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Post by Tony & Shell on Sept 10, 2017 18:13:56 GMT -5
So our connect has the four season package. I'm thinking its more of a three season thing but i may be wrong. Anyone camp in the snow? Sub 32? hows it do?
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Post by joecamper on Sept 10, 2017 21:37:21 GMT -5
I have a 2012 Durango and have camped in some pretty cold temps. Many times in sub 20s, a lot in sub freezing temps. But I don't know about your camper. I don't think mine was rated for four seasons, but it did have some vents dedicated to the underbelly. I have camped in snow, but after one hair raising experience towing in the snow, I'll try to avoid that all costs!
Hope that helped some.
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Post by Chuck on Sept 11, 2017 13:13:50 GMT -5
Our 5th wheel is rated for full time living as are most Durango Gold 5th wheels, but I have to say that we have
never tried it yet since it is new this year... But our 1st outing with the new trailer was in February of this
year when it was cold an raing an we were pretty warm thought out the 3 days we camped but did use a more
propane than we have used all summer with the hot water tank fired up an frig both running ...
Someone on another site talked about using a bunch of propane during the winter when camping, I know that our
Durango has heat vents in the storage area's an allot of insulation underneath, we will see what happens we
have camping outing coming up in October and November this year ....
Chuck
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Post by joecamper on Sept 11, 2017 16:25:21 GMT -5
An add on after reading Chuck's post. I had the camper in Alabama for two months ... mid December through mid February ... in 2013 when they had all those record setting cold spells. Knowing I might need to use a lot of propane, I bought two additional 30 pound bottles. We kept nice and warm the whole time. I found I was getting about a week on a bottle when it was the coldest (reached an all time low of 13 degrees where we were). So, yeah, expect to use a lot of propane if you're down to 20s or less for any length of time.
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Post by rvdude on Sept 11, 2017 20:12:30 GMT -5
I live in a fifth wheel. Rather than spend tons of money on propane, I use a tower heater in the living room and a smaller heater in the bedroom. I'm plenty warm even down into the low to mid 30's. I'm hot natured and it works for me. So, that might be an idea for you. Use the electric heaters and supplement them with the central heat as needed.
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Post by Chuck on Sept 12, 2017 15:35:56 GMT -5
I'll add that the wife is hot blooded, on our trip to the Rally we were mostly in mid to upper 90's
till we got close to Indiana. The DW had both air conditions running full time an I started to call
the trailer the meat locker Ugh, even at the rally she had them turned down to 65 degrees.
So say this I believe that if we were to camp in say 25 or 30 degree weather we would stay warm
pretty easily, but as I said more than likely use propane at a pretty good rate...
Good idea rvdude on the heaters, but as I remember I only saw 30 degree temps about a week during
the winter in S Texas, of course your one of those Northern Texan's LOL (Grin)
Chuck
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Post by rvdude on Sept 12, 2017 18:29:42 GMT -5
Chuck, we see the 30's twice a year... not once. (HA) Anyway, I am definitely a south Texas person, born and raised and still am.
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Post by johnr on Sept 13, 2017 8:05:19 GMT -5
I only see 30's once a year... from October through May! LOL
Make sure if you camp when the weather hits below 40 that you safeguard your outside water hoses. You'll want to fill your fresh water tank, disconnect and drain the hose from the spigot to the RV. That hose will freeze much faster than anything else being exposed to the elements. If it does freeze, you'll be stuck with no water in the RV and quite possibly a split hose that you'll have to replace.
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Post by joecamper on Sept 13, 2017 13:36:33 GMT -5
I forgot to mention that johnr. That is probably the most important step along with filling the fresh water tank in getting ready for cold temps. I generally put mine in the shower stall so it's out of the cold temps and can drain out without messing anything up in the camper.
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Post by ronc on Sept 15, 2017 16:11:14 GMT -5
Another point on the use of electric heaters in lieu of the propane furnace ... while that may keep you warm, the furnace in the Durango Golds is designed to heat the basement and the waste tanks, so if you only use the electric heaters, keep that in mind. We use the electric fireplace and one tower heater down to about 35 F ... lower than that, I go to the furnace to keep the tanks and internal pipes from freezing. In order to minimize the use of the furnace, I'll set the thermostats on the electrics at 70 and the furnace at 68 ... the electric heaters help the furnace, but won't replace it.
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Post by joecamper on Sept 16, 2017 19:23:14 GMT -5
ronc. Good point, I completely forgot to mention that. I do the same thing, use the fireplace and a small electric heater, but when it's going to be below freezing make sure the heater is running to keep the "belly" warm.
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Post by rvdude on Sept 16, 2017 21:09:54 GMT -5
I also forgot to mention the fireplace. I do use the fireplace as well. I was surprised how well the fireplace does work in my trailer. I had told one salesman that I didn't need that, and he said it is more functional than just decoration. I have to admit he was right... imagine that, a salesman that told the truth on something!
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Post by rvdude on Sept 17, 2017 20:42:46 GMT -5
One thing I have seen in Trailer Life Magazine is something called "cheap heat". It is an electrical fan that fits on the propane heater and allows you to use electricity instead of propane. I do not know anybody that has actually used it, but the principle sounds good. It might be something to research and check out for somebody planning to spend a lot of time in their rig in colder weather. The website is below. www.rvcomfortsystems.com/ |
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