Tarps ???

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Postby Rvankeur » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:31 am

alffink wrote:I believe it's Little Guy that has a line of Teardrop covers for their trailers and I've heard of good results from using some car covers, I have not tried either.


Paha Que makes the covers for Little Guy. We have one for our Silver Shadow. It's really well made. There's a thread in the For Sale section of the boards - "Trailer Covers and Awnings by Paha Que" that tells you more. I'm fairly certain that they'll do custom work as well.

We moved to the TD after undergrowing our 2004 Fleetwood (Coleman) pop up trailer. (Kids grew up enough to not want to camp). We kept a cover on that one to keep the debris from the pine trees off of the roof. There were all kinds of warnings about using covers, and how that'd invalidate certain warranties. They apparently were concerned about trapped moisture and the plywood floors more than the roofs.

They should have been concerned about the roofs. Ours leaked. The economy tanked. The factory was sold, then shuttered for a couple of months. It took us over 18 months to get the new roof. We sold that trailer last summer and bought the TD in the fall. I saw last week that the factory closed outright.

My point here - even big name, well respected rv manufacturers have leaks. At least with the TDs, we realize that that could be a problem and we'll do what we can to prevent it, and if it happens, we can come on here and get advice from actual builders instead of assuming that we'd be protected by that big name manufacturer and the warranty. I suspect that the little manufacturers will go further to keep their customer happy than some of the bigger corporations. And as our situation showed, even if you ARE covered by the warranty, there's nothing saying that it's worth the paper it's printed on, if the company folds.

Prevention is key.
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Postby youandi » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:06 pm

Here is one of the Tarp Systems we use, ENO Super Fly Utility Tarp. The tarp is 14ft. x 13ft. w/two 8ft. poles (Used on the ends).
The tarp sides can be tied out in what ever configuration needed, to make it secure (A lot of side tabs to anchor the tarp).

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Postby john warren » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:45 am

i have several foam noodles, the kind the kids play with in the water.
lay them acrossed the roof then a good poly tarp, mine is silver.
this gives airflow under the tarp and still protects from abrasion.
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Postby GPW » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:58 am

Cool idea JW !! 8)

I picked up a silver HD tarp @ HF , got a 20% off coupon just that morning ... 8) Tarp was regular 50 bucks .... figured if it would last for 6 months , I'd be that further ahead of the game ... checked on indoor TT storage here ... :o > 100USD a month ... grrrrrr!!!! Tarp it is ... :thumbsup:
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