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heathmc
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Jun 18, 2020

Slide Topper Awnings Will Not Fit

Hello!

First time RVers here, we've owned it about a month now and have spent close to two weeks in it! It's a 2017 Evergreen I-Go 31ft, pretty rare manufacturer so that may lead to some of my issues... Anyways this will be used as a home away from home for my wife while she is on residency out of state for a few months. Because of the length of time we wanted to install slide toppers to help prevent any excess rain intrusion and of course the heat and debris benefits. Well we called a mobile tech to get a quote and he said that we couldn't install toppers because they wouldn't fit due to there not being enough clearance between the top of the slide and the roof. I started comparing ours to others and sure enough our slides close very close to the roof line compared to most. Long story short is there an alternative to the traditional slide topper awnings that might work in our case? Thanks!
  • Flat slide toppers will puddle rain. That may/may not be a problem for you.
  • We have slide toppers and use our 5th wheel 4 months out of each year and have no problem with them. Rain water runs off and there is no problem of debris. Rather have them than climbing up to clean the top of 2 superslides and the bedroom slide. Makes rain storms a lot quieter too. JMO
  • A slide topper should have zero to do with preventing rain getting in.
    I personally will not have a RV with them. In my areas, high winds, not debri is the problem. Slide toppers are not good in wind. Now since you are in the SE, I can see where it could be a good choice.... But not necessairly in this situation.
    Slide toppers work best when used for short periods like a weekend, when one just wants to pull the slides in quickly to go home.
    In an extended stay use, debri will probably find its way in under the toppers... Which would then be in the way of removing it.

    Sure it could happen in a short term use as well, if it did , it would likely be a lot less.

    IMO, save the money. Get a ladder and just clean off the slide roofs with a broom when it is time to leave.
  • I can say that I am not aware of that trailer, but found it on a Google search...

    The search showed several with a slide topper... The topper looks to be almost level when out, which is not good, but it fits..