Avoiding winterizing

You live in Denver and don't want to winterize?

We have come to the conclusion that it is usually best to just winterize with RV anti-freeze. If its a week between trips, we may run an electric heater in conjunction with the camper furnace because of the basement tanks or the camper may go in a heated garage, again the vast majority of time we winterize.

It takes maybe 1/2 hour to winterize and its done, the camper is safe and it doesn't require an electric heater.

Blow out the wayer lines, add antifreeze to the traps. If you decide to go, its a simple matter of filling the wayer lines and go.

Move to San Diego, we never winterize!

From CO, south TX. :B
Drain tanks and lines, blow lines out, put antifreeze in traps.

Blow out the lines. It is easy and all you do to use it again is add water. Put antifreeze in the traps.

It has taken me 30 minutes, after dark, including time to get the equipment and put everything away.
No way would I try "not winterizing"

When I had a toy hauler, I had to store it where it could not be plugged in. After each trip, I would make sure all the tanks were drained (use the water heater drain plug to empty it too), lines were blown out and pink fluid dumped into the drain traps. I never pumped the pink stuff through the lines because we camp at least twice a month all year.

Now that I have a TC, I can keep it at the house with electric hookups and will set an electric heater to kick on to maintain 45 degrees inside. This is enough heat that the other compartments will not freeze and nothing has to be winterized. When we take off on a trip, I leave the LPG furnace thermostat set at the lowest setting and it keeps the lines from freezing while we are in transit.

You will need to experiment with heater settings to see how low you can go without freezing your storage compartments. I use a remote thermometer to monitor storage compartment temperature and now know how to set my thermostats so they do not freeze.

I do not have indoor storage, so my RV's have to be able to handle the weather year round outside. I don't cover them because of how frequently we use them - This does mean you have to be diligent in inspecting the seams and caulking often.

Only way would not to use any water systems, this includes toilet facilities. I have done ours several times in the winter, only takes about 3/4 gal of antifreeze and 45 min. to do it. This is not a problem for me and would rather use the camper than let it set thru the winter. Just the way we do it.

I do not let the temps put a damper on winter use.

It takes all of 5 minutes to install RVAF after trips. I de-winterize by using on-board pump and water as it is filled. I keep the city water inlet and outdoor shower permanently winterized so they are never affected.

I prefer this instead of running a heater or other to keep it heated throughout the winter.