4 season travel Trailers?

Look at the Lance 1685 and models above that. They offer true 4 Season Packages

Nash isn't necessarily a 4 season, although you can option it out as such. My first trailer was a 1998 Nash 22H, not a 4 season. It was a GREAT trailer though, very well built and heavy for a 22' camper (but that was a GOOD thing...)

The easiest way to tell is the windows. A TRUE 4 season trailer will have dual pane windows, whereas most trailers are a single pane.

$7000 for a model year 2000 Northwoods product seems like a realistic goal. Good luck in your search, I still miss my Nash. 2 kids and 3 dogs simply outgrew that floorplan... :(

Thanks you guys, some good info. I do see quite a few Nash ones pop up. Would all Nash be 4 season, or still could be either way?
I want to stick with 18-21' with a budget of about $7K. hopefully year 2000 or newer.
Is it either 4 season or after that all the basically the same, non winter? If there is no placard, what would I ask the seller to help identify? I am in a small town, so I am searching online and not near my home, so I am trying to narrow things down before making a 4+ hour drive to a larger city. Even dealers sound unsure on the phone.
Thanks again!
Michael

The windows need to be double glazed, too. Modifying a standard rig to those specs would be ridiculously expensive. Better to buy one engineered for it from the start.

My cost was about $5K for materials. I donated the labor.

carringb wrote:
FYI - Arctic Fox, Nash, Snow-River, and Dessert Fox are all built at the same Northwoods plant. The same owner has another plant, also in LaGrande OR that build the ORV brands. They all use the same in-house chassis and follow the same methods for 4-season qualification. Mainly: more insulation, no plumbing in exterior walls, insulated and heated underbelly which contains tanks and valves.

Their 4-season package does not however include dual-pane windows. That is a stand-alone option.

By ORV Creekside is good into the teens, but below that I have had trouble with the hot water supply freezing if I don't keep the furnace turned up, or if I use the electric fireplace instead. Since I bought my trailer from dealer stock, I could not order the dual-pane windows and new orders were backlogged a year out.

This is good information.

FWIW, you could copy Pianotuna and place a dual fan register on one of your ducts to force heated air into the basement if using electric mainly.

Of course, when you get into the teens or below for a spell, It's good to have ample heat.

To identify a four-season trailer, there is a 4 season plaque near the entry door.

How small? Bigfoot makes 17', 21', & 25' molded fiberglass trailers that are 4 season. Manufactured in Armstrong, B.C. so they know winter.

Bigfoot

FYI - Arctic Fox, Nash, Snow-River, and Dessert Fox are all built at the same Northwoods plant. The same owner has another plant, also in LaGrande OR that build the ORV brands. They all use the same in-house chassis and follow the same methods for 4-season qualification. Mainly: more insulation, no plumbing in exterior walls, insulated and heated underbelly which contains tanks and valves.

Their 4-season package does not however include dual-pane windows. That is a stand-alone option.

By ORV Creekside is good into the teens, but below that I have had trouble with the hot water supply freezing if I don't keep the furnace turned up, or if I use the electric fireplace instead. Since I bought my trailer from dealer stock, I could not order the dual-pane windows and new orders were backlogged a year out.

Since nearly all TTs are built NOT to be 4 season rigs, unless the owner know for sure, the trailer is not a 4 season rig.

To make them useful in winter requires more than just insulation on the bottom. Extra insulation is required all around as well as under the roof. The water lines and system need protection from freezing, as do the fresh, gray, and black tanks. The windows need to be double glazed, too. Modifying a standard rig to those specs would be ridiculously expensive. Better to buy one engineered for it from the start.

Arctic Fox is another brand that makes 4 season TTs.

ourayphotography wrote:
Hello, new to this site.
I am in Colorado and searching for a small used Travel trailer. I am hearing that for cold weather use, I would need a so-called 4 season, or specially insulated on the underside? Sounds like the water lines etc are run within a heated zone?
Most of the campers I look into, the owners simply have no idea.
Any tips on how and what to look for? Can standard campers be modified for cold weather use?
Thanks!
Michael

I would suggest you look at Nash or Outdoors RV.