Folding camper canvas.....JAYCO

G'day Glen,
IMHO there is no perfect stategy or method involved. I've had my 89 since new and all I've ever done was to shove the canvas in the best way you can, before the lid closes. Canvas and screens are in "as new" condition. Never been resealed ... never leaked. "Works for me!"
Regards,
Bazza.

Well it just happens I owned a Dove for 10 years and the best way to fold is.
Push beds in most of the way allowing for space so that you can get inside the camper. Then push the canvas in at the ends as far as you can.
Then climb into the camper and pull the canvas as far into the camper as you can.
Climb out of the camper.
Now start winding down the roof.
Wind down to about 1/2 metre from closed, now push the canvas in as much as possible.
Wind down some more pushing the canvas in the last bit.
It always worked a trick for us.
The reason the flywire will rip is the the that the roof is raised to high.
This can be adjusted inside on the pulleys.
Let me know how you go?
I still have a repair book for the Jayco Dove if your interested. $35.00 plus post.

John

Hi, we don't have a Jayco but a Coramal but it's the same type. We have learnt a big lesson on our first trip with our camper ALWAYS make sure that the beds are pushed in before winding it down, we have a nice hole in our canvas where the arm from the bed end came through the canvas, we were in a hurry on a windy day and not thinking. Now we have one person that winds it down while the other person walks around the camper pushing in the canvas, then when there is only about 6 inches to go we stop winding and go around pushing all the canvas in making sure that all the edges are inside. thank goodness no more holes. Also we find it helps to make sure that the curtains all round are closed as it stops them from bunching up with the canvas when winding it down. good luck