Cold-ish weather camping

I had freezing issues busting lines and it only gets down to the 30s overnight.

If you wake up in the middle of the night I would crank all the hot water lines. Hopefully save one of them from possible freezing and expanding.

Your low drain pipes might be exposed as well. I put some pipe insulation on it just for kicks. Got to think it helps a little. Mine is just bastic plastic caps that could crack and leak.

garyp4951 wrote:
I'm moving to Wyoming. lol

Just don’t bring any “administrators” or “moderators” with you! ;) :B memtb

I'm moving to Wyoming. lol

JAC1982, It’s 32 F in Pinedale right now, probably a little cooler up at the lakes. So, for those not familiar with our temperatures.....we can and often do go below freezing any month of the year! It only got down to 44 at our home this morning.....but, it was a very welcome, nice, cool morning! I don’t see us getting in the pool today! ;) memtb

with your high temps at 65-70, I have to believe that the water lines probably will not even make it into the upper 30's at their coldest....

The RV will hold SOME of the heat for a while, then by the time that is lost, the temps will be rising again...

memtb wrote:
If it only gets down to 30ish, you should be fine! Can I assume you have heated, insulated basement/tank area? If so, you will certainly be OK.....if the forced air runs at all at night. In Wyoming higher country....not uncommon to see below freezing temperatures in September. Early October camping in a pop-up in single digits is memorable! Down here in the low country, I’m tired of seeing the upper 90’s with a 100 or two thrown in......ready to see some snow and cooler temperatures! Enjoy your time boondocking! I know that we’ looking forward to a few weeks boondocking in November/early December! memtb

Yup we are all heated and insulated down there. I am with you.. down here in CO it's been high 90's for weeks! I spent last weekend in the Snowy Range and it was so nice for some cooler weather, so I'm anxiously awaiting this longer trip.

Thanks all!

I'd be totally fine piling the blankets on. It's more getting out of bed in the morning that's the hard part :) That's the one plus of the rigs that have the touchpad systems... we could turn on the heat without getting out of bed probably! We do not have that though. We may still go the blanket route and keep the heat on, but at a lower temp than normal. We camped last year in my father in laws secondary rig as we didn't want to drag our old biggun toyhauler up there, and we used the heat then... he would just run a Honda 2000 for a couple hours before bed to get things charged up. Our Montana High Country does have the 4 season package.

We will be camping at around 8,000 elevation in the Green River Lakes area (near Pinedale). They have seen some higher temps like the rest of us, close to 90 during the day, but thankfully that's over with by the time we get there. It is generally not too windy this time of year (for WY standards) where we stay. I've been out there in December for snow machining when it's -10 so this isn't so bad at all :)

jdc1 wrote:
You will need more than one battery or a small generator.....the furnace will eat a single battery a night. Or get a Mr. Buddy Heater.

Even simpler. Throw a couple extra blankets on the bed !

For very cold weather (well below freezing) add a 12VDC heat mattress pad. Much better than an electric blanket.

JIMNLIN, Wind can certainly have an effect! We were in Kemmerer,Wy last November, when a good little storm came through! Night time lows below 0 F with winds in 20 to 30 mph range! We were parked with the refrigerator side facing into the wind. This is when we discovered that our refrigerator , which had been removed years earlier, had “NOT” been insulated properly around the refrigerator perimeter. The wind was coming through had enough, that it would have probably blown a candle out! The heater couldn’t keep-up, got a little cool inside......40’s inside the camper! “IF”, we’d been facing the opposite direction.....we’d have been fine! We’ve been out at -20’s before.....but, with no wind! Wind can certainly add a degree of difficulty to your camping trip!

First project once home.....waited for a warm day, and insulated the space around the refrigerator. You just never know where those “unforeseen” problems will occur! Now, I think we’re ready for those cool weather trips. memtb

op wrote:
The weather forecast is 65-70 during the day, but dropping to 30-32 at night.

One size don't fit all if temps drop to 30 degrees.
Depends on wind speeds.
Depends on how well the under side is insulated.
And depends on the under side open or enclosed.
Is the trailer a full four season unit or just a three season unit.
Lots of variables why some unit can have a frozen line and the unit next door doesn't.

We had a frozen line in 29-30 degree temps along with 18-25 mph winds in early December even with the heater going in western Oklahoma. I plugged a extension light in stuck it next to the pump and it thawed in 20 min.
I have a good indoor/outdoor temp guage. I drilled a small hole in the floor next to a wall and fished the sender under side. Its protected from road debris/sun and gives me the exact temp in my location.
Its your unit and you have heaters so use them.