outside storage, to cover or not to cover?
To cover or not to cover? that is my question. I have come to grips with the fact that my TT will need to be stored outdoors this winter, indoor storage is just too expensive around here. Do I just...
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I've done it both ways (oh, that sounds crude)... ok ... maybe a better explanation... I've covered some years and I've not covered some years. I found no benefit either way. We use our camper(s) in the winter months and when I covered, I'd always have to find a way to loosen the straps so the furnace vents would not burn the cover up. Then the wind would blow and it would rub the trailer.
Then we took a few winter trips and it was awful removing snow from the roof to get the cover off, especially when we had slight thaws and then re-freezes and water standing on the cover refroze. No fun at all.
Last few years I've not covered. Our 2013 Outback has never been covered. Actually, it 35 feet long and putting a cover on that monster would be like wrestling a hungry bear coming out of hibernation and I was his next lunch!
Besides, we use the camper in the winter months, both camping and at home, and removing the cover to do so, even partially is no fun at all when snow is on the ground.
One thing you DO HAVE TO DO if you do cover. It MUST be tightened down as tight as you can get it so NOTHING flaps in the wind. Anywhere there is flapping will rub the paint off. If you can get around that, and if you have no intention of getting inside the camper in the winter, covering is a good thing. (but it is a lot of work)
Then we took a few winter trips and it was awful removing snow from the roof to get the cover off, especially when we had slight thaws and then re-freezes and water standing on the cover refroze. No fun at all.
Last few years I've not covered. Our 2013 Outback has never been covered. Actually, it 35 feet long and putting a cover on that monster would be like wrestling a hungry bear coming out of hibernation and I was his next lunch!
Besides, we use the camper in the winter months, both camping and at home, and removing the cover to do so, even partially is no fun at all when snow is on the ground.
One thing you DO HAVE TO DO if you do cover. It MUST be tightened down as tight as you can get it so NOTHING flaps in the wind. Anywhere there is flapping will rub the paint off. If you can get around that, and if you have no intention of getting inside the camper in the winter, covering is a good thing. (but it is a lot of work)
