Freezing Temperature Experience

[Margarittamobile]

This is probably an unusual question for most you. We live in the Great White North and have a couple more trips planned before we winterize the MH and put it away for the season.

We have a 1998 Tradewinds 7370. Our current temperatures are around 28 degrees F. at night. I anticipate that temperatures will drop to about 8 degrees F before we winterize.

I know the furnaces heat the water tanks and lines. While storing the MH in the driveway I have the thermosat set to 45 degrees for both front and back furnaces, no problems with freezing so far. I am not using any electric heat as I want the heat underneath more than inside for now.

Now the question, does anyone have experience using Tradewinds in colder temperatures? if so, how cold without problems?

Any other suggestions?

Our season is so short, I don't like to give it up one day sooner than I have to.

[ChrisNiemann]

not your model, but dealt with Nebraska Fall last year, had snow drifted up well over the wheel wells on one side, wide open belly on the other side (was hoping snow would insulate all the way around...) had the thermostat set on 65. One furnace floor ductwork, kept it all nice enough to not freeze, outside air was about -10 cold water coming out of lines was VERY cold and the hot water tank i bumped up a few degrees to compensate. over night i turned on the water lines and let them just barely "dribble" and had the fresh water tank pump on as we had to unhook from the hydrant outside. The motor was annoying but i fixed that this year! All in all we did to the RV what I have had to do every year to my farm house up in nebraska come winter, leave the water run and wake up occasionally to check on it like it was your own child with a cold....

GOOD LUCK, CAN'T BELIEVE YA'LL ARE AT 29 OVER NIGHT! 2 days ago it was 93 during the day and 79 overnight!!! IM SO READY FOR FALL!!!

[Submustang]

We lived in ours for 3 winters in western Oregon. We had some nights down around 20 degrees. We ran the furnaces as needed along with a electric oil filled radiator heater. I also had a 75 watt trouble light going in the water tank compartment and put heat tape on the water hose under foam pipe insulation. On the really cold nights I trickled a faucet after the RV parks pipe froze one night. As long as I kept water in the fresh tank I could still get a shower in the morning, even with the frozen pipe.

[Fred and Bonnie]

We experienced an 11º SD snow storm in '05, I turned on all the compartment lights at night, didn't run the furnaces at night, just an electric unit in the living room. Several days were in the low 20's, we didn't have any problems.

Fred