Go to... | Start A New Topic | Search | Notify | Tools | Reply To This Topic | |
| Snow load limits? | Login now/Join our community |
 |
What concerns me most about the snow on top is not the catastrophic failure of the roof. What concerns me is if the side walls of the rig were to shift even a quarter of an inch. The rig doesn't have lateral trusses and depends on the rear wall and the internal walls for some of that stability. Up front, there are generally no walls like that. If the load on top were to cause the walls to shift, I am guessing the front windows would be none too happy. That is why I get the ladder out and remove the snow when it the depth gets noticable. Matt 1987 Barth 27' P32 Chassis Former State Police Command Post Chevrolet 454 Weiand Manifold, Crane Cam, Gibson Exhaust | |||
|
 6/17 |
There is an ADCO cover over the Barth so technically, the snow is on the cover. R.P.Muise 1994 Breakaway/Cummins 5.9/Allison transmission/Spartan Chassis | |||
|
| 6/17 |
The shoulda used congressman. I like geese! R.P.Muise 1994 Breakaway/Cummins 5.9/Allison transmission/Spartan Chassis | |||
|
FKA: noble97monarch 3/12 |
I guess you don't teach Physics, eh R.P?    Formerly: 1997 Barth Monarch Now: 2000 BlueBird Wanderlodge 43' LXi Millennium Edition DD Series 60 500HP 3 stage Jake, Overbuilt bike lift with R1200GS BMW, followed by 2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” | |||
|
| 6/17 |
Well, I broke down and shoveled off the roof. I could swear I heard a sigh of relief from the Barth but that could have been from me exiting the roof! R.P.Muise 1994 Breakaway/Cummins 5.9/Allison transmission/Spartan Chassis | |||
|
12/10 |
I was a little more fortunate. Last week we finally got some good weather ( 38-42) 2 days of that combined with a 30 mph wind took about 90% of the snow off the roof. Three cheers for Mother Nature !!! 1986 Barth Regal SE 34 foot tag - 454 Chevy 8610 3363 34TFPOB | |||
|
First Month Member 11/13 |
My dad used to keep a tarp over his RV. Between snowfalls, he and one of us kids (or Mom) would pull the tarp off (snow included) and use a coupla ropes to replace it back in position. This was the old style paraffin-treated canvas tarp, so nothing froze to it. . 84 30T PeeThirty-Something, 502 powered | |||
|
| 8/10 |
How's this for weather.... 2 weeks ago, we had 10 inches of snow, with sleet....daily temps between 10-15 degrees, lows at 0 to -4. Yesterday, it was 78 degrees... | |||
|
| FKA: noble97monarch 3/12 |
That's exactly the same weather we've been getting here, that last part anyway  Formerly: 1997 Barth Monarch Now: 2000 BlueBird Wanderlodge 43' LXi Millennium Edition DD Series 60 500HP 3 stage Jake, Overbuilt bike lift with R1200GS BMW, followed by 2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” | |||
|
| First Month Member 11/13 |
I think our biggest spread (in one day) this month has been 50-some degrees. 17 overnight and high sixties or low seventies in afternoon. . 84 30T PeeThirty-Something, 502 powered | |||
|
Glassnose Aficionado 2/09 |
Hey Corey, before you go braggin too much, don't forget you have the little local thermo dealy in your signature. I look at it every morning just to remind myself that it's not as bad down here. [Anything north of Sarasota is "up North"] 79 Barth Classic | |||
|
| FKA: noble97monarch 3/12 |
Talk to me in July dude! Formerly: 1997 Barth Monarch Now: 2000 BlueBird Wanderlodge 43' LXi Millennium Edition DD Series 60 500HP 3 stage Jake, Overbuilt bike lift with R1200GS BMW, followed by 2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” | |||
|
 |
For us kayakers, we go NOTE (North of the equator) or SOTE (South of the equator) -the equator being the Sunshine Skyway. Anything SOTE is the "South". If you are north of the bridge you are yankees.  W4JDZ | |||
|
| Glassnose Aficionado 2/09 |
I thought you were down in SH year round now. We'll take a look at the temp thingy then. Maybe I can figure out how to get it on my posts by then. 79 Barth Classic | |||
|
| First Month Member 11/13 |
That's funny, because I had family in Bradenton, (first town north of Sarasota) and they thought they were missing frost from the North and hurricanes from the South. The best of both worlds, so they said. Not so lately, huh? . 84 30T PeeThirty-Something, 502 powered | |||
|
| Powered by Social Strata | Page 1 2 3 |
 | Please Wait. Your request is being processed... |
|
This website is dedicated to the Barth Custom Coach, their owners and those who admire this American made, quality crafted, motor coach.
We are committed to the history, preservation and restoration of the Barth Custom Coach.
We are committed to the history, preservation and restoration of the Barth Custom Coach.
