Caravan storing

Hi Rob

Obviously the best place is out of the sun and weather...perhaps the second best is to get one of these made up. Seems to keep things cooler - and is supposed to be hail proof. Obviously the weather & heat will make everything deteriorate, but if things are covered and maintained - they will last much longer. We are lucky enough to have undercover storage and the cover...so it's out of the weather and sun. Additionally it's important to cover the tyres...they seem to deteriorate quite badly if left exposed to the elements.



Cheers

Chris

Bloke at work had new caravan, purchased a cover for it to protect it from the elements. Left it for couple of months, when he took cover off, not sure if it stuck to the van or not, but left the blue colour off the inside of cover on the van. Supplier of cover didn't know what to do. Insurance ended up paying out a heap for repair. Think the figure was up around the 20k mark? This was in Canberra, can get pretty warm in summer, very dry heat. Cheers. Odog

If you have enough room where you live this is a good solution. I see it as an investment for our new caravan's protection...after all a new caravan is anywhere up to $100,000 outlay. This colourbond caravan cover cost about $2000 but will last for decades and also keeps the full heat out of the van. We bought ours as a display unit at a show so we had to dismantle and rebuild (after marking and numbering every piece). Ours is also larger than the photo....double size (6.5m x 6.5m). Ours is from a company called shadycharacters (no association to them).
We also put Colourbond sheets along the sides for extra protection from early morning and afternoon sun.

Ours is out in the elements when we are travelling and is out in the elements at home, where it doubles as our guest room. The solar panels keep the batteries topped up and there is always plenty of power for guests to use the lights, their computer and any other small appliances.

Motherhen

I use a 'storm cover' brand cover for mine but leave the all seasons hatch vents and shower vent open. I also partially open most of the windows.This seems to allow air to circulate between van and cover and keep the inside cool and mould free. Unzipping the cover around the door and opening same occasionally all helps with allowing air to circulate through van. The van is not stored under any other cover structure.

We store our van at Eastern Downs Storage at Clifton on the Darling Downs. This is a first grade facility and the owners are terrific people.as we are overseas for portion of the year, we don't have to worry about storms or hail damage occurring. For what you get, it is very economical.

Thanks guys for all the tips.