Cold nights in Branson

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We had a similar 5th wheel, an Everest. Used it a few times in the sub-freezing cold of west Texas. The front cap was a sheet of of ice. As long as you're in it and using it you won't have any worries. Just be prepared to use a bunch of propane so keep an eye on that. I doubt you will be using the park's water as the line may be frozen so have plenty of internal water. Do you have an electric fireplace, ours works pretty well. Additional heaters will also help. These trailers aren't really meant for such cold temps but sometimes we get caught them and they do a fair job.

2CAJUNS wrote:
Belly is enclosed and heater duct work should take care of things.

Yes it will. Just don't run out of propane.. you'll use a lot.

Living without plumbed water in cold weather (or any weather) isn't my idea of a good time.

Thanks to all, just have not ever camped in this low of temps and hoping to avoid busted pipes and water tank and heater. Belly is enclosed and heater duct work should take care of things.

In the two MHs we have had, most of the plumbing was inside the heated area above the floor. So, if we didn't freeze, neither would the pipes. We do leave a couple of cabinets open so they stay at room temperature.

water trickling will freeze in sewer hose. You really do not want that to happen. Believe me! We spend a freezing couple of months in Branson. We (and the campground) had a heat tape on the faucet and water hose, with insulation around it. Put clamp-on reflectors with 60 watt bulbs in the wet bins, along with a remote thermometer that we bought for the purpose. With outside temps down in the 20s, temp in bins stayed 40 and above. Electric heaters and built-in gas heat kept us comfortable. Dumped tanks as necessary, and kept valves closed.

Does the High Country have a heated underbelly like the regular Montana? If so, you should be ok as long as the furnace is on and the trailer stays warm. Your only problem may be the incoming water line will likely freeze unless you have a heated fresh water hose. If not, you could fill your fresh water tank, and disconnect your fresh water hose, and run off the pump.

I would not let the water trickle. You would need to leave the grey tank valve open if it trickled very fast, and the water trickling out the tank may freeze solid inside your sewer hose.

those temps are low,I,d winterize and use bottled water.a frozen pipe just ain,t worth the risk.

I don't know why you'd be winterizing if you're staying in B. Not advisable to let water trickle. Where's it going to go?

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