Where does one draw the line on what can spend the cold Winter in the unheated RV, versus what needs to come into the house? I try to remember all liquids, but how about pills; aspirin, ibuprofen, etc. Band aids? AA batteries? Other stuff?

We take ours south in the winter, but a number of winters we have left long after it is freezing here. Everything stays in the RV if it doesn't freeze and explode.

I have always left MOST of that other stuff in the RV. Contents of the medicine cabinet stay, (other than liquids) but all soaps and cleaning supplies are brought into the home. Of course bedding, cook ware, dishes etc. stay in their only home (the RV). I once overlooked ONE little potato in our pantry and paid the price of a really bad odor the next spring so I'm now pretty careful about perishable foods.

If it won't freeze and break open it stays.

All food comes out. After that we have a Rubbermaid container for all liquids or anything that can freeze, containers break. Shampoo's, toothpaste, topical creams, aspirin, from the first aid kit etc. Actually they get used in the house and new items put into container for a quick grab and throw into RV for the Feb getaway. Everything else, batteries, bandaids stay in the RV. This includes clothes, bedding. It takes about an hour to get ready to go.Beverley and Ken

All liquids and dry foods removed. Bedding went into sealed bags with the air vacuumed out. I removed all batteries because they can leak, and the cold will drain them. Stored chairs under the bed. All cutlery and utensils stayed, as did the Colman stove and Weber BBQ.

Do you leave anything in the RV over the Winter?

frankdamp
Explorer
Oct 22, 2013
We usually leave the bedding (in plastic bags) and the crockery and cutlery. I put a 1500W oil-filled radiator in the space between the shower and toilet and control it with a digital plug-in thermostat. I leave the outdoor transducer from an indoor/outdoor max/min thermometer on the dinette table and monitor the temp on the base unit in my office.

Despite the t/stat bottoming out at 45F, the system seems to keep the inside at about 37, regardless of how cold the ambient outside is. A "Kill-a-Watt" monitor showed an acceptable amount of power being used over three months for the past two winters.
NanciL
Explorer II
Oct 21, 2013
Yup !
Myself and my lovely wife while we are down in the Florida Keys

Jack L
PAThwacker
Explorer
Oct 21, 2013
Bumpyroad wrote:
dieseltruckdriver wrote:
allen8106 wrote:
If it won't freeze and break open it stays.

Same here. LED LCD tv has seen two winters, and still works great.

when you get 4 ft of snow in September, how do you determine when it is winter? :)
bumpy

The weather in Northeastern PA is so un predictable. Ski areas used to open by Thanksgiving but now shoot for mid January or not open. Pretty soon I wont winterize the unit ;)
harley4275
Explorer
Oct 19, 2013
Someone here said he keeps his Weber BBQ in the rv ....NOT a good idea...there is meat fat on it to attract mice and what ever else . I keep my bbq in the garage.
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Oct 17, 2013
dieseltruckdriver wrote:
allen8106 wrote:
If it won't freeze and break open it stays.

Same here. LED LCD tv has seen two winters, and still works great.

when you get 4 ft of snow in September, how do you determine when it is winter? :)
bumpy
dieseltruckdriv
Explorer II
Oct 17, 2013
allen8106 wrote:
If it won't freeze and break open it stays.

Same here. LED LCD tv has seen two winters, and still works great.
dave54
Nomad
Oct 17, 2013
Everything perishable or freezable comes out. Everything else stays in. We keep a few changes of clothes in it, as we use it occasionally over the winter.

We store it about an 1.5 hours away down the hill and out of the snow in Red Bluff. We can just jump in the truck on a whim and go get it out of storage and camp at any of several locations in the valley. A nice winter getaway for us out of the snow.
Allworth
Explorer II
Oct 17, 2013
What is this thing you call "Winter"?????
colliehauler
Explorer III
Oct 17, 2013
MFL wrote:
PAThwacker wrote:
I take our led TV out. Is that overkill?

I left the 32" tv in ours last winter. It is wall mounted, and not needed in the house. It is new, so I was concerned enough to ask the dealer about it freezing. He said many new ones on the lot have tvs in them, over the winter, just do not turn them on below freezing.

Mine seemed just fine this season, so I will leave it on the wall this winter too.

Jerry
I leave my LED tv in the RV over winter in North MN with temps as low as -40 and have had no problems.
packnrat
Explorer
Oct 17, 2013
food is about the only thing i do not keep in my rv when not in use.

the liquid things are not full most close to empty, so ok if they freeze,
but i live in California (not LA). so not much chance of a cold freeze.

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