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dru penland

Hi All!

Does anybody know where one might purchase a good manageble cover for 80's
model 35-foot FC's that has hatches for the A/C units? Maybe this asking does
not exist. Having to fight too much debris and sun light exposure.


Thanks for the help!

Dru


Dru and Debora
Corpus Christi, TX
1983 FC 35 RB
Steady Gittin' It!

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Gregory OConnor

I had a sunbrella cover made that weighs 75 lbs. I put it on the roof
with a fork lift and never took it off the bus. I found a canvas
cargo bag at pepboys to store it ontop when traveling. I pull up the
sides then roll the front to the center where the bag is then roll in
the back. It take 15 min to uncover. Cover was just under a grand
and bag was around 40 bucks. Maybe what you need is nursery netting
for the roof.

GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCa --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, dru penland
wrote:
>
> Hi All!
>
> Does anybody know where one might purchase a good manageble cover
for 80's model 35-foot FC's that has hatches for the A/C units? Maybe
this asking does not exist. Having to fight too much debris and sun
light exposure.
>
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Dru
>
>
> Dru and Debora
> Corpus Christi, TX
> 1983 FC 35 RB
> Steady Gittin' It!
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Jon

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, dru penland
wrote:
>
> Hi All!
>
> Does anybody know where one might purchase a good manageble cover
for 80's model 35-foot FC's that has hatches for the A/C units? Maybe
this asking does not exist. Having to fight too much debris and sun
light exposure.
>
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Dru
>
>
> Dru and Debora
> Corpus Christi, TX
> 1983 FC 35 RB
> Steady Gittin' It!
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


Dru I have posted this is the past and what I use and its fairly
resemble is a Costco Car Shelter. I would have used two units put
together end to end but I do not have the room for this configuration.

The only reason I used only one was because I did not have enough
room for the second cover as it would have extended into my driveway.

I used 10 ft electrical conduit pipes cut in haft to make 5 ft and
then after putting up the cover I just slid the 5ft pipes into each
leg of the car shelter. And then I slid the original pipes up till
they were around 4 to 5 ft oft the ground. This made it about 12
high on the sides and about 14 ft in the middle. It really worked
out great for me and at a cost of a little over 150 dollars its
pretty cheap to construct. I have had no wind problem with it blowing
over or anything like that as it is staked into the ground with the
original ground pads. On the ends since I my motor home extends past
the shelter I just used a heavy tarp to add the proper length so it
was protected in that area.

As far as how long the material will last? I have had a few of these
shelters and they seem to last about five years. I think when its
time to recover this unit I will just get a large tarp and then just
recover the whole thing.

Works good and keeps the old Rebel Bird cool and dry under my cheap
little car port.

JIpjob
78 Wanderlodge
Bremerton

>

Jon

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jon" wrote:
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, dru penland
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All!
> >
> > Does anybody know where one might purchase a good manageble
cover
> for 80's model 35-foot FC's that has hatches for the A/C units?
Maybe
> this asking does not exist. Having to fight too much debris and sun
> light exposure.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the help!
> >
> > Dru
> >
> >
> > Dru and Debora
> > Corpus Christi, TX
> > 1983 FC 35 RB
> > Steady Gittin' It!
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
> Dru I have posted this is the past and what I use and its fairly
> resemble is a Costco Car Shelter. I would have used two units put
> together end to end but I do not have the room for this
configuration.
>
> The only reason I used only one was because I did not have enough
> room for the second cover as it would have extended into my
driveway.
>
> I used 10 ft electrical conduit pipes cut in haft to make 5 ft and
> then after putting up the cover I just slid the 5ft pipes into each
> leg of the car shelter. And then I slid the original pipes up till
> they were around 4 to 5 ft oft the ground. This made it about 12
> high on the sides and about 14 ft in the middle. It really worked
> out great for me and at a cost of a little over 150 dollars its
> pretty cheap to construct. I have had no wind problem with it
blowing
> over or anything like that as it is staked into the ground with the
> original ground pads. On the ends since I my motor home extends
past
> the shelter I just used a heavy tarp to add the proper length so it
> was protected in that area.
>
> As far as how long the material will last? I have had a few of
these
> shelters and they seem to last about five years. I think when its
> time to recover this unit I will just get a large tarp and then
just
> recover the whole thing.
>
> Works good and keeps the old Rebel Bird cool and dry under my cheap
> little car port.
>
> JIpjob
> 78 Wanderlodge
> Bremerton
>
> >

Here's a picture of the shelter cover up but the sides have not been
installed yet.

http://tinyurl.com/2tnabu
Jon
Rebel Bird
Bremerton
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