Adco roof top covers

[mac51]

We're planning a trip to Florida mid-January for our first sno-bird adventure. So that said we live in western PA so possible snow accumulation. We were looking at the Adco roof top cover that appears to be able to remove easier than a full cover if we do get snow a fall before we leave. Has anyone had any experience with the cover and what's your thoughts. Thank you for your thoughts Mac

[jfkmk]

jplante4 wrote:
Bill's right. In most states in the north, it's illegal to drive a vehicle without first clearing the roof. They've been cracking down on the truckers around here. Seems like every day in the winter there's a dash cam video of someone's windshield getting smashed as the trailers go under an overpass and wipe the top clean.

The bigger truck outfits are putting scrapers in the yard.

On topic: Adco covers are junk. We stopped carrying them mostly because of the warranty hassles. We now carry Classic, but I'm not sure they have a roof only cover.

You see those scrapers all over the place.

Don’t agree with your opinion on the Adco covers. Ours is now in its 7th season and only has 2 minor repairs where I didn’t pad a scarp corner. I’d but another in a heartbeat.

[jplante4]

Bill's right. In most states in the north, it's illegal to drive a vehicle without first clearing the roof. They've been cracking down on the truckers around here. Seems like every day in the winter there's a dash cam video of someone's windshield getting smashed as the trailers go under an overpass and wipe the top clean.

The bigger truck outfits are putting scrapers in the yard.

On topic: Adco covers are junk. We stopped carrying them mostly because of the warranty hassles. We now carry Classic, but I'm not sure they have a roof only cover.

[Ralph_Cramden]

Bill.Satellite wrote:
You can be held liable for chunks of snow/ice blown off your roof if you do not clear it before driving. With a roof of that size you could, potentially, have a deadly block on ice sitting up there. Even if you plead ignorance, it could cost you your life savings as it will be assumed that the driver of that giant Class A is rich and the ensuing lawsuit will not be much fun at all.

Tell all of that to every trucking company in the US that has a driver hook up to a 53' box in a yard or at a dock somehwere, and head off down the freshly plowed interstate after a snow or ice storm LOL. Oh the humanity.

[Bill_Satellite]

You can be held liable for chunks of snow/ice blown off your roof if you do not clear it before driving. With a roof of that size you could, potentially, have a deadly block on ice sitting up there. Even if you plead ignorance, it could cost you your life savings as it will be assumed that the driver of that giant Class A is rich and the ensuing lawsuit will not be much fun at all.

[mike2wheels]

Living in Arizona I need something to keep the sun off the RV. I purchased the ADCO rooftop cover for use during the non-summer months, thinking it would be easier to handle than a full cover. On the first installation most of the tie down straps pulled apart. The aluminum tubes that were supposed to fit under the tires wouldn't straddle a 22.5 inch motorhome tire. I rebuilt what was left of the cover with stronger material and got a couple of years use out of it. I think it was a good concept, cheaply executed.

[mac51]

thank you everyone. Doesn't take much to convince me, experience say's a lot. Bare sounds a lot easier. No cover this year Thank you again. Mac

[STBRetired]

I have a couple of covers that cover the A/C only. They will stay on at 70 mph into about a 20 mph headwind. Verified by experience. If I get worried about snow before we leave, I will cover the A/C units and leave the covers on until we get down South. Covering the A/C units was suggested by our RV dealer/service shop in the event that we do not put the full cover on. Tried taking the full cover off with about 4" of snow and ice on top. Postponed our departure a couple weeks so the sun could melt the stuff off of the cover. Go south every year now so no longer use full cover.

[jfkmk]

I’m with DutchmenSport, there is no way I’d cover it at all unless I wasn’t planning to use it until Spring.

[DutchmenSport]

Oh boy! I have thoughts on this topic! And the answer is ... Don't cover if you are planning on traveling. Once snow get on the cover, it will be a bear ... no ... it will be 2 bears to deal with. It will be much easier to just let wind blow the snow off the top.

Hey ... been there, done that! Removing them with snow and ice on the cover is absolutely NO fun at all. It's dangerous, cold, and HEAVY. Don't cover if you plan to travel. Take it from experience here.

Now, if you plan on parking all winter and not moving it, then covering is a good thing. But NOT if you plan on traveling and you know it's going to snow, freeze, and ice up. Ugg... it's awful work to remove it.

And then the thing is frozen and it won't fold up to put away, so guess what takes up half your garage floor while it thaws and makes everything wet?