In the snow- tanks below freezing
I'm in northern Arizona. Got a blizzard hit in Williams AZ. It's suppose to go down to 22 tonight. A guy told me I should dump both my tanks and put a gallon of RV anti freeze down the tanks and not...
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You'll be OK.
Long time ago we had a 'new generation' Prowler (not built as well as the old ones), and were staying in the Grand Tetons one night. I knew the tanks were close to full, and went to get in line to dump them.
There were, no kidding, 25 rigs in line. One-holer dump station. I figured I'd be waiting there until long after dark, not my favorite time to set up - especially in an unfamiliar campground. So we found our spot and set up anyway, and just minimized our water use.
It was 50° that afternoon, and in the low 40s when we went to bed after looking at the beautiful, beautiful starry evening; I got up during the night and started the furnace because it was starting to get REALLY cold in the trailer. When I went out the next morning to walk the dogs, my nose prickled like it was REALLY cold. And it was. -2°. Holey cow.
I'd left the truck hooked up because we were going to be traveling the next day, and it was 7:30 AM when we got done with breakfast, and knowing the gray was full, we left the dishes to sit and got about leaving.
I got to the dump station and pulled the handle - NOTHING from the gray tank. Black flowed just fine. Scratched my head, said, "Well okay, can't do anything, and it'll thaw in a couple hours", so away we went.
Along about 12:30 we'd been traveling about 4 hours and the outside temperature was back in the high 40s; we found a place where we could dump the gray, and it dumped just fine. No harm done.
But I'll never try that test again... Current trailer is 4-season with enclosed and heated tanks.
Long time ago we had a 'new generation' Prowler (not built as well as the old ones), and were staying in the Grand Tetons one night. I knew the tanks were close to full, and went to get in line to dump them.
There were, no kidding, 25 rigs in line. One-holer dump station. I figured I'd be waiting there until long after dark, not my favorite time to set up - especially in an unfamiliar campground. So we found our spot and set up anyway, and just minimized our water use.
It was 50° that afternoon, and in the low 40s when we went to bed after looking at the beautiful, beautiful starry evening; I got up during the night and started the furnace because it was starting to get REALLY cold in the trailer. When I went out the next morning to walk the dogs, my nose prickled like it was REALLY cold. And it was. -2°. Holey cow.
I'd left the truck hooked up because we were going to be traveling the next day, and it was 7:30 AM when we got done with breakfast, and knowing the gray was full, we left the dishes to sit and got about leaving.
I got to the dump station and pulled the handle - NOTHING from the gray tank. Black flowed just fine. Scratched my head, said, "Well okay, can't do anything, and it'll thaw in a couple hours", so away we went.
Along about 12:30 we'd been traveling about 4 hours and the outside temperature was back in the high 40s; we found a place where we could dump the gray, and it dumped just fine. No harm done.
But I'll never try that test again... Current trailer is 4-season with enclosed and heated tanks.
