or don't take the time to install them properly.I've covered our 96 Southwind for years and never had any damage from the cover. And, we get a lot of winter wind in our area.

I,d cover it ,anything protecting it from the eliments is a plus. the darn things develope enough problems all by themselves.

We are located at the bottom of a canyon so wind is rarely and issue. Just wondering about snow load. We can get lots of snow here in the northwest. There are tons of RV dealerships around our area with hundreds of motorhomes and we don't see any of them going out and getting the snow off the Motorhomes/trailers etc. In the Winter.So I guess ours would be fine for snow load...

Cover or not to cover-no shed/garage.- Snow country!

Jim
Explorer
Sep 28, 2018
Covers are known to whip around in winds, scuffing the paint, causing damage in multiple places. Difficult to install, difficult to remove. Prone to develop moss and other nastiness both external and internal as they age and the anti-fungals evaporate. Often seen as a sales scam by previous owners who abandoned them. This all depends on storage area and humidity of course.

Rule-of-thumb is to wander around your potential storage area and see what your neighbors do as the cold season approaches. Then do what they do, assuming you find many to compare.

Up in Fairbanks Alaska where I overwintered for 3 winters, I saw maybe 1 or 2% of RVs had full covers. Most were just parked with no cover.

What I did was watch the weather carefully as spring approached and then got up there and shoveled off the snow well before it broke the freezing mark during the day.

If you have a building you can snuggle the RV up against to block the winds, that would help.
SidecarFlip
Explorer III
Sep 28, 2018
Guess it all depends on if you want to find out how good the seals are. Personally, I'd cover it and not find out.

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