Cold temp RV
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I have never owned a Toyhauler so I won't comment on that, but there is no way that I would drive my motor home over 2000 miles of ice/snow covered roads every trip I made to the mountains. If you did choose to drive it, most newer RVs have heated compartments for the fresh water and waste water that should be good down to about zero. I would also want to make sure that my batteries are 100% and the propane tank was full.
We use a camper all the time. But we use an electric heater and generator, as well as the furnace. As for the water, we bring water in jugs and do our business in an outhouse if availiable or we bring a 5 gallon bucket with a garbage bag. The coldest that we stayed out was -28C in the morning. We used the bathroom as the drying room with an electric heater. Works pretty good.
I use a 5th wheel in the snow and do the same with not using the water tanks. Just bring bottled/jug water and use the toilet in the lot. If no toilet we just use the rv toilet and pour jugged water to wash it down. Use propane heat and generator for power. Works like a champ!
I have a old toy hauler.
Never use the water system in it cause it freezes up.
I bought the trailer to use in snow. I have left an area for the wekend with over a foot of ice on it from being there using the heater.
Overall I like it BUT stuff will break for the extreme temperatures like vents , screws popping out , molding falling off.
Propane heaters generate lots of moisture. Still it beats sleeping in a tent, truck cab , truck bed or anything else.
I take all my water in jugs and have two porta potties. Most of the time I just get a 5 gallon bucket and double line it with trash bags to go poop. Just make sure you don't tie it up too tight going down the mountain. Go pee on the ground.
The trailer is a work and play 26 feet with a 6000 and 30000 BTU heater.
As far as any suggestion. Get a plastic meat locker curtain for the rear hatch.
Brings some fans to circulate the hot air toward the floor.
Keep stuff off the floor cause it will freeze to it overnight.
I was going to look at all those heated coils to use the trailer plumbing. The power consumption is high and the stuff is designed when at a trailer park and have 120 hook up.
Never use the water system in it cause it freezes up.
I bought the trailer to use in snow. I have left an area for the wekend with over a foot of ice on it from being there using the heater.
Overall I like it BUT stuff will break for the extreme temperatures like vents , screws popping out , molding falling off.
Propane heaters generate lots of moisture. Still it beats sleeping in a tent, truck cab , truck bed or anything else.
I take all my water in jugs and have two porta potties. Most of the time I just get a 5 gallon bucket and double line it with trash bags to go poop. Just make sure you don't tie it up too tight going down the mountain. Go pee on the ground.
The trailer is a work and play 26 feet with a 6000 and 30000 BTU heater.
As far as any suggestion. Get a plastic meat locker curtain for the rear hatch.
Brings some fans to circulate the hot air toward the floor.
Keep stuff off the floor cause it will freeze to it overnight.
I was going to look at all those heated coils to use the trailer plumbing. The power consumption is high and the stuff is designed when at a trailer park and have 120 hook up.
I have a 2009 28" Weekend Warrior we use alot in cold temps. It has served us very well. Just set the thermostat and walk away. The only sugjestion would be to make sure to run your gen. to keep your batteries up. We also use RV anti-freeze in our lines so if you want you can at least use the pisser.
We use a 24' travel trailer with an insulated and sealed under floor and keep the heat going. It works fine we even fill the water tanks and use the bathroom as normal. But it rarely gets below 15 degress were we go.
my money for one to do this with would be on a ARCTIC FOX , not cheap but made for this and made well
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Extreme-One
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We've had good luck with the Bounder Motor Homes from 1987-2002. They have heated storage areas where the water and hold tanks are. Had them down to -25F and they didn't freeze. We've taking some precautions though... used 1/2" foam on all the storage doors, insulation in the upper vents and sky lights, run a small electric heater in the storage compartments from time to time(not in the coach, you want to run the furnace so the air circulates throughout the coach... the electric heater will fool your thermostat and your storage compartments with freeze) and disconnect the water line to the ice maker (they run it on the back side of the re-frig).
Friends of ours only use there motor home to snowmobile out of 100% of the time. They do about 10,000 miles a year with very little issues. Make sure you put on chains before entering parking lots, you never know if you are going to get snowed in.
It's nice to wake up in the parking lot and get first snow and back in the afternoon when all the crazy people load up. Been some pretty fun moments watching people load up there sleds while you relax in your lawn chair with a cold one.
Friends of ours only use there motor home to snowmobile out of 100% of the time. They do about 10,000 miles a year with very little issues. Make sure you put on chains before entering parking lots, you never know if you are going to get snowed in.
It's nice to wake up in the parking lot and get first snow and back in the afternoon when all the crazy people load up. Been some pretty fun moments watching people load up there sleds while you relax in your lawn chair with a cold one.
I had a bigfoot truck camper for two winter and we saw -35C some morning. No problems. We didnt used the water (our 2001 did'nt have the insulated tanks) but flushed the toilet with plumbing anti freeze. Be sure to run the generator all night to keep the batterie charged, always be sure to disconnect the camper 12v electric plug from the truck to NOT put your TRUCK BATTERY DOWN. Be sure the have 2 propane tank and a automatic transfert switch when the first is empty (rally nice feature to have during a -30C night when the furnance is pushing cold air in the camper. Was hauling a 2 place enclosed trailer behind and parked everywhere from trail club house to dead end of plowed road in the wood for 3-4 days. We had good times waking up alone in the wood with sunshine and fresh powder. Be sure to stack spare propane and gas in the trailer too. Here in Québec Canada, we did'nt see another kit like us for the 10 las t years of snowmobiling.
I use my r.v on a regular basis , does not freeze up till its down to -20 , leave t sta at 70 , good thru the day while riding , I also put a small elec heater in the water tank compartment , I run the generator almost all night 5pm to like midnight ,leave your cabinet doors open to allow heat to get to the water lines , you will not want to go to motels after that......good luck
Winter Camp / Skirt it
Take anything you can to Skirt at least one long side and one short side of the trailer. All the way around is better.
Even a slight breeze going under it will make it an ice cube. Cut up some 7/16OSB lengthwise and lay them flat in the bed of the tow truck for transport.
You will be amazed how much warmer the floor will be.
Take anything you can to Skirt at least one long side and one short side of the trailer. All the way around is better.
Even a slight breeze going under it will make it an ice cube. Cut up some 7/16OSB lengthwise and lay them flat in the bed of the tow truck for transport.
You will be amazed how much warmer the floor will be.
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Puddy Tat
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Looking for some one who mit own one of these Black Diamond toy haulers SURV Travel Trailers, its a V Nose unit,
I want to know how it pulls on snowy roads
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I want to know how it pulls on snowy roads
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When you got this in your sled trailer.You are good to go.
my tahoe transport is all set up never had a problem. im selling it in trailers. two slides outs and sep 8x12 shop. -32 and used all water hot and cold.
we have an artic fox truck camper. works great and use the water and bathroom just like we do in the summer.
I had an Alpenlite truck camper that had heated & insulated tanks but the problem here is dumping them in winter. It's not like we live where it's warm and trailer to high elevations to ride, so I would have to dump tanks in freezing temps and rewinterize after each use. We just did like many others and used a portapotty as needed and camp dry in winter. It was fine down to -20* F. Now I have a 5th wheel and it has only seen about -10* so far but it works like a champ. My portable lodge with a garage!
Part of our camp at Arctic Man 2009
Part of our camp at Arctic Man 2009
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