dave17352 wrote:
Yes winterizing my rigs take a hour if I take my time and about 5 to 10 dollars worth of pink stuff depending on which rig. This is my hobby so I don't even think of it as work. I enjoy messing with my campers. I will gladly dewinterize for a good trip and winterize when I get home.
Yikes! You're making it too difficult!
We went to Florida over Christmas. I winterized at the end of October and un-winterized in Georgia at a KOA enroute to Florida a little over a week ago. Took 2 bottles of "pink stuff" and winterized when we got back to Indiana. I kept a close eye on the weather forecasts and decided to re-winterize once home as temps were above 32 pretty consistent.
Got home and first thing I did was re-winterize with the "pink stuff". It took less than 10 minutes (if that long), and that included popping the low-point drains. Glad I did it right away, because that night it dropped below 32.
I installed the in-line winterizing kit when I first purchased the camper. Drain the water heater, then Flip the valve on the water heater, Flip the valve at the water pump and stick the hose in the gallon jug and turn on the water pump, turn on each faucet, hot and cold until pink runs, and what's left over from the 2 gallons, dump down the drains for the p-traps. Then go under the trailer and pop the low points and let it drain. Close them, done! Total time ... less than 10 minutes.
I drain the black and gray tanks first.
To the OP:
No reason why you cannot winter camp. You have a couple choices. Dry camp (no water in your camper.... revert back to tent camping days when you used campground facilities and carried water in jugs or buckets. Nothing down the drains, no showers, but cat baths and toss the water out the door.
Second option is to ensure your tanks are heated and winter proof. Then you can use on-board water.
Either way ... don't let cold weather stop you.
