Winterizing a KZ 16RBT

[JimNH]

we are taking our trailer up to it's winter home at our new seasonal site this weekend on Loon Lake in the Sunapee NH area - hooray! It's the last weekend for camping there, and the person who previously had our site has now vacated it so we can move in. We'll go up Saturday, camp overnight, then winterize on Sunday before leaving.

I plant to drain all the lines and pull the plug on the water heater. do I need to go to the extent of blowing out the lines with an air compressor? I can pick up a small one to do that if so. Probably a good thing to have onboard anyway.

I'll pull the battery and bring it home as well. Also the propane tank I guess...though no harm in leaving it there.

Anything else?

Was wondering if I should cover the roof with a tarp and tie it off to prevent possible leaks from snow pack if that becomes an issue this winter.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

[poppin_fresh]

I am not a fan of just blowing out the lines as I'm not convinced you can get all the water out, plus it misses the drain traps which also contain water.

You (like me)have a small trailer which will probably take all of 1 gallon or so to winterize. For the $5 or so, filling the lines, pump and traps knowing I dont have to worry about it all getting cleared is worth it.

I agree that you should empty and bypass, but not worry too much about the HW and fresh water tanks. If a little water gets left behind it wont cause any damage, but flushing out antifreeze in the spring is a huge PITA.

[darsben]

Either blow out or put RV antifreeze in the lines.
IF ANTIFREEZE bypass water heater.