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Grit_dog
Jun 04, 2018Navigator II
Sidehil, I agree, possibly in wet climates.
I should clarify, I was reccomending the tarp over soft cover in cold (not 20deg cold, rather -20deg cold) and snowy climates, specifically my experience in AK was soft cover, even raking snow load off would leave snow on the roof.
Sunny days well below freezing would thaw and leave huge ice sickles stuck to the fabric. Those would pull on the fabric and caused several tears in the cover in just one winter that I could have prevented had I tarped over it once the snow started to fly.
I should clarify, I was reccomending the tarp over soft cover in cold (not 20deg cold, rather -20deg cold) and snowy climates, specifically my experience in AK was soft cover, even raking snow load off would leave snow on the roof.
Sunny days well below freezing would thaw and leave huge ice sickles stuck to the fabric. Those would pull on the fabric and caused several tears in the cover in just one winter that I could have prevented had I tarped over it once the snow started to fly.
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