Water heater covers
Quoting Acampingwewillgo from Roads & Routes: "This was my experience last year.
I've driven the MH for almost 13 year's without this happening including times on both the 99 and 5 in the same area your referring too but alas, last year while traveling the 5, I lost my water heater outside cover because of the rough road. I don't know exactly where it went bye bye but soon after Sacramento, I noticed it missing. May I suggest to those reading this to place a small "carabiner" clip or small padlock on the eyelet of that cover. I'm not the first to lose one. "
My own contribution is: After going through a hand-truck-wash in Tucson I discovered that my water htr cover was gone. Regretably it was not discovered until I was 3 miles down the road. The rotating/flip up latch was standing straight up and down. My (paranoid?)theory? The grunt laborer who did most of the washing was having a bad day and decided to take it out on me by moving the latch to the open position and letting road wind and motion do the rest. Soitgoes...
Another lesson from this experience: always do comparison shopping. The first place I went to for a replacement cover said I could only order the cover with frame, but could just throw the new frame away and mount to the old one. The second place said I could order the cover by itself. The price difference was significant, at least to me. Both were established well known parts supply places. Soitgoes again...
I've driven the MH for almost 13 year's without this happening including times on both the 99 and 5 in the same area your referring too but alas, last year while traveling the 5, I lost my water heater outside cover because of the rough road. I don't know exactly where it went bye bye but soon after Sacramento, I noticed it missing. May I suggest to those reading this to place a small "carabiner" clip or small padlock on the eyelet of that cover. I'm not the first to lose one. "
My own contribution is: After going through a hand-truck-wash in Tucson I discovered that my water htr cover was gone. Regretably it was not discovered until I was 3 miles down the road. The rotating/flip up latch was standing straight up and down. My (paranoid?)theory? The grunt laborer who did most of the washing was having a bad day and decided to take it out on me by moving the latch to the open position and letting road wind and motion do the rest. Soitgoes...
Another lesson from this experience: always do comparison shopping. The first place I went to for a replacement cover said I could only order the cover with frame, but could just throw the new frame away and mount to the old one. The second place said I could order the cover by itself. The price difference was significant, at least to me. Both were established well known parts supply places. Soitgoes again...
