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lonewolf80
Nov 05, 2015Explorer II
I live in the Buffalo, NY area. As reported on all news channels last November we had a 3 day period where over 7 feet of snow fell. My motor home sat in storage a mile from my home without a cover. I was concerned about it but told my DW we can't worry about it, that's why we have insurance. Couldn't even get out of the driveway for 3-4 days. Broke 2 snow blowers, 2 shovels and one roof rake. Try shoveling over 7 feet of snow! Back to the topic, this year I had a bad water leak in the rear bedroom area of my rig. Couldn't seem to get it to dry out or fixed after re-caulking seams, removing rear cap sealant and re-doing with Eternabond Tape etc. Finally, after the third re-tightening of the bedroom AC, this time going to Dometic's website and getting the torque settings for the mounting bolts, buying a 1/4" torque wrench and tightening the 4 bolts to 40 inch pounds I finally solved my leak problem. I don't know if last winters 120 inches of snow made the issue worse, or was it already leaking and I wasn't aware of it until I noticed dis-coloration on the vinyl ceiling. So this year, like just yesterday, I put away my rig with an Adco cover and I am impressed with the quality of it. For the $200 it cost me at Camping World it can only help. How much I won't know until Spring 2106.
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