G'day;So almost ready to park rv for the winter months in the rain/snow, etc. Until spring 2018; i.e. mid Apr., approx. It is parked on level ground and my only question, for now, is: should I tilt it towards the rear or maybe tip it (roof) slighly down in front?Your call and thanks in advance for your advise. p.s. It is not level and I can see water pools around the skylight edges.:E

boston blacky wrote:G'day;So almost ready to park rv for the winter months in the rain/snow, etc. Until spring 2018; i.e. mid Apr., approx. It is parked on level ground and my only question, for now, is: should I tilt it towards the rear or maybe tip it (roof) slighly down in front?Your call and thanks in advance for your advise.G'day to you too! :B Right or wrong, when winter storing our trailer outdoors my own call is to park the trailer tongue down with a breathable ADCO cover over it. Last winter I winter stored indoors and it sure was a lot easier, may do it again this winter as it's one sure way to protect the trailer from harsh winter weather.

SoundGuy wrote:boston blacky wrote:G'day;So almost ready to park rv for the winter months in the rain/snow, etc. Until spring 2018; i.e. mid Apr., approx. It is parked on level ground and my only question, for now, is: should I tilt it towards the rear or maybe tip it (roof) slighly down in front?Your call and thanks in advance for your advise.G'day to you too! :B Right or wrong, when winter storing our trailer outdoors my own call is to park the trailer tongue down with a breathable ADCO cover over it. Last winter I winter stored indoors and it sure was a lot easier, may do it again this winter as it's one sure way to protect the trailer from harsh winter weather.My thought is the roof is designed to work level, so park the trailer level.

Front or rear tilt don't matter, just so long as it's tilted one way or another. I tend to tilt mine back even in the summer to let the rain run off.

I keep my trailer in a barn, but if I kept it outside, I would want it draining off the back rather than on the front battery box and propane tanks.Jack L

Whichever direction is easier should be fine, broadly speaking.I tend to prefer to have my class C tilt towards the back for long-term storage rather than towards the front simply because I'd rather have less water collecting around the cabover section in case a leak should develop there. The cabovers have a lot of seams and such that make them a common site of leaks--at least the ones built like mine is do.It is also very nice if you can arrange things so the water from the roof doesn't all descend right in front of the entry door!

Roof level or inclinded towards front or rear for winter?

16 Replies

rickeoni
Explorer
Oct 31, 2017
On my TC the manual states to store it nose high, so I store the fiver the same way.
Skid_Row_Joe
Explorer
Oct 31, 2017
ksg5000 wrote:
Where's it prone to leaking? I have Class C RV which tend to have water issues in the front cab area ... I park my rig with the front a couple of inches higher than the back - still well within specs on fridge for my length rig.
Side to side being level is the gold standard test in gas absorption RV refers. Front to back being level, matters little.
Skid_Row_Joe
Explorer
Oct 31, 2017
RVs were aerodynamically designed favoring rainwater to the rear. My coach always is parked to drain to the rear. Much less chance of water intrusion that way.
fj12ryder
Explorer III
Oct 30, 2017
Mine is slightly tilted to the rear, but that's only because that's the lay of the land where I store it. I don't think it really matters too much, but just offhand I'd say tilted either forward or rearward would help drain the water off the roof. That seems like a good thing.
DrewE
Explorer II
Oct 30, 2017
Dennis12 wrote:
If your refrigerator will be on you will want your unit level.

You want it level within something like three degrees, which doesn't sound like much but actually is quite a bit out of kilter. It does not need to be leveled with micrometer accuracy. Having one side of the RV a few inches lower than the other does not exceed this angle. (For an axle that's seven feet long, two inches difference between the ends works out to just about exactly one degree of slope.)

In my experience, the shower doesn't drain well (depending on the direction of lean), it's hard to cook things due to the pan being slanted, and walking around is a bit irksome well before the fridge is beyond its operating specs.
ksg5000
Explorer
Oct 30, 2017
Where's it prone to leaking? I have Class C RV which tend to have water issues in the front cab area ... I park my rig with the front a couple of inches higher than the back - still well within specs on fridge for my length rig.
Dennis12
Explorer
Oct 30, 2017
If your refrigerator will be on you will want your unit level.
troubledwaters
Nomad
Oct 30, 2017
Front or Rear - six of one, half a dozen of the other.
Sandia_Man
Explorer II
Oct 30, 2017
Nose down when storing our TT.
MFL
Nomad II
Oct 30, 2017
Every ones RV parking may not be the same. My FW is parked on side of down sloping driveway. I let the front down in Winter to same slope as drive way. This allows the snow melt (water) to run out of roof, slide, and awning gutters, rather than refreezing in them.

Jerry