MMcGee wrote:
5) What's the best skin to resist our occasional hail storms?
I see no one has approached this subject. Aluminum sided vehicles (both Airstream styles and aluminum siding) will get dented at some point here in CO if left in that kind of weather. How often do you plan to use the trailer? If kind of the average use, maybe not as much of a concern IF you store your TT in some sort of covered parking when not in use.
Do Airstreams get hail damage? Yes, they do, I have a friend who has one where the entire front end looks like the skin of a golf ball. That is something only you can decide of if something like that happens, will you be OK leaving it that way or do you want to go through insurance to get this major issue repaired to be subject to it happening again.
Airstreams are nice but are not my family's cup of tea. We found them too crowded, too sterile looking and being in an area that sees a lot of hail, not something I would consider having, I store my TT outside, uncovered. If you do not have your own covered storage, here in CO covered storage is very expensive and very limited.
