md2lgyk
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How much below freezing, and for how long? An inexpensive 1500 watt electric heater may be all you need. Four-season trailers like Arctic Fox are more expensive and also heavier.
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skipnchar wrote:The Rockwood line all offer four season packages and most of them are standard equipment. Electrically heated tanks (12 volt and 120 volt powered), enclosed belly, heated mattress, MUCH stronger insulation in ceiling and floor. Other items are available as options.
Have you winter camped in your Rockwood? Now that hubby is retired we are thinking about getting away from Chicago this winter but were not sure how the Rockwood would take winter camping.
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edcooke wrote:We would like to trade our 26 foot trailer in for something that can take cold temperatures below freezing. We want to stay under 30 foot for a trailer or 5th wheel. Any opinions on which ones are the best. I have tried to search on line but difficult to sort through all of the manufactures and their cold weather offerings.
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Hey neighbor. Just south of the border here.
I use my TT for deer hunting in North Dakota. There have been times when daytime temps are minus 5 degrees and nightime is minus 20 with wind chill in the area of minus 30.
As you have probably figured out, different manufacturers use different terminology regarding heated holding tanks. Some just enclose the underbelly, and call that heated tanks. Some enclose the underbelly and run heat ductwork through it, and call that heated tanks. Some enclose the underbelly, run ductwork through, and install electric heating pads on the tanks themselves. They all say they have heated tanks.
Ditto on what Skip said about Rockwoods. They do offer electrically heated tanks on many of their models. My TT is a Flagstaff, which is a twin of Rockwood 8317. They come off the same production line.
I have the heated tank option, with elbow and pipe heat on exposed dump lines, and one time, I had to use a hair dryer to defrost my dump valve. HEATED TANKS ARE USELESS IF YOU CAN'T EMPTY THEM.
One thing they forgot about, in their four season set up, is, the outside shower. Again, heated tanks are useless, if you have frozen/broken plumbing lines. I disconnected mine, and capped off the lines inside heated space.
What you need to do is, determine how and where you plan to use the TT and how and where your possible freeze pionts are located. Then do your homework regarding the manufactures claim to degree of tank heat.
PS: If the salespersons lips are moving, they are either lying, or they don't have a clue.
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