FL for Christmas, are we nuts?

Chucknbob wrote:
Thanks. My next trick is to figure out how to blow out the lines while I'm down there. My home air compressor is too big to haul with us.

First of all there are 3 different ways that all of us winterize.
1. blow out lines - no guarantee nor can you see that you have gotten to all the low spots
2. blow out lines and add antifreeze
3. Just add antifreeze to fresh tank and use pump.

And btw each one of us swear by our method!.:W

I am from Wisconsin and the only flaw I see in your plan is "planning" it.

You can plan to leave on a certain day but the weather may have a different idea. Snow storms, ice storms and wind are NOT what you want to be driving thru with your family in a MH. And those conditions can come up without a lot of notice. And I won't leave until all the roads are plowed AND completely dry. I don't want salt under my MH.

De-winterize in a CG when you hit warmer weather. Just run water thru all your lines until they run clear. There is 'no' need to add bleach. All that does is just adds to the time it takes to run the water to get rid of the bleach smell and taste. RV antifreeze is food grade gras.

Winterize. Buy 6 gallons of antifreeze and put 5 gal in fresh tank with funnel thru city inlet. Open all faucets using water pump until they run pink and pour the last gallon down all your sinks and shower to fill p-trap. And you are done and you 'know' all the lines are filled with it. Been doing it this way for 10 years while the MH was parked in Wisconsin winters and never a leak.

Good luck, come on down the weather is fine, 84 degrees today!