PipeRunner wrote:
Thanks B, and jefe! I'm getting all the option documented and working to find a used Bigfoot or Northern Lite as we speak. I'm looking through all the western us states right now. Anything I should look for or avoid while searching to help narrow the herd?
B, do you use your fresh water black water system at all, or do you follow the regimine described in previous posts, containers of water, RV anti freeze to flush, and a dry fully winterized fresh water tank?
Happy Independence Day to all!
Hi. Glad to see you are running with the information that has been shared here. To be honest, no. I am not doing what others have expressed here, as most of their uses are for short term. Over time I have learned where the weaknesses in my TC are for Cold and Hot seasons. Depending on the TC you end up with dictate in what and how you might prepare for.
I have never winterized or dumped my water tanks and lines, even when I have been in weather below 0*F. It came close this last Thanksgiving, when I was caught in that Polar Freeze that rushed across the lower 48 when I was too far north, out on the plains. Again, it is the cold creep, that one needs to prepare for. The best way to describe this is that Can goods can freeze in your cabinets, while your sitting in your camper. Close proximity to the TC walls in weather below 0*F, can be challenging.
With the right preparations, and TC, you can minimize the time you need to evacuate your potable water systems. Some of the best people that have that technique down, are the people that use their TCs for Ski trips and keep their potable water tanks filled. One can do it, but you need to practice good techniques.
To be honest, during the coldest and hottest months, a campground/job site with hookups will be the easiest way to go and no one will judge you, if you do if you go that way. Me? Just against my code and I try to get south and north for these extreme temperature changes. But, so far I have missed it and have been caught each year. Maybe this winter will be different!
b
