this is why

jaycocreek wrote:

I know people that live in rv's all year round in alberta. -45 and there warm as a bug but they have the big 200 gal propain tanks and they put bales around the outside with heating lamps under the unit and so on.

In an RV park with hookups is one thing,on a job site without power is another..I have had several vynal skirts made for my RV's and done the hay just once because of mice..insulation board then the V-skirting with lights under specific places..That's the way I lived for years when not on the site..Oh and hair dryer in hand..lol...

The older RV's were easier to keep from freezing them the new ones..Water lines in the open inside that really only froze by the doors which could be fixed...

Boondocking without power in an rv sure is a learning experience especially below zero and why we went wood heat and winterized on site in the boonies..

ya, we used to go skidooing in the mountians in the winter and take units that definatly were not 4 season or even 3 season for that matter haha... would be -35 and we would keep it warm but we had the furnace cranked, the clay pots on the stove and a ton of blankets, outside we had the big bonfire going till you had enough antifreeze in your system to help you sleep. things I would never do now, but we used to have fun. I have a couple friends that bought thoes little wood stoves that are made for sailboats and such and mounted them in the camper. kinda neat but now your packing wood also, with the camper i have little enough space as it is, and the 5th wheel is good to -21c and I have tested it at -18C and I was comfy with no excessive propane use so im good with that.