Storage Moisture Precautions

Sharon_is_SAM

This is our first winter to store our T@B.  Since spring, we have stored it in a windowless, but cool indoor storage facility and used Damp Rid and closed it up tight.  The Damp Rid worked and we had no moisture problems.  In the winter, the facility is heated to 50 degrees.  With Cleveland's winter dry air, I am wondering if we can just vent the T@B through the roof fan cover.  I plan on taking the cushions out of the T@B to make some slip covers.  Anyone else out there storing it in a similar environment?

Homebodyatheart

Great question @SAM! I've been wondering about that here, too. I'm following this...

Dalehelman

What ever precautions you take I would try and inspect the interior every week or two. That way there are no  surprises come spring time.

ChanW

We store ours outside, with no cover, and not vented.

Winter, I've been known to put a trash bag over the tongue to keep the mechanical parts dry (hitch, jack, and brakes).

We make sure to remove the snow, due to weight,  when it gets any quantity accumulated on it.

Like @SAM, western NY winters are usually pretty low humidity, and other seasons we're in and out of the Tab enough to keep the air moving. Summertime, the roof vent is often left open.

Been doing it like that for 4 years.

MortyandDottie

@ChanW do you use any type of external cover for the AC vent...external on drivers side?  We are in Seattle and with all the rain I am concerned about water getting in via the A/C vent.

ChanW

@MortyandDottie, I've blocked the ac vent some years, but only because the wind comes in there, and we've wanted to camp without drafts. Any water that enters there will go out the ac drain (if your tab is level, or tilted slightly to the front passenger side).

jkjenn

MortyandDottie said:

@ChanW do you use any type of external cover for the AC vent...external on drivers side?  We are in Seattle and with all the rain I am concerned about water getting in via the A/C vent.

@ChanW @SAM and I are all in a similar climate to each other. I would check with your dealer to see if they have any recommendations. 

Dalehelman said:

What ever precautions you take I would try and inspect the interior every week or two. That way there are no  surprises come spring time.

I tend to turn on the Alde and occasionally go out to the T@b and watch TV in the winter or take it out for a weekend or so over the winter. 

ChanW

"....  or take it out for a weekend or so over the winter. "

Good advice in any case, eh jenn?