RV Protection (covers, canopies, etc)
We just bought a brand new 2014 Lance 2285 TT (our second TT). We park it in our driveway in sunny Southern California and are concerned about sun exposure and roof exposure to fallen tree pods, etc....
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Using a cover is either a necessity due to climate, or a personal preference. Most of us fall under the later category. If your temps run into the high extremes like Rocky71's for long periods then you'll need something.
We've never covered any of our trailers. We get temps in the summer as high as 100 and in the winter as low as -20, all in snow, rain, wind, etc., and under a tree. Our last trailer (in HTT) had oxidized front and rear bed panels after about 8 years. I polished them out with white polishing compound and a high speed polishing machine. We had that trailer 10 years and it still looked great.
Keep it waxed and keep the roof clean.
I won't ever use a blue tarp either. I did on a pop-up camper once. Tarps have an abrasive surface. In one winter that tarp did more damage to the surface of the trailer than not covering it for the remaining 9 years we owned it.
We've never covered any of our trailers. We get temps in the summer as high as 100 and in the winter as low as -20, all in snow, rain, wind, etc., and under a tree. Our last trailer (in HTT) had oxidized front and rear bed panels after about 8 years. I polished them out with white polishing compound and a high speed polishing machine. We had that trailer 10 years and it still looked great.
Keep it waxed and keep the roof clean.
vicfor wrote:
Mitch - Why no blue tarp no matter what?
I won't ever use a blue tarp either. I did on a pop-up camper once. Tarps have an abrasive surface. In one winter that tarp did more damage to the surface of the trailer than not covering it for the remaining 9 years we owned it.
