Hail Damage

knoxjere · 04-30-2011, 08:10 PM

I am posting pics of our 2006 2720. We live in Knoxville, TN and had hail and winds on Wed.. Trees down, a limb through our living room and front porch. One of the tree tops was resting on our TM and Jere's 1985 Honda Prelude. Significant hail damage on all three of our vehicles as well as the TM. Also, hail broke the roof vent and by the time we realized it we had very wet carpet, leaves all over, etc. W/O electricity until Friday night. Insurance adjusters supposed to come next week about vehicles and TM. Any advice?

04-30-2011, 10:32 PM

Very sorry to hear of your situation. Sad situation. I hope you can recover quickly.

I just went thru the hail damage thing last summer. Main problem i ran into was an insurance adjuster that knew nothing about TM's. The roof of a TM can not be "overlaid" with another sheet of metal. The roof has to be replaced and it is very expensive to do so.

I had the Progressive agent meet me at the dealer and I had a quote from the dealer on what repairs would cost, then it went smoothly. I suspect your trailer will be totaled, as ours was. We took less of a settlement to be able to keep the TM.

05-01-2011, 02:00 AM

Sorry to hear about your TM and other damage.

This is the reason I put Maxair covers on all our vents as soon as I got our trailer. They won't stop big hail, nothing will anyway, but they have some flex in them and might prevent a breach of the vents.

scrubjaysnest · 05-01-2011, 09:05 AM

Looks like ya'll took a really bad hit. We were camped at Lake Sinclare. a USFS campground between between Eatonton and Milledgeville west of US441 when the storms came through. Nothing but lighting and heavy rain so we dodge that bullet.

Mrfixit · 05-04-2011, 08:16 PM

Our '03 2720SL got "hailed" on 4-9-11. Not as many dents as the one from Knoxville, but some much bigger. Baseball size dents riddle the roofs (trailer was open). Just got an offer from insurance adjustor for about $4000 ... the fight begins! I took the TM to an authorized dealer. They said the factory told them that the roof skins are not replaceable due to method of construction. The "fix" is really two new upper half sections and the labor involved. More info as it happens.

knoxjere · 05-23-2011, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Mrfixit

Our '03 2720SL got "hailed" on 4-9-11. Not as many dents as the one from Knoxville, but some much bigger. Baseball size dents riddle the roofs (trailer was open). Just got an offer from insurance adjuster for about $4000 ... the fight begins! I took the TM to an authorized dealer. They said the factory told them that the roof skins are not replaceable due to method of construction. The "fix" is really two new upper half sections and the labor involved. More info as it happens.

. Mrfixit, how goes your fight with the insurance company? Would sure like to know. Our claims adjuster called today to tell us they were going to total it, but will call no later than Wednesday with their offer. Sure hope we get enough to buy another TM soon. We are missing going camping! Thanks for any info or help you might be able to offer.