Do you leave anything in the RV over the Winter?

Pretty much as everyone else said except regarding batteries for flashlights and such. I used to take them out too but my brother in law who is a big time photographer said that he keeps his batteries in the freezer at home until needed!

PAThwacker wrote:
I take our led TV out. Is that overkill?

I left the 32" tv in ours last winter. It is wall mounted, and not needed in the house. It is new, so I was concerned enough to ask the dealer about it freezing. He said many new ones on the lot have tvs in them, over the winter, just do not turn them on below freezing.

Mine seemed just fine this season, so I will leave it on the wall this winter too.

Jerry

Anything that can freeze is removed. Several times we've missed a can of pop and had to clean up the mess in the spring.

We removed all liquids except a couple bottles of vodka, RV battery and all food including canned.
Everything else was left in - OTC medicines, first aid kit, cookware, utensils, cutlery, dinnerware, clean linens, pillows, hats etc.
Linens have Bounce sheets and cedar-scented moth balls throughout and in and around the mattresses.

1st camper we took only liquids and anything effected by the cold. Mice left us a tip in the form of mouse turds and pee. Anything that was soft camping chairs bedding in even stuff left in plastic bins(ate right through)they used. They loved the bar of soap and my grill. a weekend of cleaning and smelling like bleach it was clean. Following winter we pulled everything, the camper is naked like the day we brought it home. Bleached all food surfaces or where food was stored. Nothing, no mice no turd no pee. One thing though that throws this off is my co2 alarm chirped all winter too, unsure if that did it too.

I take our led TV out. Is that overkill?

skipnchar wrote:
I have always left MOST of that other stuff in the RV. Contents of the medicine cabinet stay, (other than liquids) but all soaps and cleaning supplies are brought into the home. Of course bedding, cook ware, dishes etc. stay in their only home (the RV). I once overlooked ONE little potato in our pantry and paid the price of a really bad odor the next spring so I'm now pretty careful about perishable foods.

Ha, I did the exact same thing - one potato. Will never do that again.

I leave everything but food, don't want mice. I put the liquid soap shampoo ect in a bucket in the shed. I have never had a problem with temps as cold as -40. I do take the batteries out of everything, they will be dead by next year.

allen8106 wrote:
If it won't freeze and break open it stays.

X2
I am southeast so milder winters definitely.

OP, also one of the reasons I got a nice rv was to not have to pack all the time like we used to when we tent camped :) it was meant to be ready at the drop of a hat literally and hit the road.

Usually bring in all the food, toiletries, batteries, etc, anything with an expiration date. Just integrate them into the household kitchen and bath inventory and they get used. Stuff like linens, dishware, band-aids, etc, that don't expire and don't freeze get left in the RV. Come spring we have a restock list for pantry staples like Pam, cooking oil, etc, and also for the bathroom like Advil, toothpaste, etc.