By NOT going over the T-Top, 1 person can easily install and remove the cover. We typically use 4 industrial grade Delrin buckles for quick and easy cover attachment. We do NOT install anything to the T-top itself. Your first time installing the cover, I would plan on taking about 15-20 minutes to make sure everything is where it needs to be. After you are comfortable with installing the cover, I think you should be able to get installation time down to 8-10 minutes.
NO! You must use the zipper, straps and tension rope together to prevent water from ponding on the cover. Water ponding can and will rip the cover, pull out/destroy the zipper and over time stretch the cover out of shape preventing the cover from fitting properly. The extra time you spend making sure your cover is properly installed will maximize your cover’s life, protect your boating investment and give you extra time to go fishing.
Yes. We do not have patterns to go by and require your boat to be here for proper fitting.
Times will vary depending on boat size, level of customization, etc but we typically require 2 full days from start to finish. In other words, if you dropped your boat off Monday morning at 8am, you typically could pick it up Tuesday afternoon close to quitting time.
Each cover is custom made to YOUR boat; we do not have patterns to go by. If you are planning on making any changes to your boat (adding seats, poling platforms, trolling motor, power pole, etc) we STRONGLY recommend that you do these modifications before you commission a cover made for your boat. Your cover will look and function a lot better if we can design the cover after the modifications are made instead of having to cut apart and modify an existing cover.
All of our covers are a 1 piece design with a zipper on one side. Which side we put the zipper on is up to you.
A cover custom designed for your boat, personal instruction on how to install and remove the cover and a handy oversized storage bag.
We use a synthetic material called WeatherMax 80. We used to use Sunbrella material but switched to WeatherMax 80 over 5 years ago. The reason we chose WeatherMax 80 is that it breathes better than Sunbrella, weighs less than Sunbrella and has 5 times the abrasion resistance than Sunbrella. In our opinion, WeaherMax 80 is a superior material to Sunbrella and thinks that you will be happy with it too.
You boat will be stored inside our facility but under EXTREME circumstances, we will store your boat at one of the owner’s houses. We do not have enough room inside to offer boat storage longer than a couple of days. If you require boat storage longer than a week, we will impose a daily storage fee of $15 per day.
We accept cash, check, Visa and MasterCard. We do not accept Discover or American Express
Yes we can. Just like our tarps, we design and build all of our tarp systems here in the USA so customization is no problem. Keep in mind that with ANYTHING custom, we will have to build the system for you and will require a partial payment upfront. Also, non-stock replacement parts will not be stocked and will be built at time of order so replacement times will be longer than standard. To minimize this, we try to use as many standard and stocked parts as possible to lessen this inconvenience.
Yes you can. But keep in mind that if you purchase a tarp with flaps but don’t use them, the flaps act as an additional reinforcement on the front edges and corners of the container. It’s like you have 2 additional layers of tarp material for longer tarp life.
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Yes, it can with minimal modification. You will need to re-drill the arm mounting hole on the Driver’s side (Pioneer). Install the tarp roller as you normally would with the machined flat spot on the tarp shaft on the Passenger side. Leave enough of the tarp shaft sticking out of the Driver’s side for you to mount your tarp tensioning device to. Mark/ Drill the hole through the tarp shaft. Tension the tarp roller 10-12 turns counter-clockwise from the Driver’s side and install a 3/8” bolt as you normally would. Or, you could simply purchase one of our universal rollers (RSA-U) that already has the bolt holes for an O’Brian and a Pioneer pre-drilled. For the KPAC tarp system, we have been told from customers that our roller is a direct replacement for their roller with no modifications required.
We offer our Ultra-Premium Titan tarp mesh as a standard option on our Magnum-XD tarp system that can be used on our other tarp systems
That is a difficult question to answer without actually looking at the tarp you are considering. What I can tell you about our tarps is that these are made right here in the USA, (no Chinese child labor went into the production of these tarps!). Our tarps come standard with 9” flaps on both sides for operators to use to further contain their load, come standard with 10’ of heavy vinyl on the front for a good seal across the container top and for additional wear support. Our standard mesh is a heavy denier to allow for air flow to prevent wind whip.
These tarp systems (Magnum, Autocover 2CH and CushNcover) use a Master/Slave hydraulic arrangement and cannot be bled like a traditional setup (cracking hoses until no bubbles). All of your hydraulic flow goes to the Driver’s cylinder, base port first. Once it leaves the rod port of the Driver’s cylinder it then travels to the base port of the Passenger cylinder. As it leaves the rod port of the Passenger cylinder it then goes back to the control valve and back to tank. Instead of cracking hoses, you will need to make sure that your tarp roller is sitting in the bottom of the cradle. Once the roller is sitting in the bottom of the cradle, you will need to retract the lower cylinders until it sounds like you are bleeding over the relief. At that point continue to retract the lower cylinders for 3-5 minutes. This should fix your synchronization issues. Other causes for the lower cylinders to lift crooked could be:
For the OTS tarp system, these hydraulic cylinders are your standard hydraulic arrangement and can be bled traditionally. If this system is out of sequence:
For the Duracover series, these arms are spring loaded. No bleeding is necessary.
We accept cash, check, Visa and MasterCard. We do not accept Discover or American Express
We are the only tarping system company to manufacture ALL of our tarps, tarping systems, boat covers, rollovers and pharmaceutical products to ISO 9001-2000 quality standards in house! We do NOT import any of our tarps or tarping systems. If you want the best quality, choose O’Brian!
