McGillicutty,
to the forum and to RVing. As for covers, we live in northern Michigan and I definitely wanted to cover our fifth wheel during the winter. We bought an ADCO cover (the brown one) from CW the same day we bought our trailer. After getting it home and before the first snow, we covered it. Me on the roof, my DW on the ground, we wrestled with that 75 lb cover for much too long before just taking the leap (pun intended) and pulling it over the RV. Between all the "stuff" sticking out of the roof and all the sharp edges all over the RV, somehow we managed to get the cover installed without damage. Through the winter, I watched snow accumulate on the cover, couldn't shovel it off since the cover was "somewhere above the roof but below the top of the snow. We had planned to go south that winter, but couldn't get the cover off the RV, it was frozen in place.
We took it off in the spring, and it's sat rolled up in a bag in the pole barn since then. We paid for winter covered storage in an old manufacturing plant the next winter.
Covers have had damaging effects on some RV's and even with the best of care, usually only last 2 or 3 years before they become unserviceable.
For the cost of a cover, I'd expect it to last much longer than that and not be the cause of delamination, buckling, mold growth and mechanical abrasion as it billows with the wind.
While some advocate fabric covers to protect their investment, I don't think you will find any of them who will tell you it's simple or easy to install the cover. On an RV the size of yours, it will be even more difficult than on one the size of mine.
We finally resorted to building a dedicated pole barn for "toy storage" and think that's probably the only "alternative" for us. You may find a better solution to your storage issues.
Again, welcome to the forum. I'm sure you weren't expecting the RV lifestyle to be "cheap" and you'll find that storage can be a good chunk of that "extra expense."
This was originally posted in the New Members area, but better suited here- JRTJH