Well, so much for waiting to winterize....

is that a pop up Ralph? Been there done that in the winter. The ends where you sleep brings back memorys of thinking I was in a freezer, LOL One time we had a full foot of snow on the top... ah those were the days.

9:30 AM here in the mountains of PA.




Holding the 68 in the trailer with this.




And this,




And a little extra foam board and reflectix thrown around the bunk tent.



Have yet to need to tap into the propane furnace yet.

Definitely glad I got it done when I did. I think I will try the antifreeze method alone before we head back up from NC after Thanksgiving though. We use bottled water to drink so the flush shouldn't be that bad and it seems easier than blowing out the lines

Arizona *** 85 degrees and holding *** we're having our 3 days of 'Fall' then comes 'Almost Tolerable' followed by Jeez 100 Already ????

Finished yesterday. Supposed to go down in the teens tonight and this weekend (11/10) It was a great year though. Sorry to see it end. We're newcomers to the RV world with 2 full years behind us. We truly enjoy it. So as mentioned, time to plan for next year. We've crossed the middle and northern states, looks like it's the southern states turn!!

I made a good call. Weather man this morning says we are now in a winter cold blast from North (Out of Canada, Wisconsin, Michigan and south all the way down).

Yup, right on target 25 degrees this morning. And oh. .... 5:15 am this morning, woke up to let the dog out and noticed the furnace sputtering. Then went out. One tank out of propane. I get up at 6:30, so just stayed snuggled under the blankets. I run only 1 tank at a time. I'll get it filled up later today.

It was a good call to do it yesterday ... good call!

mdcamping wrote:
Winterized a couple of weeks ago. Now is the time to start thinking about trips for next year.

So far have a local camping/fishing trip in CT planned for April. July were returning to Knobels in PA. Columbus day weekend we have a W/E site booked at assateague state park, MD

In the works for next year, 1000 island NP in Ontario & Montreal.

Still working on other ideas!

Mike

Mike, You will LOVE Thousand Islands area! We did it twice a few years ago. Visit Hardt Castle and Singer Castle by boat. Gananoque is a beautiful little town. Also did Montreal and Ottawa last year! Both outstanding visits! Stayed at a Regional Park near Ottawa, huge private sites and not expensive. Stayed at a KOA near Montreal. Typical KOA but out in the country about 12 miles from the city and very clean! Plus the exchange rate will pay you back a lot! ENJOY!

Winterized a couple of weeks ago. Now is the time to start thinking about trips for next year.

So far have a local camping/fishing trip in CT planned for April. July were returning to Knobels in PA. Columbus day weekend we have a W/E site booked at assateague state park, MD

In the works for next year, 1000 island NP in Ontario & Montreal.

Still working on other ideas!

Mike

52 degrees where I live, but windy making it feel much colder than it really is. Weather man said this morning that temps are suppose to get to 25 and then tomorrow stay near 32. Guess what I just got done doing?

It's now port-a-potty time!

I was able to run the pink on a little less than 2 gallons. It took almost 3/4 of a gallon to run the first line, from the pump to the bathroom sink cold. After that, the rest took very little.

Took 10 minutes to do it. I did clean the tanks out first. It took about an hour of flushing the black tank with the wand that goes down the toilet and the built in black tank rinser. Dumped in my blue tote, then down my septic tank. Took about 4 trips. Amazing, the 3rd blue tote fill up, water quit running. I thought, oh no! Clog. I used the wand some more and then went back outside and watched. (clear section of drain pipe, you can see everything). And sure enough, a gigantic wad of toilet paper went ... ker-plunk! Had I not continued to rinse and rinse and rinse, that glob would have remained in there and probably turned into a hard rock over the winter.


That was the 3rd tote fill up. The forth ran clear water from the black tank! Success! The remains of a very successful camping season. We've got some good winter camping ahead though, and decided to go to Georgia over Christmas week, instead of South Carolina. So we ain't done yet!

temccarthy1 wrote:

Blutoyz wrote:

tomman58 wrote:
I have winterized 2 times this season. I got it down to 10 minutes and a gallon of pink, no air. simple biz.

How long does the flush take when you fill up your tank again? It seems easier to just dump the heater, bypass, and pump pink through everything

That is exactly how I do it. 30 ft TT. takes 2 gallons of Pink RV antifreeze and 15 minutes. I bought a little Camco hand pump made specifically for winterizing TT's that attaches to the city water fill and a hose goes into the antifreeze jug. Pump it through while my wife turns on and off each faucet starting with furthest away ( kitchen) then bathroom, then shower, then toilet and lastly outside shower. Then I pour a cup into each sink and shower drain and toilet and done!

That includes dumping and by passing the water heater. I don't use the main water tank until we are in safe weather and when the season ends I just open the valves on it and let it drain on the way home.
@ most important things to winterize are the outside shower and the city water valve (if you have not done this just take a pointed thing (I use my knife) and depress the little white valve for a second "DO NOT STAND IN FRONT WHILE DOING THIS")