Cold weather travelling in Class A
We have been travelling in below freezing weather and find it pretty cold in the motorhome. Does anyone travel with their propane furnace running?
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Our current coach has Aqua-Hot which is fantastic for cold weather and cold weather travel.
To the OP, our first two coaches had LP furnaces and we ran the furnace all the time for cold weather traveling. We used our coaches for snowmobiling so we traveled in sub-freezing temps quite a lot. Our first motorhome was a 30' gasser and we would run the dash heat in addition to the LP furnace just to assist with keeping our feet warm as that is all that would get a little chilly.
Our second coach, 38' Beaver Contessa, we never ran the dash heat as the LP furnace did a great job of keeping us warm while driving.
I see people all the time bundled up like eskimos while driving and I just don't get it. We bought the coach to travel in comfort and if you are freezing and uncomfortable something is wrong.
We just returned from a trip to Moab two weeks ago and when we stopped in Green River, Utah to fuel up I stepped out in a T-shirt and realized that it was a lot colder than I expected. I had my wife throw me my jacket while I fueled up. I had a guy walk over to me while I was fueling who had a heavy coat on and he asked me if we were running our furnace as he noticed I stepped out without a jacket. He said he and his wife were working their way south coming from Nebraska in their motorhome for the first time but hadn't planned on it being so cold so soon. He said they were uncomfortable because it was so cold while driving. I tried explaining the system to him but still couldn't convince him to turn on his furnace. He and his wife were bundled up in blankets and coats as they got back on the intestate.
Mike.
To the OP, our first two coaches had LP furnaces and we ran the furnace all the time for cold weather traveling. We used our coaches for snowmobiling so we traveled in sub-freezing temps quite a lot. Our first motorhome was a 30' gasser and we would run the dash heat in addition to the LP furnace just to assist with keeping our feet warm as that is all that would get a little chilly.
Our second coach, 38' Beaver Contessa, we never ran the dash heat as the LP furnace did a great job of keeping us warm while driving.
I see people all the time bundled up like eskimos while driving and I just don't get it. We bought the coach to travel in comfort and if you are freezing and uncomfortable something is wrong.
We just returned from a trip to Moab two weeks ago and when we stopped in Green River, Utah to fuel up I stepped out in a T-shirt and realized that it was a lot colder than I expected. I had my wife throw me my jacket while I fueled up. I had a guy walk over to me while I was fueling who had a heavy coat on and he asked me if we were running our furnace as he noticed I stepped out without a jacket. He said he and his wife were working their way south coming from Nebraska in their motorhome for the first time but hadn't planned on it being so cold so soon. He said they were uncomfortable because it was so cold while driving. I tried explaining the system to him but still couldn't convince him to turn on his furnace. He and his wife were bundled up in blankets and coats as they got back on the intestate.
Mike.
