Slide topper/ freezing rain

Wait until tomorrow morning when the sun and temps melt it all off.

Usually the ice melts in the sun or just cracks off when I retract the slide. That said we got some snow and ice buildup on the slide cover in Denver last fall. When we were ready to leave the cover was frozen to the top of the slide. I ended up using a hose to melt the ice and get the snow build up off.

No problem, we are out camping a few miles from you and the slide has been out all day and I am sure there was ice on it but now melted. Also I would not be concerned about closing the slide with ice on the topper as it will slide right off. Now closing slide with ice and no topper could cause a problem. :)

I moved the TT in mid February after it had been sitting with the slides out. The big slide over the dinette and sofa collects water when it rains and as the weather was in the low thirties the water had turned to ice. I had to crawl up on the roof, break up and remove the ice, then retract the slide. Its a PITA but no harm done. Just don't try to retract the slide with the ice still there or it may cause issues.

In the week before Christmas last year an ice storm rolled through northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas just as the season was ending at Amazon for us work campers.

While my RV does not have slides, most of the 100 or so RVs at the campground I stayed in did have them and I don't think a single one pulled their slides in. If you've got a topper than that is catching the majority of the ice and it shouldn't be getting on the top of the slide itself where it would make retracting a challenge later. I would think excess weight would be the biggest concern, and unless it's a whole lot of freezing rain I doubt it'd get heavy enough to cause issues. Just my two cents.

Hope things warm up soon.

I can't imagine why you would need to. I'd sure leave mine out, that's what they're there for.

I don't know if this was correct thing to do but we have camped in past and had water freeze on slide topper. Since the water isn't under pressure and the weight would only settle down until resting on slide roof I didn't worry about it. Biggest danger I had was when DW was retracting slide and I was disconnecting utilities. A big chunk of ice almost got me!

This was rain water from daytime freezing as a "puddle" at night. With freezing rain that could form a layer of ice over all surfaces might be handled by bringing slides in.

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