trailer heaters
We saw a beautiful Mirage Trailer, built in Caldwell, Idaho, that had an RV furnace mounted above, with ducts down the side, below side cabinets. About wet my pants....then I wondered why I didn't think of that when we mounted our heater in the new sled trailer last year. I think the RV furnace is the way to go. Last year we found a large propane catalytic heater from Harbor Freight on the net, fairly inexpensive and mounted it towards the front (mounted it up off the floor and built an aluminum guard around). Also since this trailer is big we mounted the bottle in the trailer as well to keep away from ice and snow, etc.
What worries me if there is a fuel leak with an open flame heater, one could have a fire....we worry about the kids putting gas cans in the trailer and we dont notice, or not notice if there is a leak (sometimes the kids dont put the caps on cans tight) (also carbon monoxide gas) then people and kids get burned and that would be a horrible tradgey.
Also just thought of something.....when propane burns the byproduct is H2O....a trailer full of wet sleds, wet clothes, and more mositure from propane. We had a catalytic heater in one of our camp trailers and the extra moisture in the winter etc...took the finish off the wood cabinets.
We think we will install an RV furnace in our trailer, fabricate cabinets and duct work. Good luck to you.
