Traveling with shades down

Lyne

What are owners talking about when they say they travel with their window shades and screens down to keep from breaking? Saw these comments on the facebbok page.

IACamper

I think it's just the opposite: on the older style, travel with them up so the vibration doesn't break off the little hooks that hold them in the closed or partially closed position.

Lyne

My dealer said to travel with the 2015 model shades up. I assumed it was to keep people from being snoopy and the sun out. The shade and screen for the window is on a string pulley system. So it sounds like the older models raised up and you secured them with a hook that could break from a rough road trip, right?

jkjenn

I was pretty sure you were supposed to travel with them up. Will have to dig out the book.

jkjenn

There is nothing in the owner's manual about it. I leave mine up when not in use.

TABaker

You're probably reading about Dutchmen T@Bs.  Our screens/shades work completely different.  A plastic tab holds them in place at 3 different positions.  If we travel with them lowered, vibration can break the tab and then you can't keep them lowered at all.  I don't think it applies to LG.

Lyne

Thanks @TABaker

TABaker

  

TABaker

On the DM we can only pull our screens and shades down from the top.  We have nothing to pull up from the bottom. lol  We ride with screens and shades not showing....open window.  If ours are down, covering the window, then the little catch tabs are in jeopardy of breaking so we don't do that.  You were probably looking for LG responses, but that's mine. 

TABaker

Yes, the LGs have a different system.  I think that's where Lyn's original question came from.

Lyne

Yep, that's right. We decided that the conversation I saw on Facebook was for the windows that have the clips that can break while traveling. Mine are not like that so I don't have to be concerned.

geromo

it might be easier to say--extended or retracted rather that up or down.