Lazy Daze Owners' Group

A cover for your Lazy Daze?- A Question

February 26, 2001, 08:38:27 pm

Yahoo Message Number: 2299

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For those of you who have used covers. What has the experience been like? Is it hard to put on and take off? What kind of problems have you had. Does it really keep your motorhome cleaner? And my big question, How hot does it get sitting in the sunshine in the middle of August? Is it warmer or cooler inside and how is the ventilation ? My 83 LD's paint died about 10 years ago. If I buy a new one, it would be nice to keep the paint in good shape a little longer.

A cover for your Lazy Daze?- A Quest

Reply #2 – February 27, 2001, 12:06:01 am

Yahoo Message Number: 2302

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Hi iw5315us: I used a cover for some time . It was just one of those hardward blue tarps. They doe keep it in good shape . Watch out for wind though the metle gromets will damage the paint. They have form fitting covers now but get one with a door zipper .
Bill

A cover for your Lazy Daze?- A Quest

Reply #4 – February 27, 2001, 06:39:26 pm

Yahoo Message Number: 2310

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I've covered our LD with a blue plastic tarp for the last three winters.

They don't last long.
The sun ruins the material which then tears. Two winters per tarp.

I used a tarp that was 20-ft wide and about 12-feet longer than the rig. One guy can put it in place if its not too windy. Unroll it down the center of the rig and fold it out over the sides.

To tie down, I used the provided grommets. Tied the tarp under the belly of the rig and the ends to the ladder and rear bumper/hitch in badk and to a (ALCAN Highway)brush guard in front.

Getting in during the non-use periods required removing a couple of the belly-bands and squirming in the coach door.

In hot, sunny weather the tarp didn't raise the inside temp much compared to the white roof.

One problem: moisture attack of the shock abosrber rods when the rig is parked on damp ground.

bob phillips Oxford, MI

A cover for your Lazy Daze?- A Quest

Reply #6 – February 27, 2001, 10:39:08 pm

Yahoo Message Number: 2312

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Blue tarps are not all bad. I've spent time in Southeast Alaska and I know that blue tarps are a "legal" building material. It seem that every third house has their roof covered with one. I have never seen so many of them. I confess that I have used them on kayak trips on the North Coast several times. They are cheap.
And it sure rains a lot in Sitka. I'm just so happy it never rains here in Southern California. Larry