pup cover

[stewartlittle]

Hi,  I have a question about these.

I ordered one from JCWhitneythis past summer.Been very dry here in the S.E.,but now that we are getting a little bit of rain I noticed that it does'nt keep all water out.It just slowly seeps thru the fabric.

Is it suppose to do that?

I thought it would keep it bone dry under there.But it may just keep dirt,leaves and stuff off mainly.

Do I need to spray something on it,Scotch Gaurd or something?

['tiredTeacher]

I thought it would keep it bone dry under there.But it may just keep dirt,leaves and stuff off mainly.QUOTE]

I have a cover that is much akin to Tyvek. It breathes (as it must to prevent nasties) so a bit of moisture creeps through in a heavy rain. It dries in a jiffy, though. Don't do anything to obstruct air flow through the fabric. You want dirt and UV protection. Water won't harm a thing, unless it's trapped by a cover that won't breathe.

Teach

[stewartlittle]

I thought it would keep it bone dry under there.But it may just keep dirt,leaves and stuff off mainly.QUOTE]

I have a cover that is much akin to Tyvek. It breathes (as it must to prevent nasties) so a bit of moisture creeps through in a heavy rain. It dries in a jiffy, though. Don't do anything to obstruct air flow through the fabric. You want dirt and UV protection. Water won't harm a thing, unless it's trapped by a cover that won't breathe.

Teach

I was thinking maybe spraying some 303,Scotch Guard,or some of type of water repellant stuff on it.It would still beable to breath but I think it would bead the water alot better to keep it from seeping thru.
Seen some kind without Silicone in it at K-Mart.May try it,dont know if Silicone would be better or not.Might look for something with UV protection also.

Thanks for the reply,hopefully I'll go camping more 3 times this year.But after it warms up a bit,it was 18* this morning and 30* now.

[Clarabelle]

Hi,  I have a question about these.

I ordered one from JCWhitneythis past summer.Been very dry here in the S.E.,but now that we are getting a little bit of rain I noticed that it does'nt keep all water out.It just slowly seeps thru the fabric.

Is it suppose to do that?

I thought it would keep it bone dry under there.But it may just keep dirt,leaves and stuff off mainly.

Do I need to spray something on it,Scotch Gaurd or something?

We live on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, so we know rain.  We have one of those covers for our trailer.  It does a pretty good job, but there is always some moisture on the trailer when we remove it.  I believe it has more to do with condensation.  Hopefully, we will get a "trailer port" built this summer for better protection, but in the meantime something is better than nothing.

[austinado16]

I think the spray-on stuff won't last very long.  Maybe you'd be happier with one of those steel pole/tarped structures from places like http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=42211  They're on sale for $160, work great, and will definately keep your rig high-n-dry.  And as Wavery suggested, you could cut down the height of the legs if you didn't need, or want it to be as tall.