Winterizing Tips

take all food out ,clean,, use freash kab and peppermint oil for mice, take battery in and put on a battery tender,go west to get out of the cold.

midnightsadie wrote:
take all food out ,clean,, use freash kab and peppermint oil for mice, take battery in and put on a battery tender,go west to get out of the cold.

Do you take all the batteries out or just the chassis battery?

What kind of tender can be used on the 6v house batteries?

Hope and pray for a mild winter and an early spring. :)
But, I don't think that is going to happen this year.

If you have a motorized unit, use a gas stabilizer. Not everyone agrees but, I think it's extra insurance.

The Farmer's Almanac is calling for a colder than normal Winter with more snow than normal. They have been right more often than any other weather predicting source.
I would remove all batteries and take them inside to keep on a float charger. Wax your coach. Remove all food and place mouse traps at all possible entrances. Jacks up or down is your choice but I would figure some way to take most of the weight off of your tires and suspension, even if it is jack stands or wooden blocks. Air up your tires about 10+ psi above the maximum PSI stamped on the side of the tire. Do not drive on them after they have been over-inflated. Drain all water lines and fill with drinking water anti-freeze.
Use fuel stabilizer and make sure that you run it thorough your generator also.
Put a plug in to the end of your exhaust system to keep out moisture and rodents. Sit back and wish that you were someplace warm.

Could be a colder winter. This fall sure hasn't started out that way in Wyoming. We are in late September and haven't had a frost yet. Still up into the 80s during the day. Maybe it will be like last year. Warm in the west and cold in the east. I think the el nino is still effecting the weather in the west.

Last winter was El Coldo in the North East. At one point I had 11 feet of snow in my yard.

We of course use the pink stuff to winterize all the plumbing. I take all food stuff out of the RV. I inventory everything on a sheet of paper that I need for restocking it before next use. I try to rotate and use what I can so I restock with fresh. The refrigerator is washed down and the door blocked open. All bathroom toiletries that would be damaged by freezing is boxed and brought in to be stored in the basement. Bedding, towels etc stay in the coach. Tanks all drained. Antifreeze poured in grey & black. Gas stablizer added to fuel tank and run into generator. Exterior of coach waxed with Maguiars. Batteries water level checked. We run the generator 1 hour/once a month. This seems to keep the batteries up. We do not remove the batteries. We put the max psi in the tires, but don't go over the stamped amt ourselves. We also keep the jacks up after they have been cleaned & lubricated. My feeling is the jacks, on our coach anyway, are not designed to hold the coach, they are stablizer jacks. We lube the steps up on our final Fall maintainance. We put a piece of wire screening over exhaust pipes and zip-tie into place. Once a month while exercising the generator, we open and inspect the engine compartment for any signs of rodents.
Our coach sits in our driveway all winter, uncovered. It gets a fair amount of snow on top. I use a ladder and a snow removal tool I bought from a auto dealership to remove heavy snow from the roof. I don't worry about getting all the snow off, just enough to not worry about weight. I don't allow heavy snow to sit and condense either. It comes off immediately.