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Re: Slide Topper Rail Height
JJBIRISH wrote: It will pool a small amount of water, but that should be of no concern… its not enough to hurt anything and most will blow off on its own when the rain stops… I don’t run my slide in to drain it off, and never saw a need to, if its still there when I leave it will drain off at that time… I hope you found the source of the wet slide floor… unfortunately some are built to fail with water wicking up from the bottom of the floor where the topped may or may not help… Search for slide floor repairs by JBarca… click Thanks I think the water wicking up is what I have. It was getting the carpet wet beside the slide. That is fixed but still gets just damp in one corner when the slide is in. Every crack and seem has been resealed. It rained like 2 inches today It has a place in the corner about the size of a quarter. but that is still to much. Who knows what I can`t see. If it is slanted just a small amount to the side of the slide it does not do it. But I don`t like knowing it can do it and just knowing it is not right. The cover mite help as I think the water is running down the frame beside the slide. and the cover I got gives me about a four inch or more over hang on each side of the slide. So if it was getting in the frame at the top it mite stop it but still want to find out for sure how it is getting to the floor.558Views0likes0CommentsRe: Slide Topper Rail Height
dadmomh wrote: Not sure what our measurements are on our topper, however.....if you get a good downpour it absolutely can and will pool on the awning. Simple fix.....slowly put the slide - we use the start/stop/start/stop method - in allowing the water to run off, then put it back out. We usually will do this a couple of times just to make sure the water did drain off. The awning fabric will have some give to it, just as your large awning does, so just make it part of your routine to put it in and out a couple of times and you'll be fine. Thanks but I am looking for some way that I don`t have to do that as stuff has to be moved ounce we are set up. Also getting up in the middle of the night I don`t like either.:)558Views0likes0CommentsRe: Slide Topper Rail Height
Tequila wrote: As long as it has any slope at all, it will not pool. Slide awning toppers are spring loaded so are quite taut. As above I am thinking about air getting under it on the road as it would be about a 4 inch drop so would leave about 4 inch`s of cover pulled out when the slide was closed. Any mounting other than level with the roller is going to leave a inch or so of the topper off the roller and in the wind.558Views0likes0CommentsRe: Slide Top Seal Partially Deploys and Allows Water to Enter
Clay L wrote: According to Winnebago those are not the seals but are squeegees/wipers to remove water and debris when the slide is brought in. They say it doesn't matter how they are deployed when the slide is out. The actual seals are the bulb seals that are compressed when the slide is in or out. That may be but I think what was happening with mine that water was getting under the first seal and running down the track on each side of the slide and would get the carpet wet in a hard rain. The track to me did not go down past where it could not get to the carpet if not parked leaning a little toward the slid out side. Fixing it so that seal would come out and also glued a guard that went below the floor solved the problem.668Views0likes0CommentsRe: Slide Top Seal Partially Deploys and Allows Water to Enter
I just put a few mounds of the sealer I was using to do a reseal job on top of the slide a few inch's in from the out side of the slide. But I have and aluminum strip about six inch`s wide I glued on top of the slide behind my flange as the seal was digging into the sealer at the out side edge of the slide when it was in. So far works for me. Till then I could get to the inside top of the slide after putting it out about half way out and would take a plastic cooking spoon with no sharp edges and push the seal out.670Views0likes0CommentsRe: Using the CAT scales
jacobj wrote: I have a questions for those who use the scales. I'm sorry if it sounds like a dumb question but are you weighing both the tow vehicle and trailer or just the trailer? You are weighing the front axle and drive axle separate on the tow vehicle and total of both trailer axles so you will have three weights. You watch where you stop on the scales.It is set up in blocks you can see when you drive on. Put front axle on one block drive axle on the next. And I just have the trailer both axles on one I guess you could spot it and spit that in to each axle but I never have as the trailer sits level and is mounted on equalized hangers.Cat scale at Loves Truck Stops is $9.50551Views0likes0Comments
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