Fiberglass trailer with temperatures in single digits?

[cbshoestring]

So, I pull into a service plaza on the Ohio Turnpike and see a Casita (maybe Scamp) in the RV lot.

Outside temp gauge reads 9 degrees (Fahrenheit).

These people must be nuts, I think to myself, as I parked the Peterbilt. Shutting down the caterpillar and climbing into my fiberglass shell to turn on the bunk heater.

A bunk heater is a small diesel run heater that keeps me pretty snug without running the big cat.

The figures I always heard...engine idles at one gallon per hour. The bunk heater will only use one gallon in 8 hours.

[cbshoestring]

cbshoestring wrote:
...climbing into my fiberglass shell to turn on the bunk heater.

Yes, I just quoted myself.

I was half joking when I said they were nuts. I spend most nights in my version of a class C..or is it a short A ????

[Padlin]

My trailer is fiberglass, I've camped below freezing, the furnace does a good job keeping it warm. Better yet is a small electric heater supplemented with the furnace. The smaller the fiberglass trailers are even easier to heat. As usual, condensation is the biggest hassle. Many owners stay in them for a night or 2 as they head south this time of year as will we in a couple weeks.

A guy on the owners forum mentioned just today he stayed in his last night at 5 degrees in central PA, had the furnace and a 1000w electric going with the temp set to 55. The windows iced up but that was it for issues.

[CavemanCharlie]

I sometimes take my regular not-very-well insulated trailer out when it is 30 degrees at night no problem. I sometimes go out to the camper in the winter time and clean/repack/ sleep in it during the winter when it's cold but, it is kept in a warm shed. It will be 17 below here on New Years Eve. I will not be doing anything in the camper. There is no way I can keep it close to warm. Heck, my furnace will run continuously in weather like that just to keep the house warm.

[coolmom42]

Isaac-1 wrote:
I am not sure South is going to be of much help this week, the forecast is calling for a low of 19 degrees here in Louisiana New Years night.

But better than North!

[cbshoestring]

spoon059 wrote:
Any chance they had electricity? I've found that a small space heater works wonders inside of a small camper in those colder temps.

For a small fee, electric is available. We camped in 20 degree weather in a pup...I know how well a small space heater can work.

Shhhhh. Don't tell everyone. They have free showers for truckers. There is also a pay laundry near the trucker Lounge. No one had ever asked to see my ID.. I am sure anybody could sneak in there use the washer and dryer and take a free shower.

[Isaac-1]

I am not sure South is going to be of much help this week, the forecast is calling for a low of 19 degrees here in Louisiana New Years night.

[spoon059]

Any chance they had electricity? I've found that a small space heater works wonders inside of a small camper in those colder temps.

[cbshoestring]

3oaks wrote:

coolmom42 wrote:
I bet they were headed SOUTH. Not so nuts! 😄

Especially if they were from Erie PA. :B

If they are from Erie, they must have left before the snow started. Otherwise they would still be digging through the 5' looking for that small white egg.

[Durb]

They were probably pretty snug in there. We had a different brand fiberglass trailer and it was very easy to keep warm. Very little heat loss due to the design and not many cubes to heat up. Pretty close quarters to deal with very long.

[3oaks]

coolmom42 wrote:
I bet they were headed SOUTH. Not so nuts! 😄

Especially if they were from Erie PA. :B

[cbshoestring]

coolmom42 wrote:
I bet they were headed SOUTH. Not so nuts! 😄

Saw a lot traveling south yesterday on I-75.

These people are west bound, couple miles from Indiana. Probably going site-seeing at the many RV manufacturers in IN. Maybe even a trip to the RV hall of fame.

[Dutch_12078]

We've been comfortably warm in our coach in sub-zero temps on a few occasions. We did burn through a lot of propane though!

[coolmom42]

I bet they were headed SOUTH. Not so nuts! 😄