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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / May 2008Why oh why.....
Do I keep tearing the corners where the bed slides/folds out? the ...heck I don't know what to call the material, tears at the corner where it wraps over and down and around the bed . I never wrap the cover until the beds are supported...I undo the cover/top and tuck it up before I undo the supports... The only thing I can think of is fat guests who roll against the sides? john....Ps. they are a bitch to repair... > Do I keep tearing the corners where the bed slides/folds out? the ...heck I > don't know what to call the material, tears at the corner where it wraps [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > The only thing I can think of is fat guests who roll against the sides? Some trailer beds have sharp metal corners. Take a file or light grinder and smooth them into round corners. Sewing a heavy piece of canvas to the inside of the tent corners can also prevent tears. Some manufactures such as Starcraft already do both of these steps. >> Do I keep tearing the corners where the bed slides/folds out? the >> ...heck I don't know what to call the material, tears at the corner where [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > inside of the tent corners can also prevent tears. Some manufactures such > as Starcraft already do both of these steps. Maybe put duct tape on those corners. >> Some trailer beds have sharp metal corners. Take a file or light grinder >> and smooth them into round corners. Sewing a heavy piece of canvas to >> the inside of the tent corners can also prevent tears. Some manufactures >> such as Starcraft already do both of these steps. > > Maybe put duct tape on those corners. Yeah....I've been checking for anything sharp...don't seem to be...it's almost as if the material shrank.. My present repair method is to go to my local awning shop and get a swatch of material and sew it over the patch using my leather awl..I try to "expand or stretch the area so that the patch actually makes a bit more room and hope to alleviate repeat of this problem. I seal the stitches with a bit of 'shoe goo' an let dry well...if you get close to the same color material and do a neat job it could almost pass as 'factory re-enforcement' in that area.... john Or, you could add a bit of rubber or other padding to the corner itself. Of course you will have to keep an eye on the thickness and insure that the top still closes... I've seen rubber bed corners on a couple of trailers over the years, certainly cant hurt!!!! bob in phx >>> Some trailer beds have sharp metal corners. Take a file or light >>> grinder and smooth them into round corners. Sewing a heavy piece of [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > john
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