Coldest you have camped with no heated tanks.
Daveisenvy has a good thread going. But I'm wondering how cold have you all camped with the trailers that don't have heated grey or black tanks?
Jim
Jim
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- 9 degrees F. Black and Grey Tanks were only 1/3 full and there was enough room for ice expansion without shattering the tank.
- 15 at mesa vera in colorado no damage, but had to move to warmer weather to dump
- Rock salt down the toilet works wonders on keeping the toilet from freezing to a point. A coffee can full is what I use.
- Last week in northern fl....Suwannee River State Park....25 degrees.
- Two nights in the mid-20's. We had electric hookup so kept a ceramic heater running which kept it above freezing in the living part of the MH. Furnace warmed us up to 65 degrees in 10 minutes or so in the morning. Kept cabinet doors open at night. Fresh water tank was 3/4 full and holding tanks each about 1/4 full- I don't think they froze. Was in the upper 40's when we dumped and that went well.
- Mid 30s.....Ocala Forest.....2013! Full hook ups, furnace set on 60, ceramic heater running, slept like a baby !
- 18 F in Williams AZ one Feb. - on the way to admire snow in the Canyon.
- We lived in our camper in 2009 for 2 months before we moved from Alaska. The first few nights it was about 10 degrees. We didn't have heated tanks but the underbelly was enclosed.
- I was in my camper, and it got down to about 28F one night, I was camped near Sherman Pass, just west of highway 95 and Inyokern CA. I did not expect any cold weather in April, but was around 7,600' elevation. (I went up the road looking for a campground and did not plan on being at such a high elevation, but it was a great place).
Anyway my fresh water drain valve froze, broke, and let all the water out along the highway the next day. It was a cheap plastic drain hooked up to 3/8" plastic tubing and the bottom of the tank. I did not have a furnace, grey or black tanks in that camper.
My newer camper had enclosed black tank, but no grey tank. I did not camp in freezing weather in it. By the time I got my class A Bounder, it had enclosed and furnace heated tanks, so camping at 19F was not eventful!
Have fun camping!
Fred.
