High-Quality Replacement Covers
Rush-Co Marine is your one-stop shop for high-quality boat lift canopy replacement covers at affordable prices. We’ve been manufacturing boat lift canopy covers for boat lift manufacturers for over ten years. Now, through the creation of Rush-Co Marine, we can offer them to you. If you’ve had problems in the past with fit, availability or lead time, a Rush-Co Marine boat lift canopy cover is your solution.
Shortest Lead Time in the Industry
Rush-Co Marine offers replacement covers for most brands and sizes. Below you will find pricing options including frame brand, size and fabric material. Custom covers are available.
• Standard vinyl fabric are 18oz Shelter-Rite and 13oz Shelter-Rite– a vinyl-coated polyester: proven in demanding applications with superior adhesion and abrasion resistance.• Standard soft texture fabric is 11oz Harbor Time – an acrylic coated polyester: renowned for its light weight, rich look, and excellent durability.
• Rush-Co’s standard fabrics are waterproof, while UV and mildew resistant, for long life and lasting colors in harsh marine environments.
• Shelter-Rite and Harbor Time seams are heat-welded for water proof coverage.
• Sub-components are top-stitched to improve water resistance.
• Attachments including continuous bungee, hook bungees, ball bungees, or clips to insure a proper fit to your frame.
• Attachments are double stitched for a durable tensioning system and secure fit.
• All patterns are cut with computer-controlled accuracy, giving a precise fit each and every time.
Accelerated Lab Testing
Wind whip
The rating is based on the fabric’s ability to resist wind whip. Both samples were subjected to 60 mph winds. Shelter-Rite resisted fraying and tearing much better than other laminated fabrics.
Tear strength
The rating is based on the fabric’s strength to resist tearing. Shelter-Rite’s base fabric has twice as many strands than most commonly used laminate materials. Also providing an advantage is the fact that the base fabric is woven in Shelter-Rite compared to being layered in most laminates.
Coating adhesion strength
Adhesion measures the strength of the bond between the base fabric and coating. Shelter-Rite uses an adhesive coat layer to create the highest adhesion strength possible. Strong adhesion helps resist wear due to wind whip. Laminates have good adhesion, but the construction of the base fabric combined with this adhesion actually lowers tear resistance. Shelter-Rite strikes an appropriate balance between adhesion and tear resistance.
Puncture testing
Puncture resistance plays a direct roll in preventing tears in your fabric. Since Shelter-Rite is made from tightly woven threads, there are little to no gaps between the yarns. This creates a higher puncture resistance. In laminate fabrics, the layered threads allow for more gaps between yarns making it more susceptible to punctures.
UV resistance
The PVC coating on Shelter-Rite is evenly spread across the base fabric and provides excellent UV protection. This helps prevent things such as color change or spotty fading of color on your fabric. Laminate fabric tends to be lighter in weight and has an uneven coating to protect against UV rays.
Rush-Co only offers fabric options that will meet all of our customer’s needs. With an industry leading warranty, only Rush-Co Marine regularly tests fabrics for tear strength, abrasion resistance, coating adhesion, stitch and seam strength, cold flex and wind whip.
Return Merchandise Authorization Procedure
Limited Warranty
7-Year Warranty Terms below apply to Rush-Co lift canopies made with 13oz. SLT Shelter Rite® or 18oz Shelter-Rite® fabric.
5-Year Warranty Terms below apply to Rush-Co lift canopies made with HarborTime™ fabric.
Rush-Co Marine warrants only to the original purchaser of a Rush-Co Boat Lift Cover (said original purchaser hereafter called the “customer”), that the Rush-Co Boat Lift Cover, when properly installed and utilized as a boat lift cover, will remain in good visual condition for a period that expires on the last day of the final warranty year. The start date of the warranty is the customer’s actual invoice date. This warranty applies only to failure due to workmanship or material defects subject to the following terms, provisions and conditions:
In the event of failure and/or defect and written notice of a claim during the applicable warranty period is provided to Rush-Co, Rush-Co provides the following pro-rated warranty schedule: Rush-Co will pay for a portion of the replacement value and the customer will pay a portion of the replacement value (replacement value is determined by using the prevailing retail price at the time of warranty/replacement) as per the chart below. In the event that Rush-Co chooses to repair the cover at any time during the warranty period, the customer will not be charged for the repair. Rush-Co must receive the defective canopy cover within 30 days of the customer claim.
| 7-Year Warranty Terms apply to Rush-Co lift canopies made with Seaman Shelter-Rite® fabric ONLY. | |
| The pro-rated 7-year schedule will be as follows: | |
| Year 1,2,3 | Rush-Co will pay 100% of replacement value. Consumer pays 0% |
| Year 4 | Rush-Co will pay 60% of replacement value. Consumer pays 40% |
| Year 5 | Rush-Co will pay 40% of replacement value. Consumer pays 60% |
| Year 6 | Rush-Co will pay 20% of replacement value. Consumer pays 80% |
| Year 7 | Rush-Co will pay 15% of replacement value. Consumer pays 85% |
| *An original invoice or photo copy must be presented at the time of warranty to establish date of purchase or year 7 will be used. |
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| 5-Year Warranty Terms apply to Rush-Co lift canopies made with HarborTime™ fabric. | |
| The pro-rated 5-year schedule will be as follows: | |
| Year 1,2, | Rush-Co will pay 100% of replacement value. Consumer pays 0% |
| Year 3 | Rush-Co will pay 60% of replacement value. Consumer pays 40% |
| Year 4 | Rush-Co will pay 30% of replacement value. Consumer pays 70% |
| Year 5 | Rush-Co will pay 15% of replacement value. Consumer pays 85% |
| *An original invoice or photo copy must be presented at the time a warranty claim is presented to establish the date of purchase. | |
No free repair or prorated replacement will be made for any cover subsequent to the 5 or 7 year periods covered by this warranty, or at any time for damage resulting from improper installation of the cover, distortion of the framework upon which the Rush-Co cover is mounted, negligence, vandalism, acts of God, chemically induced degradation (strong cleaning products), rodent damage or petroleum product damage. Also this warranty does not cover fading or matching separate cover fabrics. All claims must be in writing, and all written claims must be submitted prior to the expiration of the applicable warranty period.
If Rush-Co is not able to determine if the problem is covered by its warranty through digital inspection means, the customer will be responsible for shipping charges to Rush-Co for a pre-warranty inspection as well as shipping charges back to the customer. If the problem is not covered by Rush-Co’s warranty, Rush-Co will reimburse the customer for the shipping charges.
THE FOREGOING CONSTITUTES RUSH-CO’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO RUSH-CO CANOPIES, AND ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, GUARANTEES OR PROMISES. WHETHER EXPRESSED, WRITTEN, IMPLIED, OR ORAL, ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED. ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE EXCLUDED AND DISCLAIMED. THE LIABILITY OF RUSH-CO HEREUNDER IS LIMITED TO REPAIR OR PRORATED REPLACEMENT AS AFORESAID AND IN NO EVENT SHALL RUSH-CO BE LIABLE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OF ANY TYPE WHATSOEVER.
Field Proven " American Made" Fabric
Shelter-Rite® SLT13 by Seaman Corporation
Rush-Co’s development team worked with Seaman Corporation engineers to design a new proprietary fabric specifically for Boat Lift Canopies. The foundation of this new LIGHTWEIGHT Shelter-Rite SLT13 is identical to the Shelter-Rite 18oz fabric except the underside coating was reformulated and reduced to 1.5 ounces. We are able to reduce the weight of the fabric while maintaining the same tear resistance, ultra violet and anti-fungal protection, and water tightness as SR18. All cross seams are heat welded (not sewn). SLT 13 will not stretch, shrink or rot.
Shelter-Rite® SR18 by Seaman Corporation
This “Made in America Premium Fabric” is engineered to meet and exceed Rush-Co’s extensive performance criteria. Shelter-Rite® is an 18-oz PVC-coated high-tenacity polyester material that will not rot, shrink or stretch and offers unparalleled adhesion (to reduce wind whip), color match and colorfastness. This is the best PVC-coated fabric we have ever worked with from anywhere in the world. We have used tens of millions of yards in far more severe applications than marine, and it out-performs all others. These covers are also constructed by using heat-welded seams in the main body of the cover to create a waterproof environment for your boat.
Harbor-Time™
Harbor-Time™ is a “Premium Woven Polyester, American-Made Fabric” that has an extremely durable “pigment-stable” acrylic coating on both sides of the material. An acrylic coating retains a beautiful soft cloth appearance and insures a long cover life. Harbor-Time™ fabric was designed for high-UV and high-moisture environments and is superior to all other leading fabrics we have tested. With a Harbor-Time™ canopy, you will get compliments on the inviting appearance.
SeaMark®
Is a durable combination of Sunbrella (woven acrylic uncoated fabric) and Haartz (a textured marine-grade vinyl coating) that results in a colorfast, waterproof fabric. SeaMark fabric has been engineered to stand up to moisture, sun, wind, and temperature extremes experienced with outdoor use. This vinyl-backed Sunbrella with sewn cross seams uses a highly UV resistant industrial thread. The vinyl backing is color coordinated with the Sunbrella cloth top. SeaMark is a 15oz fabric. An average cover weighs 54 pounds.
