frozen cover

Today Fri I got the rest of the snow and ice off cover on MH ,With a little luck, a little sun, and couple extra hands to help the cover may get removed tomorrow and the 2014 adventure may start Feb 19th or 20th, my check off list is about complete and Audrey has got some clothes ready to go in.If I get her home I can install the house batteries and fire up the furnace,Please LORD no more snow!!!!!!!!!!-Rich

Be careful up there Rich, at our age (I'm 69) we don't bounce as good as we used to. Not quite as sure footed as we used to be either. My wife tripped and broke her hip a couple weeks ago and that cancelled our trip south in a hurry. I hope you can get that cover off safely and get some place warmer soon!
Ed

Well today I plowed around one side of MH and in front then snowblowed as much snow as possible since it is all gravel close to the side I plowed ,Then Because I am as smart as I am (at 68yrs old) I got a extention ladder and climbed up on the roof and really surprised me that the snow was some what flufy which it made easy to remove but being so deep I worked about an hour till the sun started to set and the air was getting chilly,Now I got to figure out how to get back on the ladder without busting my geister,after 2 or 3 trys I finally got my foot over the top rung and was able to slowly get down,Got about 1/2 the snow off tomorrow maybe finish it,Right now I go tack a nap--to be continued-Rich

I do have clothes baskets (6 of them)upside down which holds the cover up in the middle but we got so much snow that there are spots where I am sure it is frozen to the cover.Next year I will come up with a better idea for sure,My thinking is to get the open space area blowing warm air into there-I may try to roll the cover up and go to a car wash-no I don't think I can do that either-Thanks Rich

Maybe you can borrow a small propane heater that you can run inside. Once you get the inside nice and warm. Try opening the door and with the cover over the door. Set up a fan and blow warm air up between the cover and the RV. It's kind of like at the football games were they blow warm area under the tarp to keep the field warm.

I had that happen a couple years ago. I tore the cover trying to get it loose and still couldn't get it off. I finally piled it up on top and drove to down to my heated shop. It took a while but it finally came loose. After that I built a center rafter that sat on the 2 roof air units and held the cover off the roof and also made it so most rain and snow ran off. Good luck, I hope you can get it thawed out.

I really appreciate the comments But I really can't get heat into the MH till maybe this weekend when it warms up a little maybe 30 I'll start the engine and turn on the heater ,i also have a portable Genny lined to borrow over this weekend,I have managed to get to roof vents partially open so with the electric heater running & MH furnace And the engine heater I am hoping to get the ice to melt enough to get it off without tearing it or worst yet the roof-Thanks Rich
After this weekend I'll print a follow-up of how I made out

racer99 wrote:
Good suggetions BUT the MH is at a storage yard outside with snow everywhere,The house Batteries are in the garage on battery tender so starting the genny up to get heater going is out of the question,And I would need a real long extendtion cord to plug into my house,They are talking possible rain Thurs which may help,I may crawl on roof to remove any loose snow that I can BUT if I fall there won't be no vacation Maybe get a portable Generator to run heater-Thanks Rich

You can't start the generator from the chasis battery with your boost switch? I can start mine from either bank of batteries, but I don't know if it makes a difference that the batteries are out of the coach.

I'm in California where we don't get a freeze that often, but I tried to remove my cover once when it had frozen to the roof and it was frozen solid. And it only got to maybe 25 degrees overnight. I waited until later in the afternoon to take it off when it was up in the 40's and it still did not come off easy. Tore it in a couple of places. The reason I tell this story is I'm guessing it's a whole lot colder where you are so you are going to have a heck of time warming that motorhome up enough to get the cover off. You'll probably have to run the generator along with however many electric heaters it will support as well as you internal furnace.

cbr46 the antifreeze for water systems will freeze it just will not expand and break pipes like water will until it gets to about -50*. I would not spray it on the roof and cover.

I wonder if the pink antifreeze for water systems would wash off easily? You could spray it on with a bug sprayer . . . .

If it stains you're hosed. Test on a small area.

Best,
- bob