Best Cover?

Tomminny · 08-16-2016, 12:55 PM

Looking to purchase a cover for our 2016 White Hawk 23mrb. We live up in New York State where we get lots of snow. I don't have an indoor place to store it.
What cover would be best?

Thanks!
Tom

mike837go · 08-16-2016, 01:04 PM

Considering the amount of abuse a cover takes. I consider it a consumable. So, low cost and availability are my primary concerns.

We stopped off at CW on the ride home of the last camping trip of the year. Whatever they had a bunch of that fit our TT was "best".

It held up to the Orange County, NY winter 2105-2016 quite well. It'll be re-used this year.

Force · 08-16-2016, 01:08 PM

I only have experience with Adco. Had one on my last TT for three consecutive New England winters and it has held up very well (I'm sure it will last through a 4th but hopefully I sell the camper before then!)

One of the main things to take into account is how windy it is where you park your camper. ADCO is good quality but there are limits to how long it will last when there's a 75mph Nor'easter wind hitting it from across an open field. Try and park it in as sheltered a place as you have access to.

Dagwood · 08-16-2016, 01:14 PM

I use an ADCO cover. Has two winters on it now, still looks good and it handles snow without a problem. Being I live north of you, you would be fine with one of these. Only small areas of wear are starting to show up, mostly where i have Tennis balls on the 4 corners where I'm trying to prevent the rain gutters from poking thru. My HTT is in the foreground, My neighbors HTT is parked beside me. We have our own trailer park LOL

Tomminny · 08-16-2016, 01:36 PM

Thank you folks for the invite! LOVE the tennis balls on the rain gutters idea!!!

TWP723 · 08-16-2016, 01:45 PM

We have an Elements All Climate cover from Camping World. So far so good. Definitely use tennis balls on the spouts.

TWP723 · 08-16-2016, 02:04 PM

Here's a pic of mine. Yes, I store my TT nose down.

RAurand · 08-16-2016, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TWP723

We have an Elements All Climate cover from Camping World. So far so good. Definitely use tennis balls on the spouts.

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FeatherFam · 08-16-2016, 04:11 PM

We had a CalMark cover for our previous unit. It was an excellent Sunbrella custom made product. The CalMarks are more money, but they are made os much higher quality material and sewn really well. For our new Jayco, we bought the CW all climate cover. It is much more cheaply made, but we did not have the money for the CalMark right now.

**JFlightRisk** · 08-16-2016, 04:22 PM

We're going on the fourth season with an ADCO, and it's starting to get thin in the usual spots. I'll have to put a small patch on the roof side this fall. Don't have any experience with the Elements brand yet. By the way, we're in your same NY climate.

HikeCampRepeat · 08-17-2016, 10:54 AM

We had an ADCO from 2008-2015. Finally just shredded from all the winter wind.

Got an Elements last year- it seems sturdier than the ADCO, but it left hideous black streaks all over the entire camper- that won't come off with cleanser or elbow grease. No idea how a fabric cover can wreak that much havoc over one winter season!

TWP723 · 08-17-2016, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by HikeCampRepeat

We had an ADCO from 2008-2015. Finally just shredded from all the winter wind.

Got an Elements last year- it seems sturdier than the ADCO, but it left hideous black streaks all over the entire camper- that won't come off with cleanser or elbow grease. No idea how a fabric cover can wreak that much havoc over one winter season!

I may be wrong but, I believe the cover is not the problem with the black streaks. That's your roof.

EV4D · 08-17-2016, 11:52 AM

Our ADCO cover lasted 9 years in the PNW - so no harsh freezing or snow, but still wore out over time.

Its amazing how much a cover helps

Dagwood · 08-17-2016, 01:09 PM

Even Calmark says their covers will only last a few years. When I figured the cost of those to the cost of the ADCO, I can get two ADCO's for the price of one Calmark and still get about the same life out of either brand. And I didn't have to measure every angle of the build to get that custom fit. The Adco covers my trailer just fine with about 1 ft to spare on each end. Not to bad to tie down.

The Tennis Ball Idea I learned about here on JOF. The trick is to pad all the sharp edges. we use the Styrofoam Pipe Insulation for the gutters and OTA antenna on the roof just to avoid any rips/tears/cuts. LOL

spoon059 · 08-17-2016, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomminny

Looking to purchase a cover for our 2016 White Hawk 23mrb. We live up in New York State where we get lots of snow. I don't have an indoor place to store it.
What cover would be best?

Thanks!
Tom

The BEST cover would be a structure. I have a Carolina Carport with 10' legs that I store my trailer under. Snow is off my roof, rain is off my roof, I can leave my windows open in the spring, summer and fall to keep air circulating, it keeps environmental debris off my paint, it allows me to store my trailer with the slide open for easy access... but most important is EASE OF USE.

I back underneath when I get home, I drive out with I leave. I don't have to worry about tearing the cover... I don't have to worry about storing a wet cover... I don't have to worry about fighting with the cover in the wind... I don't have to worry about snow when we go to Florida in the winter, etc.

It wasn't cheap, about $2400 for a 31'x18'x10' carport... but its one of the best options for storing a camper. Only thing better is closing in the sides (optional), adding a garage door (optional) and heat/AC.

rgchak · 08-17-2016, 03:55 PM

The third season on my Adco cover (White Hawk 27DSRL) but I'm in Southern California all sun no snow.

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