Hail Protector

[DavidC]

Wonder how it’d in the winter? Blizzard Proof?

I have been thinking of this. The cover is rated up to 80mph, it has 2 parts, the inner liner that actually touches the paint and the outer lining that takes all the abuse and when inflated adds air to that chamber. If the parts, body, bumpers etc. are dry the inner liner would not freeze to the body component. Whenever I use the cover the body is clean, either with a QD, rinseless wash, california duster etc. that way there is no way of grinding dirt against the paint which could cause marring on the body. So if I drove the truck on the mucked up roads in the winter I would either clean it (not always feasible) or not use the cover until that could be accomplished. All of that applies to all covers although there is a lot greater risk of a fabric cover freezing to the body. This cover has been through quite a few very violent rain storms and I have not seen any water seepage on the body. There have been the swimming pool effect if not inflated in the last 2' of the bed. I have a 40 gallon aux. combination tool box and the 5ver hitch which keeps the water in that small area. The good part is if the truck was clean before installing the cover it will be the same when removing it. That is something that never happened with the paint marring fabric covers I have used. The fabric would allow the dirt/dust in and then grind away at the paint when the breeze/wind would kick up. I doubt you could hurt the cover brushing snow off of it, I just have no idea how pliable at temps below freezing would be. Lowest I have seen was 34 and it was fine but no snow. The way I remove mine is to start at the front and pull back to the back where the fans would go keeping the dirty side of the cover from touching the clean side then keep folding clean on clean.

 

[Timd32]

I have a 7x14 enclosed trailer that I want to cover for the winter, I remember our 8x24 would have marks from the cover over the winter. Can't do the hail cover that looks too bit maybe just the inner since you have had good luck with paint protection.

I did not want to go with a dark color trailer, but it was perfect option wise and I needed it on real short notice, have had issues with ice popping seams on our last one years ago.

 

[DavidC]

If anyone is interested in the cover only it is under spare parts on their website. I would get the foam inserts where the fans would normally be also.
https://hailprotector.com/collections/spare-parts

 

[DavidC]

One year update. We have been in Minot about 4 Months now and the cover has been on the truck most of that. It rains ALOT here with a lot of thunderstorms. Then there is the wind, sometimes for days. Every storm has threats of hail so the cover gets inflated, there has only been two actual times of hail, not large tho. I do not have a bed cover of any sort so it is the low point for water runoff when not inflated and I get a swimming pool in the last 2' behind the aux. tank and 5ver hitch. Sometimes I have bailed some of it out then lifted the cover to let the rest runoff the sides. Yesterday was one of those windy days with gusts up to 40-50mph and there has been a lot of those. I cringe everytime I watch the cover flopping around on those days. We are suppose to get storms tonight and tomorrow with of course maybe hail. As always I inflate the cover to make sure everything is ok. During this inflation I did my walk around doing the inspection when I came upon a 3" tear on the passenger side front. The cover inflated ok but I have emailed Hail Protector for a recommended repair, they have been very good about responding. Where the tear is has taken a lot of wind abuse. I have Gorilla Duct Tape and Gorilla Clear UV resistant tape which is what I am inclined to use but will wait for a response from Hail Protector.