When to winterize in the SW
Living in NM i am curious when most of the SW folks end up winterizing. I am thinking prior to the second week of November. Thoughts?
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RoyB wrote:
I do the same as NMDriver... For me just getting down to 32 degrees is not going to be a bother especially when camping if it is going to warm back up the next morning.. Its those couple of days in the high 20's that freezes things up hard for my OFF-RoAD trailer...
Using the blow out method works fine for us since most of our camping is OFF-ROAD and back off the trails alot... It only takes 5-10 minutes to winterize using the drain the big tanks and blow-out the inside lines method...
My problem is always finding fresh water after I drain my out haha... I have saved as much water as I can in jeri-cans a few times and keep it inside with us where it is abit warmer over night...
It really doesn't get below freezing for extended periods much here in the Northern Neck of Virginia area.. Of course with all of the weird climate changes on-going this too may change here locally... We are having 95 degree days here in Sep now... I may have mowed my yard for the last time already a couple of weeks back due to it dying from heat...
Roy Ken
Sounds a bit like what we do in the NW, I watch the weather and if it is going into the 20's for more than one night I go up and blow the lines and drain the HW tank. Last year I only had to do that once in the fall. We went out over the first of the year, and after that never got cold enough to worry about. In other years I have had to do it three or four times.
We camp year round, so I want it ready to go.
