First Time Buyer...Updated 03/06/2006
This post is intended to be helpful to the first time buyer of a motor home. For those of you who don't fall into that category or believe this post is incomplete or off the mark, do us all a favor, a...
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About living in the back acre's...my waterhose from the tap to the RV will probably freeze no matter what l do. I'm working at chiseling through dry ground to get it buried. (anybody own a jack-hammer?)I'm running it through a plastic pipe, wrapping it with heat tape, and then burying the hole thing. I'll let you know how long it takes to freeze them!
I found a handy little thing thats suppose to help keep the holding tanks from freezing. Don't know if it will work but am willing to try! It's about $100. It has to be mounted under the basement carriage and plugs into electricity. It's supposed to be thermostatically regulated; comes on at 44 degreess and off at 5o degrees. This is supposed to keep my holding tanks from freezing. I'll let you know how that works out. I'd like to hear from some of you about that. Also, you asked about dumping. Well....another handy gadget comes up...another expensive little toy, but maybe it will help. I'll have to drive up closer to the house and then dump right into their sewer line. If it dowsn't work, I'm stuck with the road trip to dump. I haven't bought it yet so can't remember all the spef's...will keep you posted. Any suggestions or comments are really, really appreciated. I'm having fun learning-when I'm not too busy worrying- I really appreciate all of you here. It has eased my mind considerably knoing that even out here I'm not really 'all alone' ! Thanks again! Ellen
I found a handy little thing thats suppose to help keep the holding tanks from freezing. Don't know if it will work but am willing to try! It's about $100. It has to be mounted under the basement carriage and plugs into electricity. It's supposed to be thermostatically regulated; comes on at 44 degreess and off at 5o degrees. This is supposed to keep my holding tanks from freezing. I'll let you know how that works out. I'd like to hear from some of you about that. Also, you asked about dumping. Well....another handy gadget comes up...another expensive little toy, but maybe it will help. I'll have to drive up closer to the house and then dump right into their sewer line. If it dowsn't work, I'm stuck with the road trip to dump. I haven't bought it yet so can't remember all the spef's...will keep you posted. Any suggestions or comments are really, really appreciated. I'm having fun learning-when I'm not too busy worrying- I really appreciate all of you here. It has eased my mind considerably knoing that even out here I'm not really 'all alone' ! Thanks again! Ellen
