How do you work on the top?

[john hd]

lowell

they are talking about the curved sections on each end.

john

[RivetED]

We took the factory tour this summer & A/S pointed out the extra supports they use in the roof. With the advice already here, you can feel comfortable being on the roof.

[LowellN]

Thank you Gentlemen, it is much appreciated.
Lowell

[85MH325]

I've always found it useful to go into a mystic trance and levitate to the top of the trailer to do maintenance there. You will need, of course, to be in the proper frame of mind with a mantra to chant. http://www.themystica.com/mystica/ar...evitation.html

However, I also recognize that approach may not be entirely useful for everyone. According to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", a similar situation can also be attained by jumping from something tall, and then merely forgetting to fall. It's apparently a fact that people fall from tall places simply because they think they will. If, according to the "Guide", you forget to fall, you won't which then allows you to basically float over the top of your Airstream to accomplish whatever maintenance you find necessary.

I hope you find this information useful.

Roger

[tnsue]

Originally Posted by 85MH325

I've always found it useful to go into a mystic trance and levitate to the top of the trailer to do maintenance there. You will need, of course, to be in the proper frame of mind with a mantra to chant. http://www.themystica.com/mystica/ar...evitation.html

However, I also recognize that approach may not be entirely useful for everyone. According to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", a similar situation can also be attained by jumping from something tall, and then merely forgetting to fall. It's apparently a fact that people fall from tall places simply because they think they will. If, according to the "Guide", you forget to fall, you won't which then allows you to basically float over the top of your Airstream to accomplish whatever maintenance you find necessary.

I hope you find this information useful.

Roger

Ok Roger, I know this is about a month old, late in reading it, but I have one question:

How do you stabilize yourself while you are levitating above the top? I find everytime I push down to polish I move the opposite direction in the same degree of movement. This has posed a quandry for me.........? Is there another mantra I need to know to keep me stabalized?

Just wondering!

TNSue

[CanoeStream]

Staying in one place is easy if you follow instructions fully to develop the proper state of mind. It helps if you leave the TV off. Fighting the polisher is nothing if you can resist the pull of the mega-GVWR Earth. The hard part is to keep from spinning like crazy!

Forgetting to fall is another issue and should be similarly successful as the motive force of gravity is still downward. I've been trying to channel Douglas Adams in... ummm... Mystica Land but don't seem to have this on my cable. Can I have the TV on for this technique?

Roger must have the manual. Maybe he can scan the appropriate pages...

[tnsue]

Originally Posted by Canoe stream

Staying in one place is easy if you follow instructions fully to develop the proper state of mind. It helps if you leave the TV off. Fighting the polisher is nothing if you can resist the pull of the mega-GVWR Earth. The hard part is to keep from spinning like crazy!

Forgetting to fall is another issue and should be similarly successful as the motive force of gravity is still downward. I've been trying to channel Douglas Adams in... ummm... Mystica Land but don't seem to have this on my cable. Can I have the TV on for this technique?

Roger must have the manual. Maybe he can scan the appropriate pages...

Gee, thanks for the clear-as- mud explanation you have given. I have tried sitting crosslegged and repeating my mantra but to levitate crosslegged is not condusive to hovering on an even plane over my A/S. I seem to be bottom heavy and keep sinking to the top and I get in the way of the polisher.

Hope Roger can scan the appropriate pages...........I need to do this before I snowbird to southern CA.

TNSue

[till]

FWIW, I used my 8 foot step ladder and just swing over to the roof at a rib. Like Shari put it scooch around on all fours and butt. It is a little nerve racking but you get a feel for it pretty quick. I have been on my roof a couple of times and it is neat to be up there. But you need to understand what Andy said. "No jumping" and be very aware of where you are. It is a long fall to the ground.