Winter Wraps

2012Coleman wrote:

Bmach wrote:
Adco covers are worth the money. I cover mine because I have a vested long term interest in mine . A dealer could care less because how long does a trailer sit on their lot?

Being in New England with snow I worry about repeated freezing and thawing. Plus with a cover you cut down on UV exposure while covered. Clean it before you cover and in the spring uncover it and you are ready to go.

X2 - X3 even... Get some dollar store swim noodles and cut them to fit over gutters, door stops etc. This protects the cover from ripping. Go to campingworld.com and search for ADCO. Follow the instructions for easy on/off. And tell your RV salesman/tech that he is an idiot.

cut a slit in tennis balls and put them over drain spouts if you have them too...

Bmach wrote:
Adco covers are worth the money. I cover mine because I have a vested long term interest in mine . A dealer could care less because how long does a trailer sit on their lot?

Being in New England with snow I worry about repeated freezing and thawing. Plus with a cover you cut down on UV exposure while covered. Clean it before you cover and in the spring uncover it and you are ready to go.

X2 - X3 even... Get some dollar store swim noodles and cut them to fit over gutters, door stops etc. This protects the cover from ripping. Go to campingworld.com and search for ADCO. Follow the instructions for easy on/off. And tell your RV salesman/tech that he is an idiot.

Adco covers are worth the money. I cover mine because I have a vested long term interest in mine . A dealer could care less because how long does a trailer sit on their lot?

Being in New England with snow I worry about repeated freezing and thawing. Plus with a cover you cut down on UV exposure while covered. Clean it before you cover and in the spring uncover it and you are ready to go.

23hitman wrote:

ScottG wrote:
I first put a heavy plastic tarp on that covers the roof and about 20" down the sides, then I install the 9 y/o ADCO cover.

Do you have a link to Amazon or somewhere for recommendations on the ADCO cover?

No link but any Camping World circular will soon be slathered with advertisements. They always do as fall approaches. :B

I would take what any RV tech says about such matters with a pound of salt. JMO but if you can keep these things out of the weather you will stop the aging process.

We are concerned about moisture under the cover. Our boat has a cover with vents to breath. It sits beside our house. We put a tarp over it one year and the cover on the boat and some places under it had green on it. We worry that it would happen to our trailer.

The technician at our dealer also told us that as long as we check the seals are all intact, then we shouldn't need a cover and it's a waste of money. Having said that, we got a leak through the window but that could easily have happened in summer during rain.

We bought our trailer new last year and the dealer stored it for us in the winter, outside and no shelter.

We have been thinking we maybe need a winter cover. Every dealership we have talked to near us have all suggested not to cover our trailer.

If we kept it at home then the tt would be stored outside. I am curious so will find this thread helpful

ScottG wrote:
I first put a heavy plastic tarp on that covers the roof and about 20" down the sides, then I install the 9 y/o ADCO cover.

Do you have a link to Amazon or somewhere for recommendations on the ADCO cover?

I first put a heavy plastic tarp on that covers the roof and about 20" down the sides, then I install the 9 y/o ADCO cover.
In the spring my TT still looks like new on the outside and smells like new on the inside.
At a CG this year some other campers and I were inspecting someones new TT when another camper commented that mine must be pretty new as well. They were all shocked when I explained that it was nearly ten y/o.
I truly do not think breath-ability is much of an issue where you live. The most important thing is to keep it dry and out of the elements.
OTOH, if you get a lot of wind then a cover may be damaged.