Maxx Air Vent cover

I might be confused by your post...but, I would certainly not mount the opening (louvers) facing the front. The air stream from driving at 60+ mph down the road might rip the cover right off.

Also..think about driving down the road in a rain storm...

It would seem your regular vent is backwards, it should be the other way to begin with. Putting a MaxxAir cover over it facing frontwards should not be a problem unless you want it open while towing, particularly in the rain. I've seen them that way before but if it were mine, I would turn the regular roof one around.

If I am understanding what you are saying, your crank-up vent when looking from the front of your trailer opens at the front and hinges at the rear? If this is the case it was installed backwards. I would not install the MaxxAir cover to accommodate the trailer vent if it's backwards like this. You want the Maxx Air vent side to be facing the rear of the trailer!

I would say lots of problems....like it being ripped off on the road by the 60 mph winds you subject it to. I have never seen a vent mounted with the opening to the front...is this a new unit or did someone install the vent wrong.

You should re-install the vent correctly and then add the cover.

Man, unless someone installed this vent after it was sold, you kind of wonder where the QC department at the manufacturer was the day this was made.

NHIrish wrote:


You should re-install the vent correctly and then add the cover.

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ssemalone wrote:
so putting on a Maxx air vent cover, Instructions say the vent should be facing the back of the TT but the vent it is covering opens toward the front, any problem mounting the maxx air facing the front of the TT???

You will need to re-orient the vent lid towards the rear of the trailer - that is the correct orientation of any vent lid. With that done the vent cover can be oriented facing the rear of the trailer so that when the lid is open it is parallel to the sloped front of the vent cover.

I am wondering if there is a miss-understanding of opening to the front or rear. The hinge of the vent cover should be towards the front of the trailer with the opening when the vent is up to the rear of the trailer so it would not act as a scoop while going down the road. Otherwise it needs to be reversed. I do know of a dealer that has installed them backwards and also slide toppers upside down.

If the OP could post a pic it may clarify everything.