We live in a neighborhood with a HOA that prevents us from parking Howie in the driveway or on the street for more than a few days. With 2020’s RV surge in popularity, storage lots in our area are pretty full. Luckily, we were able to find a spot in a nearby outdoor, gated RV storage lot. After looking at rather tight 10’x20′ spaces tucked between other RVs, boats, & trailers. We waited for a 22ft space on the end of an aisle to become available for $171/mo (as of Oct 2022; $148/mo Dec 2021; $114/mo initially). With the extra few feet, our 20ft trailer sits comfortably in an accessible corner.
After hooking Howie to my truck, on our way to the storage lot. We spent an hour in a large, uncrowded parking lot practicing backing up the trailer between cones both right & left. Although I was hoping I could pull straight into our spot, some backing in was necessary. With the practice session, this was done easily.

Extra Space Storage for RVs is outdoors so we decided to use a cover to reduce sun damage & keep the exterior clean. It doesn’t rain much here in SoCal so the moisture issue many cover users complain about shouldn’t be a problem for us. There is a lot of plastic on Howie so sun damage, if stored uncovered, could cause these parts, like hose connectors, to become brittle over time.
Some complaints on covers is they only last a few seasons and are prone to tears. So I bought a couple things to minimize the sharp edges that could shorten the life of our cover. The King Bird 5-layer cover had pretty good ratings on Amazon & other online RV cover reviews. It has three zippered side panels on each side for easy access to the trailer door & trailer portals when covered. There are also well-sewn reinforced straps to help streamline the “silhouette” and keep the cover from moving during high winds. Lastly, the 18-20ft cover is long enough to cover the entire trailer including the rear ladder and front tongue jack & tanks. Four wheel covers also come with the set so we used two of them to cover our trailer wheels.
The water heater was drained and four stabilizer jacks lowered onto pads.
2021 update: We had some severe rain and winds in January on the West Coast. The cover weathered the storms well with only minor shifting on the driver’s side.

Some RV’ers remove their batteries and propane tanks when storing away from home or during freezing weather. Freezing should not be an issue in SoCal so we haven’t removed anything.
I added 2 metal straps that wrap-around & lock the battery box. I also drilled a pass-thru hole in the propane clamp to fit a lock. If someone really want these, the mods will only slow them down a little. Our storage facility has video security so hopefully we won’t lose anything – so far, two months in, all is good (kow).

Our batteries continue to read 100% with the battery shutoff engaged. There does not seem to be any real drain of our two 6-v batteries. If the LP/CO detector, which is always on, is using any power. Perhaps, what little light passes through our cover is enough for the solar panel to trickle charge & compensate.