Extended Winter Camping

[another_newfie]

After our adventures on our last trip I decided to augment some of my insulation and tank heating and to that end I completed the mods yesterday. First, spending almost 2 hrs on your back underneath a trailer is not all that fun . Foretunately the weather was playing nice and it was around zero. I removed all previous insulation I had on the dump valves and pipes. I then installed heat trace tape, and re-insulated. I also used Eternabond on the edges of my black tank heater. I should have done the Eternabond in the first place.

While under the rig I determined why my black tank did not dump on our previous trip, it was frozen solid . The main reason this happened is that with the tank being exposed and the the heater in the middle of the tank, this leaves a fairly big area unprotected and with the more extreme temps the tank heater just couldn't keep up. A few hours with a strategically placed heater solved that.

Next season if we still have the same rig I'll likely construct some sort of tank covers in addition to the tank heaters and I should be right as rain .

Of course while shoveling off the roof a chunk of ice landed right in the middle of my stinky slinky cutting it right in half. .

The adventure continues

[shum]

Of course while shoveling off the roof a chunk of ice landed right in the middle of my stinky slinky cutting it right in half. .

The adventure continues

Now as I recall someone did a simular manouver last year and damaged a mouse hole cover

Think this is starting to make the case that "protecting" the roof may not be such a bad idea

[GoinKZ]

Of course while shoveling off the roof a chunk of ice landed right in the middle of my stinky slinky cutting it right in half. .

The adventure continues

Now as I recall someone did a simular manouver last year and damaged a mouse hole cover

You recall correctly

[GoinKZ]

Next season if we still have the same rig I'll likely construct some sort of tank covers in addition to the tank heaters and I should be right as rain .

After last winter at MacGregor it was immediatly apparent at how important keeping the tanks/valves OUT OF THE WIND was. That IS the issue as your finding out. Sounds like you've the project well in hand

[another_newfie]

Now as I recall someone did a simular manouver last year and damaged a mouse hole cover

That and digging at his roof with a metal shovel

[High-Tech Redneck]

Now as I recall someone did a simular manouver last year and damaged a mouse hole cover

That and digging at his roof with a metal shovel

,,,, ,,,,I don't guess Mac is like Vegas,,HUH,?,,,,What happens in Mac,,,don't stay at Mac,,,,

[another_newfie]

,,,, ,,,,I don't guess Mac is like Vegas,,HUH,?,,,,What happens in Mac,,,don't stay at Mac,,,,

It depends on what happened, if it can be used to poke fun at someone, then NO!

[GoinKZ]

It was an aluminum shovel

[High-Tech Redneck]

Of course while shoveling off the roof a chunk of ice landed right in the middle of my stinky slinky cutting it right in half. .
The adventure continues

....Did ya splice it,,,,or get you a new poo line

[another_newfie]

Of course while shoveling off the roof a chunk of ice landed right in the middle of my stinky slinky cutting it right in half. .
The adventure continues

....Did ya splice it,,,,or get you a new poo line

First rule of winter camping, bring spares . Especially for plastic things that get brittle and will break as the temp drops. I had a spare sitting in the rig. I cut this one in 2 and now I have spare dump stinky slinkies. All good