Heart broken!

Looks like you are ready for some winter camping. You bought it to use it.

We try to get out one of twice to the state parks in winter. Not to crowded this time of year. :) .

westend wrote:
Now is a good time to test out your furnace and see how everything warms up inside. You must have a few modifications to do if it's new.

I camped out in mine the last two nights because I didn't want to catch the flu bug from someone else in my house.

I'm betting it's the same floorplan as the OP's.

17BH.

I left the furnace set to 65 all night. It ran some in conjunction with an electric heater set on low.

Now is a good time to test out your furnace and see how everything warms up inside. You must have a few modifications to do if it's new.

When the snow starts to build on my old Starcraft, I breakout my special roof rake with the wheels and scrape the Devil Spit off of it. If I leave all the snow on top for a whole winter, the ceiling rafters start to sag just a little. I should have beefed them up when I was remodeling but all I was thinking about was the light weight of the aluminum roof. Bad me.

Looks like it's parked in a pretty good spot, very convenient. Why not plug it in, turn on the propane, fire up the furnace, and spend a few night in it, right there in the drive way. Don't need water at all. Get a port-a-potty you can dump inside the house toilet in the morning, and no need for showers. You've got the house. Basically, hook up a television, or take your lap top out and enjoy the camper! We do all winter long! So ... we run through a LOT of propane to heat the camper! Small price to pay for the enjoyment we have out of the camper!

Rovito wrote:

Thomas/NH wrote:
Aren't you from Maine? What possible difference does a little snow make??? I winterized my camper 5 times last year and have already done it twice this year. Last year I towed it through 10" of snow on the New York throughway, then it turned to ice in Pennsylvania mountains, what a great trip...

Where is your spirit of adventure? Got snowshoes??

I would totally take this out but not sure where to take it. Walmart? Campgrounds are all closed.

Well, I shouldn't talk because I rarely ever go out in the winter. As someone said the salt on the roads will eat anything to death in no time.

That being said, a lot of MN State Parks don't close in the winter. You will have to fend for yourself and there will be no water but, the electricity is still on. And, even the smaller county parks that say they are closed leave the power on and just shut the water off.

Maybe it is different in your area.

We are in a Polar Plunge around here. It is below 0 F at night and barley gets above 0 during the day. I'm staying home and hugging furnace myself. That is just me though. We got some snow and people are out riding snowmobile. They are getting frost bitten noses, fingers, and toes. But, to each there own.

Of course you know, that's only a sample of things to come. :E

rv2go wrote:
Just hope for a early spring. :B

The OP is in Brewer Maine. That's probably leftover snow from last winter.

The underside of these things don't take kindly to road salt. Most are just painted carbon steel though a few have aluminum frames.

Rovito wrote:

Thomas/NH wrote:
Aren't you from Maine? What possible difference does a little snow make??? I winterized my camper 5 times last year and have already done it twice this year. Last year I towed it through 10" of snow on the New York throughway, then it turned to ice in Pennsylvania mountains, what a great trip...

Where is your spirit of adventure? Got snowshoes??

I would totally take this out but not sure where to take it. Walmart? Campgrounds are all closed.

They're not ALL closed, you'd be surprised to see just how many are still open... There are the ones that cater to the snowmobile and skiing folks, some have seasonal guest (workers) wintering over. You may have to camp dry, but at least you'll be able to plug in. I use to stay at the Birches on Rockwood, ME. I spent a lot of time cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling (Great fun).

In fact, Beaver Hollow in Ossipee, NH sent a note inviting me come play with them this winter (they have the water shut off, but you can plug in and dump your tanks).

You'll need to call around and ask. Don't rely on just the internet.

Pour some hot water over it! That will melt the snow right off!