Survey - How Do You Store Your Class A?

[cbr46]

Considering new home options and how to store our Class A. Currently it sits in the driveway, exposed. I don't like it but not willing to invest in a short term structure.

So what is the consensus? How do you store your Class A?

Full timer, park to park?
No shelter?
Park at storage facility exposed?
Park at storage facility under roof?
RV Garage?
Pole barn?
Sits in the driveway?

If you built an enclosed garage, what was the cost, how big, what materials and how long ago? or $/sq ft?

With enough responses I'll build a spreadsheet with percentages.

Thanks for your time,
- bob

[Lancslad]

Outside,on the driveway, with plywood under the tires. I leave it plugged in to a 20A circuit with a heater inside during the winter.

[427435]

Before I bought the MH, I built a 24x40 shed on our 3 acre property. Then, I bought a MH. The shed saves the MH from lots of ultraviolet damage as well as lots of thermo cycles. Both age a MH rapidly. My 15 year old MH still looks good and is in great shape.

The OP said he was looking for a new house-------------try and find one that either has or has room to build an enclosed storage area for your MH. Your MH will be forever grateful.

[Mike_I]

RV garage

[goldenagecomics]

In an indoor and heated storage facility.

[wildtoad]

Recently built a carport to match our log cabin to cover the MH and two cars. Keeps the sun off (mostly), rain off, hail off, tree limbs off. Not enclosed, but wanted that way so it would not look like a big warehouse next to the house.

[Crabbypatty]

Wheter its an A, B, C, TC, Fiver or TT we all have the same issues. This is my second TT and I was it with rv wash n wax before and after every trip. When storing, I wash it again and use an ADCO cover. The TT resides on the side of my garage. The only thing I do over the snowy winter is when we get really dumped on, I shovel off the roof. Its also plugged in all the time, using a charge wizard module, refrig off, rv anti freeze pumped in.

[infogeek]

In my yard on a gravel pad.

[RayChez]

smacdiesel wrote:

rolling_rhoda wrote:
We park in our unit of a "shop condo". It's 55'x50', 30 amp, with in floor heat. Most of the shop is for another use.

That sounds really cool, I wish they had more of those on the West Coast.

LOL! When you compare the temperatures between South Dakota and Southern California? We do not need heated floors here in southern California. Those states up north get pretty darn cold in the winter months. Friend of mine in Fargo ND told me that he saw temperatures with the chill factor of 60 below zero. That is cold!

[smacdiesel]

rolling_rhoda wrote:
We park in our unit of a "shop condo". It's 55'x50', 30 amp, with in floor heat. Most of the shop is for another use.

That sounds really cool, I wish they had more of those on the West Coast.

[rolling_rhoda]

We park in our unit of a "shop condo". It's 55'x50', 30 amp, with in floor heat. Most of the shop is for another use.

[down_home]

Inside storage, on concrete, with 50 amp, constant monitoring, engine and geneey started every so often, washed , fueled, propane added, windshield washer when brought back, and out if necessary batteries checked ever two weeks. Tires everything maintained and minor repairs and some not so minor for extra, waxed extra.

[smacdiesel]

I store mine in an indoor facility near my house, expensive but what the heck.

[sealevel_ram]

Last year we built a 55 foot long garage,with power, for our Winnebago Ultimate Freedom. Keep it plugged in and A/C running when we are at home.
Wish I had built it years ago. So much easier to load, unload, and do maintenance.
Total cost was less than 20K, including foundation.

[frankdamp]

On a third driveway we had poured specifically for our Class C. When we got the 102" wide Class A, I had to prune 8" off the roof overhang of the garage to get it in.

The original owners we bought from had kept it outside all the 8 years they'd owned it. The only negative was that they'd kept the living room slide out much of the time, facing south. It was completely rotted out and resulted in us having to replace the overhead cabinets in the dining area, due to water ingress and the resulting mold.

Doing that replacement myself revealed the crappy workmanship of the manufacturer's personnel, particularly the electrical folks and those who installed the cabinets and it put me off buying anything from FR in the future. Not that that's likely, as we've had to give up the lifestyle due to the high costs of fuel and CGs.

When your hobbies start eating into your IRAs every month, it's time to quit!

[dons2346]

We put it into a rv condo that we own.