Metal RV Shelter or carport in Minnesota?

colliehauler wrote:

Merrykalia wrote:
We had around 40" of snow, then rain, then sub zero temps and more snow last month and there were about 70-75 of the metal carports that failed and damaged or destroyed the vehicles (cars, trucks, boats and RVs) under them here in our county. Our county has less than 40k people, so that is a major occurrence for us. DH is working with the state disaster assistance people doing canvassing of the county for damage, so we got the numbers pretty close.

There were also many steel-framed buildings that failed under the stress of the snow and ice, also.

That being said, there might be a reason you can't find them in Minnesota!!

I bought a carport for a trailer in Kansas and wanted one for a trailer in North MN. When I called they said they did not sell there because of the snow load requirements.

Well that means you would not be getting a good shelter from that Mfg. in any area of the country, it would be "under-built", IMO. Chances are that the Mfg. doesn't have an erection crew that far North and is spinning customer inquiries with the snow load requirements.

FWIW, I worked for Lester Buildings many moons ago and built many different steel buildings, from hobby farm storage buildings to large commercial structures. The roof architecture on all their buildings is pretty much the same. Purlin spacing might change with span but all were rated for a full snow load for the Upper Midwest.