RV Covers in snowy areas.

gbopp wrote:
I think just about any cover is better than no cover. We have had our Southwind covered in snow/ice all winter.
Make sure the cover is snug and secure. We get a lot of winter wind in our area and have never had a cover related pronlem.
Except for a couple times the wind broke the cord holding the cover in place. The RV was not damaged.

I was told the exact opposite from two dealers and an independent RV repair shop when looking to buy one a few years back. The RV repair center put it the simplist, they work on a half dozen campers a year repairing damaged caused by a cover and they have yet to do a repair on a camper that was damaged by snow.

Never used a cover on mine and we gets lots of snow up here in Vermont. Have never had a problem with the roof and it has been 12 years.

x96mnn wrote:

gbopp wrote:
I think just about any cover is better than no cover. We have had our Southwind covered in snow/ice all winter.
Make sure the cover is snug and secure. We get a lot of winter wind in our area and have never had a cover related pronlem.
Except for a couple times the wind broke the cord holding the cover in place. The RV was not damaged.

I was told the exact opposite from two dealers and an independent RV repair shop when looking to buy one a few years back. The RV repair center put it the simplist, they work on a half dozen campers a year repairing damaged caused by a cover and they have yet to do a repair on a camper that was damaged by snow.

If you read my post again you will see I said, 'Make sure the cover is snug and secure.'
That is the key to no damage from the cover during wind.
And we get a LOT of winter wind in our area.

Probably many people install the cover and do not secure it properly.

If covers are so wonderful why do RV dealers not use them?

Removing a cover at -30 would be quite a task.

Because they are trying to SELL those RV's.. Not STORE them.... ;)

What about shrink-wrapping an RV like they do to boats when they are pulled from the lake?

My ADCO held together for five seasons during a period when we had some record snowfalls in the area where I live.

pianotuna wrote:
If covers are so wonderful why do RV dealers not use them?

Removing a cover at -30 would be quite a task.

Just like the other statement further up about the repairs due to covering.....if I was a dealer I'd tell you to leave it out in the elements as much as possible. Hard to sell a lot of RVs if the older ones stay in good shape!

Like when people ask my opinions about buying a car, boat, motorcycle, etc. I always reccomend buying new. Without a lot of new machine sales, there will be far less newer used ones for sale for the rest of us.

Regarding covers, I've only had a RV 1 winter without indoor storage and it came with a cover so I used it.
I found that the snow stuck to the fabric kind of on the roof and so did icecicles when it would thaw some. Few of them tore the cover and the snow was hard to remove from the roof.
We had a merry Christmas meltdown that year in Anchorage and when the snow was gone, I strapped a blue tarp over the cover, covering mostly just the roof. Made snow removal much easier.

Mitch,

I've never seen a cover on an RV in Regina.
The business where I store my RV has 7 acres of RV's. There is not ONE that is covered.

I think covers are good way to separate an RV'er from the money in their wallet, and an even better way to damage the skin of an RV when there is wind causing the cover to move and abrade the finish.