Winter in warm-ish climates
I live in southern Arizona. My rig lives in a storage lot here in Tucson, and I'm thinking about some trips in the next month or so. I'm wondering about winterizing. I know how to winterize the rig, draining it and refilling with anti-freeze. It's a pain, but do-able. I did it last year, mostly to teach myself how.
Like most rigs, I suspect, most of my pipes run inside the vehicle. Some are exposed in the undercarriage, and some run up inside an external wall.. Winter low temps here in Tucson are generally well above freezing, although there are occasional nights when it gets down into the high 20s. A few years back, lows were in the teens for a couple of nights running, and the plumbers had a field day!
I'd like to consider winter trips into places like southern New Mexico, where low temps are routinely in the mid-20s, like they are sometimes here in Tucson. I've already had a few nights like that, and there was no sign of water damage to the rig in storage from burst pipes.
So I'm inclined *not* to winterize the rig, mostly so I have water for washing and flushing. If we get a few VERY cold nights in the forecast, I can go spend a morning grumbling and flushing and winterizing.
Advice from old hands, particularly those who live or travel through places like this?
Thanks!
Rich
Like most rigs, I suspect, most of my pipes run inside the vehicle. Some are exposed in the undercarriage, and some run up inside an external wall.. Winter low temps here in Tucson are generally well above freezing, although there are occasional nights when it gets down into the high 20s. A few years back, lows were in the teens for a couple of nights running, and the plumbers had a field day!
I'd like to consider winter trips into places like southern New Mexico, where low temps are routinely in the mid-20s, like they are sometimes here in Tucson. I've already had a few nights like that, and there was no sign of water damage to the rig in storage from burst pipes.
So I'm inclined *not* to winterize the rig, mostly so I have water for washing and flushing. If we get a few VERY cold nights in the forecast, I can go spend a morning grumbling and flushing and winterizing.
Advice from old hands, particularly those who live or travel through places like this?
Thanks!
Rich
