Potentially bad situation
I'm in a bit of a bind here in southeast Texas. I'm going to Elgin, near Austin in less than two weeks, maybe a lot sooner if I have a solution. I have a hybrid travel trailer, the worst mistake I...
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I went ahead and resealed the rear of the roof, and I see now that I also need a complete new rubber seal for the fold out. There is a sort of a pucker where I didn't see it before just how bad it is. It is pulled back so far that water can run right down the top. I have to cut a piece off and take it to the RV store in the hopes that Forest River will still have it. Forest River doesn't have much of anything else proprietary, not even freshwater tanks if you ever break one.
Meanwhile, yesterday, I came up with an idea that might look a bit better than just running a giant tarp over the top. The foldout, being on a slanted wall, has a lip that redirects rain to the sides of the door. I can take two poles and attach a tarp along the top and bottom edges to the poles, and hang the top pole over the lip with the bottom pole going down just past the hinge, and bungee the center side grommets to the frame underneath. That way, the wind doesn't flap it right off, and the bungees pull down the pole onto the lip, keeping it there, but I have to be careful not to break the caulking seam that lines the intersection between the wall and the lip. At least, that will keep it dry as much as possible while I figure out what to do.
Of course,I'm not going to drive down the highway with it on, which means I have to drive only on dry days, so the pole(s) doesn't end up going through someone's windshield and killing them.
Meanwhile, yesterday, I came up with an idea that might look a bit better than just running a giant tarp over the top. The foldout, being on a slanted wall, has a lip that redirects rain to the sides of the door. I can take two poles and attach a tarp along the top and bottom edges to the poles, and hang the top pole over the lip with the bottom pole going down just past the hinge, and bungee the center side grommets to the frame underneath. That way, the wind doesn't flap it right off, and the bungees pull down the pole onto the lip, keeping it there, but I have to be careful not to break the caulking seam that lines the intersection between the wall and the lip. At least, that will keep it dry as much as possible while I figure out what to do.
Of course,I'm not going to drive down the highway with it on, which means I have to drive only on dry days, so the pole(s) doesn't end up going through someone's windshield and killing them.
