storage for TC

Matilf,
Do you live in town on a small lot? It sounds like heat is the only thing you want to avoid, and having relatives in Tucson, I hear 'ya.
If you have the physical space, lay a concrete pad and buy one of those canvas car shelters. You will have to replace he canvas every couple years, and extend the legs with wider pipe, but it is quick and dirty. The other option is to tarp the TC during the non-use times. I did this with a heavy, light colored (ours is sand colored) duck tarp and it is still alive after 10 years.
I actually built a 1200 sq. ft. building to house both my model trains and our TC, but misjudged the height of the roll-up door putting it at 10' to clear, whereas the TC is now, with suspension upgrades, 10'-4" to clear. The trains have chased everything else out of that building anyway.
The other option is to build an RV shelter. Many on here have done just that. It finally came to me that we had the space (2 acres) and needed a snow/weather shelter so I built one: It's 10x24'/no plumbing/no electrical/no doors/no windows/no floor (I spread some crushed rock base around)/no permits required. Basically it is considered a pole barn. The 4x6 posts are in concrete, 4 feet below the surface.

With the TC up on stands I can also park most of my Kioti tractor in there. Here pictured with the mighty rear pull snow blower, which you would never need in Tucson.

There are a lot of ways to make it work. Find the most appropriate one for you.
jefe

rtz549 wrote:
Another option: http://www.riecotitan.com/products/camperdolly.php

Very nice! I had been talking with my Hubby about something to set my Bronco popup on - I was willing to settle for a stack of pallets; then he just called me and said "I bought a wheelbarrow for your camper!" (He's at a car auction) It seems he picked up a rusted pickup that runs fine, for less than the nice dolly price....LOL! Can't wait to see what a beauty that will be - but it's sole purpose will be to move the camper around - NOT go down the highway......

if you do get it low enuff on a rolling platform,you can mount an atv winch to the wall or floor and pull it in no problem. a 12 v auto winch for a boat will work as well.i've been toying with the idea myself,if i can slide my boat under my sunlite pop up.all my measurements say i can,but its reeeaaaly close.i'm thinking of screwing a snatch block to a stud or to the cement floor and using my truck winch to grease it in.

Pop-up is not an option; it will be a Camplite because they contain no wood and I have major health problems with anything that could possibly mold, as well as with many materials. Camplite works for me (I live in a Camplite TT) and so that is why the particular question.

Another option: http://www.riecotitan.com/products/camperdolly.php

matilf wrote:
I've wondered if there is a way to get a TC (off truck) on a rolling platform that has it low enough to the ground to get inside a standard garage or carport.

I built a tall one because I have plenty of vertical clearance, but the same thing could be done as low as you needed. I can roll it myself on the flat concrete floor in my warehouse… any other surface would be a challenge.
Cheers,
-Mark

No problem for a pop up

Vertical cost differences in the structures are pretty minimal. The few hundred dollars more for the right height canopy will easily be offset by dolly costs and hassle.

Thanks for the pictures of the dollies. Of course. So it would still need its own awning structure if I need to keep it out of the sun. Which I do....sun here is intense. The inside of my TT gets up to close to 140 (broke the thermometer) in the summer if it is in the sun, de-laminated the table and the counter top.

Dollies are fairly common.

As far as getting in a standard garage, maybe with a popup, but forget it with a hardside.

Think about it: A 6'+ person can stand upright in a hardside with some inches of headroom. Add a foot for the basement and roof. Then add in the height of the AC unit on top, about a foot. Then add in the height of the dolly, another foot...

You're still over 9' tall with the camper down on the dolly. No way it will go in a standard 7' high garage door, which typically only has about 6'6" of clearance due to the door not retracting completely.