Do you store it in a covered garage? Under a portable carport? With a fitted cover? With just a tarp?
Looking for feedback, thanks! :)
Quote from: GracyDo you store it in a covered garage? Under a portable carport? With a fitted cover? With just a tarp?
Looking for feedback, thanks! :)
You may want to make this a poll. ;)
We store ours in the garage. That's why we own a PU. I would not own an RV if we had to park it in a storage facility. We live in an apt so we don't have the option of parking it outside.
We used a breathable cover specifically manufactured for covering popups. Probably got it from Camping World. It worked very well. I would not use a tarp, at least one that was in contact with the camper, due to lack of breathability. Moisture collecting in the camper could result in mildew :yikes: , the scourge of pupups everywhere.
Quote from: dthurkWe used a breathable cover specifically manufactured for covering popups. Probably got it from Camping World. It worked very well. I would not use a tarp, at least one that was in contact with the camper, due to lack of breathability. Moisture collecting in the camper could result in mildew :yikes: , the scourge of pupups everywhere.
How about a tarp that is raised off of the PUT? Would that allow for air okay?
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Starting my second season using this year round. Sold at your local Harbor Freight. 7.5' wide and 16.5' long. Our Starcraft with 11' box fits just fine. A 12' box PUP would probably fit too, but I don't think anything bigger would......not in this model anyway.
Quote from: GracyHow about a tarp that is raised off of the PUT? Would that allow for air okay?
A tarp not in contact with the pup would be fine.
On the advice of the dealer, I use nothing to cover the PUP and have not any problems. I look at it this way, PUP's where made to be used out in all kinds of weather. During the winter I make it a habit to gently brush off any snow accumulation to keep weight off the roof.
Quote from: GracyDo you store it in a covered garage? Under a portable carport? With a fitted cover? With just a tarp?
Looking for feedback, thanks! :)
My popup has always been stored in an enclosed building when not in use for camping. First year I used a rental storage unit, ($60/month) and since we have been able to use our garage after selling a project car. No cover, but it is kept washed, and waxed with Meguire's Gold Class paste wax twice a year..
Ours goes to covered storage at our local RV repair shop/RV storage, its only $35 a mo. Which where we live is very cheap. Everywhere else wants $100 and up. The best part is that the place we store it is only half a block from my work so I just pick it up on the way home and drop it off when I go back to work, very convenient.
Although I really like the unit Austinado uses from Harbor Freight and have considered it. There is plenty of room on our property but I have hesitated due to the fact we live in the country and have lots of rats, mice and other critters about.
Ours is stored under a carport. Only gets a little afternoon sun, very little moisture summer or winter. 14 years old and still looks good.
Ours is under a breathable cover when stored out side, in the winter it is in the garage. That is why I made a big garage. Mark
Mine is kept in the garage. I'm convinced things last longer when they're not exposed to extremes.
Stored in the garage. That was one of the big draws of buying a PU over a hard size camper for us. Can't park RVs outside because of the HOA restrictions. I didn't want to pay storage fees and spend the time driving it back and forth to the lot either.
Ours in stored in the garage when not camping in the summer.
We cover it with a pole barn in the winter. :D
Ours has been stored outside, uncovered, for nine years. It has seen storage temps as high as 105
The HEAT & HUMIDITY are so bad here that we keep our HTT covered with an ADCO TYVEK Cover. Only had it a year but seems to work well so far. Previously owned a Fleetwood PU for 8 yrs.; kept it UNcovered. The extreme heat did a lot of damage including melting the seal gasket around the top, faded the colors on decals & other damage. Wish we had covered it!
Quote from: JAL&JKLThe HEAT & HUMIDITY are so bad here that we keep our HTT covered with an ADCO TYVEK Cover. Only had it a year but seems to work well so far. Previously owned a Fleetwood PU for 8 yrs.; kept it UNcovered. The extreme heat did a lot of damage including melting the seal gasket around the top, faded the colors on decals & other damage. Wish we had covered it!
I'd bet almost anything that you get MORE heat with it covered.
I haven't seen a cover yet, especially one made from Tyvek, that doesn't act like a greenhouse.
Austin
I'd have to agree with AustinBoston....never covered ours either and it looked brand new when we traded it.
My PU lives outside all year long. Other than some of the plastic fittings fading the weather hasn't damaged it at all.:)