New Class A - opinions on covering it?
So it looks like I will be buying my first motorhome - a class A 32 foot Forest River Gas. After looking all week and emailing a ton of sellers I can spend about 10K than I had originally picked out i...
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msturtz wrote:bclinton wrote:
So, after research I will be unable to install a permanent cover due to local codes. Here they have to be 5 feet from the property line and 10 feet from my house.....so....for the folks that are using a tarp where did you get it from? I am thinking covering the roof and maybe a foot or down on the sides would be better than nothing and easier to put on and take off.
Please do not use a tarp. It will damage the paint, roof, equipment on the roof such as air conditioners, antennas, plumbing vents and ladder. They are actually worse than nothing. It holds in moisture because it doesn't breathe when the water underneath evaporates. The commercial RV covers are made of a fabric that is waterproof on the outside but when water turns into water vapor it can escape. This keeps the rig from staying wet.
Do they make a half cover. I might be wrong but is seems that putting one on that basically covers the roof and maybe a foot or 2 would be much easier to deal with.....
