3 winters in the Jayco that we recently sold in southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky.
Get heat tape for the water hose and pipe wrap. The first winter I kept refilling the onboard tank and using the pump. The second two I used the heated hose and it was much easier.
Get an extension propane hose, I bought 25 feet and had a 100 gallon tank brought out and filled before cold weather as it was cheaper. I could make the winter on 100 gallons, my usage was about a gallon a day on average.
I did use for two winters two ceramic 1500 watt heaters with one on high and one on low while there to stretch the propane and left them off when out with the furnace set on 50 degrees. The last winter I had 50 amps, so I used the two ceramics again with an electric oil filled radiator and cut the propane use in half. I did have to remember to cut one of the electrics off when it got much below 28 so the furnace would run and keep the basement plumbing from freezing.
It is doable, where I was I had to contend with a lot of snow, I did not brush the roof or the slides as the heat loss would help it melt, and I had the front with all of the windows facing south/southeast so the sun would come in through the glass during the sunny part of the day, even on a 20 degree day it would approach 80 degrees inside until the sun dropped.
You have to plan, the biggie is do NOT run out of propane during extreme cold, things will freeze up pretty darn quickly.
I did not put any light in the fridge compartment, probably I got by because mine was in the slide and did not have the vent from the roof, it did have a temp controlled fan that most likely never turned on in the winter.
One winter I even skirted around the bottom with the bi-fold styrofoam underlayment for vinyl siding. I used gutter spikes and secured 2x2 studs onto the ground, I used self tapping screws and tied into the underbelly and stapled the then cut to size foam board all the way around and taped the seams, that made a HUGE difference in keeping even warmer, even with a heated underbelly cutting the wind REALLY helps.
Good luck, I did it but do not want to do it again.
Chris
