Large solar cover help

I have a 42.5' inground "lazy L" shape
so although it's 10' less then yours, I can certainly understand the "bulkyness" ( + heavy) factor, as I practically have to fold the blanket in half in order to make the turn.

just an FYI though, I'm a short woman and I'm able to roll and unroll the reel by myself.
not only that, but I can swim the blanket onto the pool. I have never needed straps ( although now that I see those, I might consider it :D )

I do like the suggestion of just getting two blankets. if I were in your shoes, thats what I'd do, get two blankets & two reels. That way you could get around the need for a commerical reel and I think even having the two, would be much less then the $1600 quoted.


Good Luck :-)

yeah, i swim it on occasionally, but there's times where' i'm not swimming myself and my kids are and leave the cover off and disappear..or i want to take it off for some reason and it's too bloody cold to get in, hence the ropes and grabbits:)

That's a big cover!

I have a 16x40 and, with a good reel it's not too hard to roll up. I CAN cover it myself but it's far, far easier with two.

Thank you all for your help. I sounds like the easier part is getting the cover off the reel and on the pool. The harder part sounds like getting the cover back on the reel straight. One of the covers I saw has 5 or 6 nylon straps that attach to the end of the cover the then the reel, naybe that helps getting the cover to start straight when starting to reel.

Rich

i think that's true, rich..and that's how mine is..a bunch of straps..it's not tough or a big deal though if it doesn't go on even..when i roll mine up, it can wrinkle a bit..but i just move the reel aside and give a quick tug if it needs it on the end and it's fine.