<<< HAIL >>>

Not a Four Wheel but my brother's older Sunlite Eagle truck camper took a heavy hit in his driveway in upstate New York recently. His car and his daughter's car were totaled. His Tundra took $10k in damage, his home's roof $14K and he's still working with insurance on damage to his home's siding. He has been restoring a vintage airplane wing in his back yard and it was also damaged heavily.
On the truck camper, the hail broke off all the marker lights, destroyed the vent cover, and of course put dents all over the roof. One side of the camper has a few smaller dents from wind-blown hail. (It was partially protected by the Tundra parked beside it). When he looked at the roof dents closely, many of them had cracks in the aluminum at the bottom of the dent (!!!!!). (The camper does not have solar, by the way).
He had the camper in his driveway to fix it up for sale. He was preparing it for painting at the time. He replaced the vent and marker lights and filled the dent-cracks with Dicor self-leveling lap sealant and finished the paint job.
I'm happy to report that he sold the camper a few weeks ago and the new owner feels lucky to have it.
Here's a photo of it...
Teds camper after painting 2.jpg
 
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I have a 2018 Hawk. On my second trip I was heading home and went through a pretty severe t-storm that put multiple dents in the roof. The solar panel is still working fine. Given all the grief that the Overland Solar panels get on the forums, I've pretty impressed. P.S. I did talk to FWC about replacing the roof under an insurance claim, and they advised that if it wasn't leaking, probably would be better to just leave it. Considering that I live in Oklahoma and I would have to take it the factory and leave it, I can imagine the cost would spiral pretty quickly. Still no leaks, so I guess they were right.
 
Our 2014 Hawk was on our Tundra when a hail storm came through Missoula. Dents everywhere on the roof, none on the Tundra. No solar panels. Because we had a rider on our truck policy to cover the camper (something you might want to have if your insurance doesn't automatically cover the camper) we were able to get an estimate for repairs from FWC and get paid for it, minus deductible. The roof doesn't leak so we have not had it replaced. I'll attach a picture of the damage and the hail (being put to good use!:)).
 

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I have a 2018 Hawk. On my second trip I was heading home and went through a pretty severe t-storm that put multiple dents in the roof. The solar panel is still working fine. Given all the grief that the Overland Solar panels get on the forums, I've pretty impressed. P.S. I did talk to FWC about replacing the roof under an insurance claim, and they advised that if it wasn't leaking, probably would be better to just leave it. Considering that I live in Oklahoma and I would have to take it the factory and leave it, I can imagine the cost would spiral pretty quickly. Still no leaks, so I guess they were right.
Same exact thing happened to me.. in Oklahoma. Four years later they’re just beauty marks. Zero leaks or problems. I was impressed.
 
I too have been hammered by hail and have a 200 watt panel. No damage other than a few 'dents!' in the roof.
 
We got pummeled by hail in CO last year. My Tundra and FWC are dented up real nice. Haven't filed a claim yet on either as I'm sure our insurance will drop us the second they are able to (we just had a new roof put on from the same storm). No leaks on the camper, just beauty marks. Still considering getting the FWC roof fixed. Was quoted $4K from FWC along with needing to send the camper to CA to get fixed. Solar panel did fine! Ugh.
 

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No one is going to see it. I've been very luck at not getting hailed on so far. Can you imagine being in a tent with hail that size?
 
While in Montana fishing on the Bighorn River, I got caught in a hail storm the size of ping pong balls. It did a number on my Hawk roof, the Super Duty's hood, broke one side mirror housing, broke clearance lights on the camper, dented camper front panel as well as some other spots on the camper. At the time where I was, there was no trees to park under. My friends house in Fort Smith had the siding broken on it. It sounded like someone with a hammer hitting my truck !!
 
Truck yes, repaired camper marker lights, dents still on the roof of the camper. Out of sight, no stuctural damaged, just visual dents. Just a reminder of the great trip to Montana and the Bighorn River.
 

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