Moving from SC to MA in winter with small TT
I will be moving to MA from SC early to mid December. Even though I'm lusting after a Winnebego Minnie, I have a 16' 2013 Starcraft AR-one and am pulling it with a Chevy Silverado. I'm not very experi...
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Bayoubass wrote:
Many years ago when we were young and crazy ( 28 years old) we pulled a small 12' travel trailer to Silverton Colorado for the Thanksgiving holiday . Set up at a closed service station and had no power, remember, we were 'crazy'. When we got back to the trailer to bed down after visiting and partying, IT WAS COLD and my wife's contact solution and all the can goods froze! Thank God for good sleeping bags..... and in the morning, it was hard to get out of them..... your post brought back those memories, thanks, it was a great time in our lives and wouldn't change a thing. Good luck......it will work out!
And I've done much worse when I was young.....
The OP sounds like She is strapped to either selling the trailer or bringing it along when She moves to MA. A benefit may be to stay in the trailer on the way up. Another might be using some of the trailer as a moving van. I know how this works, lol.
I'd suggest to winterize the plumbing and carry water in cans, bottles, etc. for drinking, washing, and flushing. Buy a couple of gallons of RV antifreeze and use it in the drains when cold weather is encountered.
If it snows and you're on the Interstate, slow down with traffic and be mindful of what the trailer's doing. If it's freezing rain, pull off and park. If you have to drive through accumulated snow, pick out a spot in a parking lot or in a rest stop and apply the brakes hard. This will give you an idea of braking in snow. Try to drive on cleared, treated roads and don't press your luck. You should do fine. Most folks get in trouble pulling trailers by extending their ability beyond what the combination or what they can do in bad weather. If you're not digging the weather, pull off/over and park. The weather will get better.
FWIW, I spent 2 days parked at the mouth of the Eisenhower tunnel in CO. I didn't trust the roads to go back and the road was closed ahead. After the plows came through and the snow stopped, I headed back to Denver and went up through Wyoming to reach the coast. There is always an alternative to driving in bad weather.
