OK, so here is a question many of you have likely asked. I am forced by the restrictions of our community to park my NEW Newmar in a storage facility. There are no covered storage available anywhere that I can park under roof. So I am considering buying one of those Tyvek covers to protect the unit from sun, sand, rain etc.Do how does one (or two) handle getting this huge sock,so to speak, over the unit in the first place without having to climb all over the Newmar. I personally don't like heights and have balance issues and wouldn't want to fall ending the possibly of ever camping again.Anyone have any tested methods for making the task easy and or less dangerous?Thanks in advance

They make a winch to hoist them but they are very heavy even with it - we do not use covers here in Minnesota because they do more damage than the weather with all the rubbing etcIn the outdoor facility I am In NO motor home has a cover - and there a total of 300 assorted RV's in it

rr2254545 wrote:They make a winch to hoist them but they are very heavy even with it - we do not use covers here in Minnesota because they do more damage than the weather with all the rubbing etcIn the outdoor facility I am In NO motor home has a cover - and there a total of 300 assorted RV's in itX2If there is any possibility of windy weather where you are parking it I wouldn't use the cover. It does cause more damage from the constant rubbing on the corners and paint.I am originally from the Midwest where you would think all RV owners would use the covers and no one does.You alternative is to look for an inside storage unit or ask the place you are at if you can have a metal/tarp carport over your MH. They are not that expensive and are easily put up and removed.Metal RV carports around a couple thousand dollars.Tarp RV carports around a couple hundred dollars.http://www.shelterlogic.com/#garages-shelters

Covers are expensive and extremely hard to put on. You'd be better off with just trying to get in with somebody in the country to allow you to store your RV on their property under cover. It may cost you the same as an open lot.

Barryrv wrote:Anyone have any tested methods for making the task easy and or less dangerous? Get a couple of high school boys to help.That is said only partly in jest.I'm not a big fan of covers.My first use probably will be my last......as I guess I didn't get it tied down tight enough or in the right places and it ended up with a few "holes" (or almost holes) at several rub points.Keep searching. There might be a covered parking lot that you haven't found yet.

Covers are not only expensive, rub the paint with the wind, kill motorhome owners who try to put them in the wind and make access restrictions.On other hand lot of vehicle owners don't think what sunlight can do in 3 or 4 years and sometimes I cry seeing good vehicle with paint peeling off because owner choose to keep $70 worth of c**p in the garage and car sits on the driveway. Coming to storage, once I kept my TT and boat at open storage at the lake. The owner allow me to raise those tent garages for the season for $5 a month more. The metal carport posted above would be the best, but also more complicated.But don't forget to cover caps that can get UV.

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crasster
Explorer II
Jun 01, 2016
Covers are expensive and extremely hard to put on. You'd be better off with just trying to get in with somebody in the country to allow you to store your RV on their property under cover. It may cost you the same as an open lot.
rockhillmanor
Explorer
Jun 01, 2016
rr2254545 wrote:
They make a winch to hoist them but they are very heavy even with it - we do not use covers here in Minnesota because they do more damage than the weather with all the rubbing etc

In the outdoor facility I am In NO motor home has a cover - and there a total of 300 assorted RV's in it

X2
If there is any possibility of windy weather where you are parking it I wouldn't use the cover. It does cause more damage from the constant rubbing on the corners and paint.

I am originally from the Midwest where you would think all RV owners would use the covers and no one does.

You alternative is to look for an inside storage unit or ask the place you are at if you can have a metal/tarp carport over your MH. They are not that expensive and are easily put up and removed.

Metal RV carports around a couple thousand dollars.

Tarp RV carports around a couple hundred dollars.
http://www.shelterlogic.com/#garages-shelters
rr2254545
Explorer
Jun 01, 2016
They make a winch to hoist them but they are very heavy even with it - we do not use covers here in Minnesota because they do more damage than the weather with all the rubbing etc

In the outdoor facility I am In NO motor home has a cover - and there a total of 300 assorted RV's in it

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