Filling water tank in cold weather
I'm leaving this Sat. for Fla in my MH. I want to fill the fresh water tank before I go. Friday night the low is forecasted to be 27. Is there a problem filling the tank on Friday afternoon for a sat....
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DutchmenSport wrote:
We returned from Florida last Saturday for our annual Christmas week vacation. When we left Indiana, the trailer was winterized. We stayed at a KOA campground near Cartersville, GA where I completely unwinterized as we were well out of the freeze belt there. We carried a 6 gallon jug of fresh water (from the house, filtered, good for drinking and coffee) in the trailer.
The first day of travel, if we stopped for bathroom breaks, we simply flushed the toilet with the stored water as the tanks were all empty.
Little did I know the weather would stay so warm. I winterized at the end of October, but really, could have waited .... well ... it's still not been cold enough yet that it was needed, (in central Indiana).
Why not keep your fresh water tank empty, your system winterized, and just take along a couple extra containers of fresh water. Once out of the snow belt, the first campground you come to, make sure it's full hook-up and de-winterize, and next day keep heading South.
You have no worries, no concerns, and you know your camper is still 100% safe from freezing! It's peace of mind.
You will have to de-winterize somewhere anyway? If you are taking the water for showers, you'll still have to unwinterize from your on-board fresh water tank. So why not just keep it winterized until you make it out of the snow belt?
This is what we do. We put a gallon of pink in the bathroom, and use that to "flush" the toilet when needed. Keeps the black tank from freezing up. De winterize when we get south, usually by 2nd or 3rd day.
