Winter slows a lot of adventures down so let it be a time to get ahead of some other things and then when the thaw hits… the next chapter. Until then, you can continue to shock people with your ability to learn and retain knowledge on how RVs work.
Well I’m sorry to hear this ☹️ luckily for me I will never be out of work. People are dying to see me 😂 (dark humor) well I hope this all works out for you both. Keep your head up 😊 I winterized ours. Just blew the lines out with air and filled the traps and tanks with some pink stuff. We’re not done yet. We got a trip in December and Florida in February. Plus I need an oil change before Florida so I’ll have to drive it. I don’t have a cover and won’t get one since we’re leaving in 22 months for FT. All my water lines and tank are inside so my water won’t freeze. I added a 30a plug to my house and I have used a space heater in mine too before I leave so it doesn’t freeze. My little heater warms it up well since we’re small. When we get back from our next trip it will give me the opportunity to use my portable air compressor and pressure regulator to winterize it again. So if I need to do it on the road one day, I’ll have the ability to do it. Another driveway dry run to work the bugs out 👍🏼 Take care
Check out Todd's video on winterization and why he doesn't believe in the air compressor method 🤔 ua-cam.com/video/13JfxhVssiI/v-deo.htmlsi=sYVnU7WWxMp32wRq curious what your thoughts are!!!
@ he’s definitely through. I’m a tanked WH so I just bypass it and drain it. My elbows and connections are brass not plastic also. I have used the pink stuff in my lines last year with 1.5 gallons. Local dealers only blow them out and charge a fortune 😂 so this year I just blew them out. I did open my low point drains till air was blowing out. Did the outside shower and everything inside. Guess I’ll see in a few weeks when I refill the fresh tank and pressurize the system 🤞🏼I never put the pink in the fresh tank. Too hard to get out honestly. Looking at PEX tubing and how durable it is and hard to freeze I think I’m ok. I did put a lot of air through it. Once I fill the fresh tank and the system again, I’ll put an electric space heater in there obviously. I’m debating on putting 2 shut off valves to my outside shower. I won’t use it in the winter and I can drain it and stuff batt insulation in the area as it’s not insulation well at all. Also the fresh water hook up door can get some batt insulation stuffed in there. I’m working on an insulated curtain between the cab and Rv. No need to heat or cool the cab when parked in more extreme weather conditions. It gonna be cold when we head to Pennsylvania in a few weeks. Propane is full for heat. I have found to leave the bathroom door open or it gets real cold in there 🥶 Just trying to work the bugs out before we go FT 👍🏼
once you get your cab blocked off, the RV door/stairway is going to be the weak link - go ahead and get enough of your heavy duty cab insulating fabric to hang a curtain over the door too 👉👉
Really hoping for that "we're moving to Alaska" adventure
Winter slows a lot of adventures down so let it be a time to get ahead of some other things and then when the thaw hits… the next chapter.
Until then, you can continue to shock people with your ability to learn and retain knowledge on how RVs work.
Well I’m sorry to hear this ☹️ luckily for me I will never be out of work. People are dying to see me 😂 (dark humor) well I hope this all works out for you both. Keep your head up 😊
I winterized ours. Just blew the lines out with air and filled the traps and tanks with some pink stuff. We’re not done yet. We got a trip in December and Florida in February. Plus I need an oil change before Florida so I’ll have to drive it. I don’t have a cover and won’t get one since we’re leaving in 22 months for FT. All my water lines and tank are inside so my water won’t freeze. I added a 30a plug to my house and I have used a space heater in mine too before I leave so it doesn’t freeze. My little heater warms it up well since we’re small. When we get back from our next trip it will give me the opportunity to use my portable air compressor and pressure regulator to winterize it again. So if I need to do it on the road one day, I’ll have the ability to do it. Another driveway dry run to work the bugs out 👍🏼
Take care
Check out Todd's video on winterization and why he doesn't believe in the air compressor method 🤔
ua-cam.com/video/13JfxhVssiI/v-deo.htmlsi=sYVnU7WWxMp32wRq
curious what your thoughts are!!!
@ he’s definitely through. I’m a tanked WH so I just bypass it and drain it. My elbows and connections are brass not plastic also. I have used the pink stuff in my lines last year with 1.5 gallons. Local dealers only blow them out and charge a fortune 😂 so this year I just blew them out. I did open my low point drains till air was blowing out. Did the outside shower and everything inside. Guess I’ll see in a few weeks when I refill the fresh tank and pressurize the system 🤞🏼I never put the pink in the fresh tank. Too hard to get out honestly. Looking at PEX tubing and how durable it is and hard to freeze I think I’m ok. I did put a lot of air through it. Once I fill the fresh tank and the system again, I’ll put an electric space heater in there obviously.
I’m debating on putting 2 shut off valves to my outside shower. I won’t use it in the winter and I can drain it and stuff batt insulation in the area as it’s not insulation well at all. Also the fresh water hook up door can get some batt insulation stuffed in there.
I’m working on an insulated curtain between the cab and Rv. No need to heat or cool the cab when parked in more extreme weather conditions. It gonna be cold when we head to Pennsylvania in a few weeks. Propane is full for heat. I have found to leave the bathroom door open or it gets real cold in there 🥶
Just trying to work the bugs out before we go FT 👍🏼
once you get your cab blocked off, the RV door/stairway is going to be the weak link - go ahead and get enough of your heavy duty cab insulating fabric to hang a curtain over the door too 👉👉
I’m impressed with your understanding of all this rv info.
thanks! hope it was a helpful video for you!
Good luck with all this. I'm holding the vision that - in hindsight - it will be the best thing(s) that could have happened!!
🫂 Thank you! The upside to this situation is that our lives have unlimited potential to look completely different soon!