Cleaning top of slideout
I've recently downsized to a one slideout 5th wheel. When camping I've always used a ladder to clean off the leaves and small branches before retracting the slides. I usually just climb up on the la...
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CaLBaR wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:
Toppers will mold when retracted wet and not extended soon after to dry.
So do the awnings and even when you close them up dried they still wick in moisture. Mine get rolled up dry every time and next time I open them after it rains they are wet and I get dripped on.
Rob
I have never seen mold on either my awning nor my slide toppers ,and they get rolled up wet ,and left that way. Could be the dry climate here in Utah, but no mold. Mine are 12 years old now.
Its funny the subject of cleaning off the toppers , Slide outs I can see , but a few leaves or needles remaining on top of the slide outs, can't see where they are going to hurt anything if left, bigger twigs or broken branches sure. Same with the slide toppers , I have NEVER cleaned them off. Bigger stuff like a branch is going to fall off, the small stuff also unless wet, and a few leaves or needles rolled up is not going to be a problem, at least for me it hasn't , but have never noticed anything staying up there, when the wife brings in the slides.
Also as far as the wind ,I got one on the long living room slide that flaps a bit in the wind, and I have been in some pretty good wind storms ,other then annoying flapping it hasn't been a problem.
