Is a slide out roller topper needed?
We have a new Bullet 285RLS TT which is 30 ft long with an 11 ft long 3 ft deep slide. I noticed quite a few TT's at the CG's we went to this season with rubberized or canvas rollout awnings mounted a...
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I have had slides for 15- 16 years. No topper. It is rare to see a TT with one in AZ. So I never saw the need for one.
This may depend on where and how one camps though.
I remember around 2006 we were in Michigan at the Proud Lake campgrond. (a really rare thing for us to be in a campground)
It was Oct and the trees were losing their leaves. I watched a family that was across the drive from us breaking camp. They had a topper, and were having a hard time getting the leaves that had gotten under the topper out so they could retract it. Three of them with brooms and at one point they even shoved a ball under it to get more room to work. I didn't time it, but It had to be close to 30 minutes that they worked on it.
I had never even thought about the need to remove debri from the slide roof until I saw this. When we broke camp, I stood on a crate and looked at the roof.. Yep, it had a lot of leaves on it. I got a broom, and with no topper in the way, had it cleared in less than 5 minutes by myself.
I think that toppers should be awnings. Able to be deployed when needed.
This may depend on where and how one camps though.
I remember around 2006 we were in Michigan at the Proud Lake campgrond. (a really rare thing for us to be in a campground)
It was Oct and the trees were losing their leaves. I watched a family that was across the drive from us breaking camp. They had a topper, and were having a hard time getting the leaves that had gotten under the topper out so they could retract it. Three of them with brooms and at one point they even shoved a ball under it to get more room to work. I didn't time it, but It had to be close to 30 minutes that they worked on it.
I had never even thought about the need to remove debri from the slide roof until I saw this. When we broke camp, I stood on a crate and looked at the roof.. Yep, it had a lot of leaves on it. I got a broom, and with no topper in the way, had it cleared in less than 5 minutes by myself.
I think that toppers should be awnings. Able to be deployed when needed.
