Bumpyroad wrote:
chr$ wrote:
Bumpyroad wrote:
avoid anything with a rubber roof.
bumpy
Well, that's pretty much all of 'em except an Airstream and maybe an alumalite...
nonsense, there are TPO, aluminum, and fiberglass available.
bumpy
Bigfoot, Escape, Casita, Oliver and Scamp are the major Fiberglass TT manufacturers currently, but these are all on the small side compared with what people on this forum are usually looking for.
Rubber can last a long time if you treat it right. The biggest problem is the Dicor used on the seams which degrades very quickly. For lazy people like me that is a problem as I don't want to go up there every year to re-seal. My TT had a very fragile roof that you could not walk on, making the job even more difficult.
Fiberglass TT's still have to be sealed around vents, but it's a much smaller footprint of possible failure, and a vent leaking is usually not as catastrophic as a longer seam on a rubber roof. Escape builds in small drain holes in the underside to evacuate any water that finds it's way in.
