Slide out roof and leaves
How are you guys cleaning off your slide out roof during fall camping? It's inevitable that you are going to get a roof full of leaves this time of the year. I have a ladder and a walkable roof bu...
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Huntindog wrote:
The only issues I have had is ice stuck to the roof sometimes... That is a pain.
The trick to avoiding ice build up on the slide top is to periodically remove it when it's still snow but unless it's light, fluffy stuff you're going to need a ladder and broom as no leaf blower is going to remove heavy, wet snow or ice.
Here's a pic of our mid October, fall campsite this year at Pinery Provincial Park, just what one would expect at this time of year.
Here's a pic of our mid October, fall campsite last year at Pinery Provincial Park, NOT what one would expect at this time of year! :E
ONLY a ladder and a means to sweep snow or chip ice off the top of the slide is going to work in these conditions. A slide topper would sag from the weight of snow and although that could be offset somewhat by inserting a couple of pool noodles on the slide roof that would require ... you guessed it - a ladder. :W
